Look Ma! No hands

You know, eveybody in our family that has ever sewed a finger has done it on a treadle. I think it is that momentum thing. You pull your feet up and the machine keeps right on going. Which bings to bear the question, why do you always make your feet move before your fingers when it is the fingers at hazard?

NightMist Has never sewed through a finger, but has sort of skimmed them a couple of times.

I learnt to sew on my mother's treadle when I was only three. Mother suffered from rheumatism in legs and feet. So she sat me on a stool the other side of the machine and got me to treadle for her. When she had done I was allowed to go to the other side and sew on paper with no threads. That was because it was WW11 and cotton was not easy to get and sewing machine needle practically unobtainable I was sewing handkerchiefs when I was five and making my own dresses at nine. When I went to high school after passing the scholarship we had to use hand machines. Used to having two hands for guiding the material I found them not so easy. Result I sewed 3 stitches down the left index finger down the nail, leaving the needle in my finger. Ouch!!!!!!. Shirley

I saw a handy device on a home improvement TV show yesterday that sounds like something you should look into. It was an arm band, kind of like a once-around blood pressure cuff, that was full of magnets. It held nails, screws, wrenches, etc. I'm sure it would hold a few pins. :-)

Don't you just LOVE that about Berninas? I have a 30-year-old Bernina

830 that I wouldn't let go for any amount of money! There are a few other machines in my sewing room that I use more frequently, but when I need power, I go to the Bernina. I'm sorry that yours hurt you, though! Ouch!!!

Rita L.

Hugs and purrs from your pal Winston - he knows that it could happen so quickly and so far he has been lucky enough to miss the needle in the paw thingy. One of the pfaff accessories is a finger guard for home sewing machines, similar function to the serger set-up. Hope that you are a quick healer, Polly. jennellh

OOOOOPPPPPOOOLLYYYY! I can just see it....OWIE, OWIE, OWIE! get healed quickly and dont forget the tetnus shot. If you havent had one in 10 yrs, it's time.

Speaking of OWIEs....John: How is your hand??? all better i hope!

amy in CNY

The injury looks just fine this morning, not nearly as bad as what pruning rose bushes can do. Speaking of . . . what's become of our Butterfly? Wonder if she has some beauties showing off for her new neighbors. Polly

Ouch! How about a "helmet" for your fingers, those mesh gloves butchers use. You could even dip the palms in rubber gunk to turn them into quilting gloves. Roberta in D

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Forgot to ask, who removed the needle? Roberta in D

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That's good news, Polly, and a relief to hear. Keep on healing quickly, and um - - keep your eyes on what you're doing not what you're going to do? Okay? Hugs,

Karen, Queen of Squishies _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ music is all around us, all you have to do is listen

Oh Polly, wellcome to the club! I did this last year on New Year's Eve and refused to go to the emergency room with all the drunks. I went a few days later for a tetnus shot - as you should do. It sounds like yours went right through, as mine did, and didn't break.

Linda PATCHogue, NY

Linda PATCHogue, NY

Ouch! I'm sitting here with my nephew, and when I told him your story, it gave both of us chills (that's after a long lecture last night about how sharp rotary cutter blades are). We both hope your finger is feeling better today.

Louise in Iowa (and her nephew who may turn out to be the best sewer in the family

I think it was what the old cowbody movies would call 'just a flesh wound' - straight in and straight out. The Bernina didn't even stall. Never underestimate the power of a Bernina . . . unless, of course, you don't want to hem jeans and then you can claim that your SM simply can't do it. I've been getting away with that for years. =) Polly

Consider yourself lucky then ... hubby teases me about darning socks!

I'd take hemming jeans any day of the week compared to darning socks!!

-- Connie :)

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t either. Be careful.

My friend says she swallowed a straight pin in high school. She never admitted it to her mother. It never gave her any problem. They must just go straight through.

You always have us in stitches, Polly, so I guess you finally did it to yourself. :/ It's a quilter's boo-boo, so wear it with pride. Maybe we'll have to fit you with little finger helmets... chipper

This is my take on darning socks :)

Julia in MN

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SewVeryCreative wrote:

Not always. One of the managers at a fabric store here ended up in surgery and off work for a while because she swallowed a pin. Not a good thing to do. They can perforate all sorts of parts and lead to all sorts of bad problems, including death. But, I also hold pins and needles in my mouth on occasion.

Polly, be careful and keep an eye on your finger. If it starts to look bad or feel bad/worse get to the doctor. And do check on when you last had a tetanus booster. As people who regularly work with sharp things we all (everyone who sews with any regularity that is) should keep up with those. Which reminds me..... I need to get mine this year if we get insurance sometime. sigh.

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