Last night I finally did the one thing I dreaded I'd one day do on my sewing machine... in my pregnant clumsiness, I sewed straight through my finger.
If you want to see the photos, they're here. They're not bloody or anything, but I didn't assume that you wanted to see them pop up here when you visited my blog. In the photos you can see how the thread is threaded through my finger. And if you're not familiar with sewing machines, their needles are a whole lot thicker than regular pins or sewing needles.
I let out two short screams at the initial pain, then was panicky until Rusty calmed me down (he's great at crisis management, I've discovered). Then amazingly, it didn't actually hurt that much and it didn't bleed (you know I was more concerned that I would get blood all over my quilt!), it just throbbed. Rusty was able to get me to focus to try to figure out how to get my finger out of there... with all the mechanics and thread, it was pinned in. It was finally Rusty's idea to just start unscrewing things, and he just happened to start with the screw that secures the needle. Good idea, I just couldn't think of it at the moment!
Once we cut some threads from the bobbin side and under the fabric I was working with, I was free. Since it wasn't bleeding or really freaking me out too much at that point, we took pictures. Rusty removed the needle in one quick movement, which didn't hurt that much. After applying pressure and putting it on ice for a while, it really didn't feel that bad. I figured it would be killing me this morning, but it's just barely tender. The body's ability to heal is amazing to me.
Now, time to get back on the horse.
9 comments:
rachel! that looks horrible! i'm so glad you're okay. i've never seen anything like that happen before! yay for rusty and his calming down skills though. he did a great job. be careful now!! love you!
Always thinking of the quilt! :P
Oh, my goodness!! I've done that before but only through my thankfully long thumbnail. I can't believe it wasn't all bloody. Ben says he is glad you took pictures. Love you!
owwwww! that looks so painful! take care & enjoy the holidays and your baby :)
Oh my gosh, I thought you sewed through the edge of your finger (skin)! I really better be more careful!
Enjoying your blog and Etsy shop...
I have been a sewer/quilter since I was a teenager and I'm 50 now. I have nicked, sewn and cut myself many times over the years. But I have never ever EVER seen or had anything this painful looking happen to me or anyone I know. Oh it looks just unbelievably deadly. That picture literally made my stomach leap! I just can't imagine . . .
I know! I don't know how my finger even got that far into the path of the needle. It's made me more careful though!!
OMG! I have to admit I did the exact same thing to my finger in Home Ec class in 7th grade! You would have thought I would have ran away from sewing machines, but like you said it really didn't hurt, it just FREAKED me and everyone in the class out! I am glad your quilt was okay too :)
Hello. This post was quite awhile ago, but I had to comment. I did the same thing yesterday! I'm 36 weeks pregnant and I was sewing some diapers and I sewed right through my finger and got it caught in the machine! I was home alone and EMS had to come to my house and cut through the needle (tried to unscrew the needle myself, but no luck) and set me free. Then drove myself to the ER where they pulled the needle out for me after doing XRays to be sure the needle didn't nick the bone (thankfully not, though apparently it was incredibly close). Good to know I'm not the only one who has managed to do something this insane. Hope you healed up well. Thanks or sharing your story.
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