Well now I have discovered part of why I could not see for spit for a while there. I was nothing like as farsighted as my bifocals were correcting for, nor quite so nearsighted as the rest of my glasses were correcting for, nor do I have the astigmatism my glasses were trying to correct for. I have switched from what was apparently a pretty crap optometrist to an ophthalmologist of excellent reputation. My GP reffered me after she made me read an eye chart with and without glasses and found the results weird. I have never had an astigmatism, so that part was especially annoying. According to the doctor my prescription is not terrible, but my focus is shot and I am starting a cataract in one eye. The focus may get a bit better now that I have proper glasses. I decided to skip the bifocals for this pair, I may go back to them next pair after my eyes have had a year or two to realign themselves as it were. He doesn't want to mess with the cataract yet, he wants to see how it does before doing anything. Unless it goes wild he probably won't touch it for another 10 or 15 years. On the plus side when he takes care of it he will probably fix everything at the same time. He figures what is the point of subjecting someone to eye surgery if you are not going to send them home with near perfect vision.
All things considered I am now shopping for needle threaders by the gross. Darned things are worse than embroidery scissors for wandering, Especially when one is married to a Mad Scientist. New glasses have helped loads with the depth perception problem with the magnifiers too. I can actually do fine work again. Last time I tried I cut right through my fabric on a piece of princess lace.
Now I just have to buck up and do a WUH. My normal giant sized bed quilts are not an option at the moment. I have never done a quilted WUH. Ever. I think I have convinced myself that it is just bias relief in fabric. A different approach, and makes much more sense than some of the fancy bedquilts I have done. Keeping it down to four or five feet will be a lot faster too. I may even try a little smaller.
NightMist