Simply Sewing - UK (2020-04)

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ittingdowntocraft,withtheprospect

ofmakingsomethingcompletely

fromscratch,canbea dauntingtask.

Buthowaboutalsobeingfacedwith

theissueofadaptingthepatternto

accommodateyourdisability,

changingyourequipmenttoeasethe

processorschedulinginbreakstoprevent

exhaustion?Peoplewhoarelessable,dueto

a disabilityorillness,facemanyofthese

typesofissueswhenit comestotheirpassion

forsewing.Butinsteadofbeingstumpedin

thefaceofadversity,herearethe people

championing accessibility.

Thesetbacksandsuccessstoriesofbeing

a disabledsewistfromthosein the know

Written by Rachel Avery

A PASSION

FOR SEWING

Right:MarieLawlorblogsabout

livingandstitchingwithchronic

illness at Marie Stitched Up.