I have been diagnosed with macular degeneration and my sight is getting worse as time goes on. I am madly sewing and quilting against the day when I have to give it up. I had cataract surgery on both eyes and a laser treatment on both eyes and they were a bit better for a while but now I am struggling again. I do have a great lamp and moved my sewing machine into the dining area by the sliding glass doors for natural light and I often have to ask my husband what color fabrics are as I often cannot tell the difference in dark fabrics, blacks, browns, navys, purples, etc. all look pretty much alike to me. Nevertheless I will keep quilting until that door closes and then I will look for a keyhole!