Would it work if I put reading glasses over my glasses?

[East Troy]

I have Varilux glasses for years. As far vision is still impeccable, to read, more or less, to sew, I can not see anything. If I bought cheap reading glasses in supermarkets and I put them over my glasses, to machine stitch, would it work?

[East Vandergrift]

I guess you are meaning make your glasses and the cheap reading glasses you bought in the market into one lens ? There is no way to work on the original lenses ,and you need to get a new pair of bifocal glasses . The lower part is for close work such as sewing and the upper part is for regular vision.

[East Walpole]

No. It won't work if you put reading glasses over your glasses. If you do like that, it will make things blurry which won't allow you see clearly either for far or for near. If you need glasses for both reading and distant vision, you can get bifocal glasses.