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Old 01-24-2011, 04:17 AM
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yellowsnow55
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Originally Posted by lynmccoy
Originally Posted by grammysharon
I do some handquilting but as my hands age it is getting more difficult. :-)

I have MS and my neurologist told me that my handquilting was helping to keep the muscles in my arms and hands from drawing up. So I guess my love of handquilting is good for my health as well as my heart.
I have MS too and still do a lot of handquilting, only in winter though, can't handle the extra heat in summer, so summers are spent hand piecing and hand appliqeing and some machine quilting aswell.
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