Arts & Crafts Increase Agility
May 26, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
In response to my post, Crafts Good for Mental Health, one of my readers shared her experiences with mixed media art in her struggle with multiple sclerosis.
“Crafting and art has kept me sane,” she said, in spite of her left hand sometimes experiencing pain.
I’d imagine her crafting also keeps her hands more agile, even though she does have some pain. I know this was true of my grandmother.
Nanny’s hands were curled and crippled with arthritis in her later years. However, she insisted on keeping them busy with snapping beans, shucking peas, mending clothes, stitching quilts, making doll clothes, and crocheting rag rugs. I recall sitting beside her learning these tasks and recall her misshapen hands busy as she told me stories.
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My daughter, who found quilting a stress reliever during her husband’s illness, experienced a serious illness herself last year. As she recovered, but still was weak, she found inspiration through her quilt art and her quilting friends.
How have crafts inspired and aided you?
