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  2. 5 reasons sewing is good for the aging brain

HOW SEWING KEEPS YOU VITAL, FIT AND HAPPY

1. Major Stress Relief!

A recent study found that out of several stress-reducing activities, like playing cards, painting, reading, and sewing, the latter actually takes the cake as the most relaxing.

2. Advances Hand-Eye Coordination

Sewing, knitting, quilting, and other related activities play a “helping hand” in your hand-eye coordination. You will enhance and advance your motor skills through the attention-to-detail required. Watch as you improve on other everyday tasks as well!

3. Don’t Worry, Be Happy!

While you’re sewing, knitting, crocheting, quilting, or crafting just about anything else, your brain rewards you with a nice boost in dopamine, AKA, your happy hormone! Your reward comes even before the task is completed.

4. Brain Gym

Like the rest of your body, your brain needs exercise to stay in good shape. Sewing keeps your brain active and concentrated, which might even boost your memory! Forget about forgetting, sewing has the power to lower the risk of dementia.


The act of constantly trying something different or learning new tricks, patterns, and methods opens many brain doors. Sewing has been shown to encourage the formation of new neurons in the brain due to the repeated creative thinking process.  

5. Sleep Heals

Exercising your brain during the day by sewing pushes it into well deserved sleep at night.  . If  you’re awake again at 3am, though, use sewing to reset by working on any sewing project for a while. Then go back to sleep. Sleeplessness gone, project done!  

Sewing is meant to be fun, pain-free and stress-free, regardless of age. Seeing these benefits, you now know to never ever quit!

Is there a sewer who has never put off sewing because she dreaded threading the needle?

The whole idea behind MadamSew is to make sewing easier and more comfortable (and more FUN!) at any age. Sewists shouldn’t be intimidated by common sewing tasks just because they don’t know about the amazing tools that exist these days.


You should be able to simplify your sewing life and be able to sew comfortably even when you are getting a little older. That is why MadamSew keeps on developing tools and tutorials that do just that.

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No sewer ever complained about the ability to light the darkness and clearly see the stitches!

YES! Sewing is good for you. But getting older also confronts you with some challenges while you’re behind your sewing machine. You can’t seem to see that dark thread on that dark fabric anymore. Or get the darn thread onto the darn needle. You don’t know what this or the other foot is for. Well, you’re not alone. MadamSew is the saving grace that will get you back to doing what you love, without getting frustrated or giving up.

Sewing should be a fun and relaxing hobby. When age or other obstacles try to get you down, simply stick a pin in it and carry on creating with MadamSew's comfort sewing tools!

Better to See You With, My Child!


If you suffer from reduced eyesight due to age, or less-than-great genes, our sewing machine light strip will help you get the job done during the day and night. When the shadows appear, the light strip is near! This sewing light strip is a necessity, regardless of your eyesight, lighting up the exact area where you need to see what you’re doing. Forget about fighting shadows with our sewing machine light strip. Click here to view it now.


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"This light just came in handy for my aging eyes. I have a hard time concentrating on sewing straight lines with the built in light. Now I can see it very clear due to its fantastic natural hue lighting. The installation is a breeze and it came with great instruction and diagram. I definitely recommend this product to all sewers." Lucia A.


A Needle in a "Thread-Stack"

If you’re just about done trying to get that darn thread into the needle, don’t fret (or throw it at your spouse)! Technology has advanced enough to provide you with a needle threader that saves you the trouble and frustration.

See MadamSew’s Ultimate Needle threader here!

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Leave that ironing board right where it belongs – in the cupboard - and get yourself a handy and effective wool pressing mat instead. No longer do you have to move back and forth between ironing board and sewing table. You will have both at your hands at the same time!

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No More Sleeping Beauty

Enjoy all the beauty without the excessive sleeping or finger pricking. Instead of struggling with small pins and stabbing your fingers, why not simply use sewing clips?

Solve the pin dilemma by clicking here to view our sewing clips now.

At MadamSew, we say “The right tool makes all the difference.” Our products make sewing more comfortable and allow you to keep on creating beautiful projects as you age.

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You sew. You share. They help. They care.


When you sew, you can start joining sewing communities too. You get a chance to share your creations and learn a trick or two from fellow sewers. Stuck? Frustrated? Not for long! MadamSew has two Facebook groups with a total of over 50,000 members where you can share your handiwork, receive hints and tips or just see what everybody else is making. So click here to join the All About Sewing and All About Quilting Groups today!

What sewists are saying about us...


“MadamSew is very involved with customer satisfaction. Your service is very timely, and you're my first go to when I'm looking for a particular tool. Please keep up the good work.” — Cheryl

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