This coming from a husband,"I didn't know Sewing Can be Hazardous to your Health" when he helped his wife Martha come into our quilting meeting. She doesn't even know how it happened, but somehow her rotary cutter got knock off or just fell, on top her foot. Now she has 5 STAPLES in her foot, not stitches! So beware and be careful my Cuties!
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Toogie,
... i just read you story about the fabric and now this story...
It seems that your life is always exiting lol
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148937I've done that and now I never wear flip flops while using a rotary cutter! My DH offered to buy me so steel-toed shoes. LOL!
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by toogie
28 May 2019
lol-Martha's hubby said he'd get her some boots. I said then if it fell, it would slice her leg open ,when it falls in the top of her boots! She grimaced.
70755WOW! That would be terrible.
Sounds like a timely reminder to get into the habit of always locking the cutting wheel as soon as you finish each cutting run and not wait until the end when you have made all the cuts required.
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by toogie
28 May 2019
I had just started trying to remember to do this. I was thinking so as not to get an unwanted cut, in my fabrics, lying around. I hadn't even thought of it falling and cutting my feet.
122864Ouch! I had no idea this could happen. And since I'm usually shoeless in the house, I guess I had better be more careful. I hope she manages to heal quickly from this bad cut.
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by toogie
28 May 2019
Just close it up after each cut, if it doesn't automatically close. Thanks she was suppose to back to doctor this week.
169064I have a habit of closing the cutter after each cut for this reason. I hope you friend will be Ok. Lesson learned.
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111390This is why I get mad at my daughters for not closing the cutter after each cut, my youngest went to pick it up by the top and cut across her fingers a painful lesson.. Hope she heals quickly.
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45918Oh dear. One must be very careful when using rotary cutters. Hope her toe heals quickly. Hugs
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by toogie
27 May 2019
It wasn't her toe, was the top of her foot, but thanks, I hope it heals well too. We go on a long trip in a few weeks.
52686i did this two but the doctor used what looked like crazy glue to hold it togeather .
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by toogie
27 May 2019
Oh goodness, hers squirted blood, with her heartbeat. I did that one time opening a can. As the doc stitched me up the blood would squirt him.
360671.....exactly why I have a rotary cutter that automatically closes the blade as soon as there is pressure off of the blade!
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by toogie
27 May 2019
Emily, another lady in our group, has one like that, too. Is yours blue? I think hers is.
by dragonflyer
27 May 2019
I have several rotary cutters and ALL of them automatically close when there is no pressure on the blade...don't have any that don't automatically close!
by toogie
28 May 2019
My old Fiskar's closed..in fact it closed when I wanted it to stay open, is why I now have my Olfa one.
318546I'm betting she'll be back shortly.
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by toogie
27 May 2019
Oh she came and she still sews. She's been sewing all her life. Her mother quilted too and recently died in her 90's. My sister a retired nurse was a caregiver for her mom when she was here.
66927OUCH!!! That would have hurt. I'm always very careful with mine and close it as soon as I've finished cutting. Thanks for the warning. Love Chris
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by toogie
27 May 2019
I recently started doing the same thing Chris, as those blades are sharp, even before this happened to Martha. Martha faints when she sees blood so it was a good thing Marty was there when it happened.
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