I need your help....
#1
A good friends daughter would like to start quilting. She's a quadriplegic.
Her mom and I were wondering how you use the foot petal. Is there such a thing you can run your machine from the table? Could you just use the foot petal with your arm or elbow? Need your suggestions! Thanks! :D
Her mom and I were wondering how you use the foot petal. Is there such a thing you can run your machine from the table? Could you just use the foot petal with your arm or elbow? Need your suggestions! Thanks! :D
#9
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Alturas, CA
Posts: 9,393
My Elna Quilter's Dream has a pedal and a stop/start button, so that would work. I would check around and see what other machines have, since if bought new, the Dream is pretty expensive, fortunately for me, I bought my used, still pretty pricey but not as bad. Hope this helps.
#10
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: northern New England
Posts: 459
Many sewing machine dealers can adapt their machines for disabled users. Try them first. Here's a mouth adaptation. http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm...discontinued=0 Here is some general info (about three quarters of the way down the page) http://www.freepatterns.com/content/...th=3&year=2007 and here's the info on the powerlink 3 adapter mentioned in the general site http://assistivetech.sf.k12.sd.us/po...ntrol_unit.htm Also try your local disability rights organization. Best of luck to you.
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