ali_dee

Hello,

My mother is an avid quilter. I know nothing about it so thought I might turn to other quilters for this question.

She has MS and is losing some of her fine motor skills. She does a lot of quilting by hand and is always dropping her needles and finding them in unfortunate places (if she finds them at all).

Is there such a thing as coloured quilting needles?

Thank you in advance!!

dakotamaid

Can you paint them with red nail polish?

thimblebug6000

Or you can get an extending magnet from the hardware store, it looks a little like a small flashlite, it works great for finding pins on the carpet.

Ruby Y Campos

The magnet wand, or the one that extends would probably help pick up the needles. I use mine a great deal for pins and other metal things I drop.

littlehud

I use the same thing. It's a magnetic rod and finds all my needles for me. I love it.

ali_dee

Thank you all so much for the advice! I think the magnetic wand is an excellent way to go - I never even thought of that. This way, she wouldn't have to even risk falling out of the chair.

Thanks again