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by moyed 11 Sep 2011 ( edited Sep 12'11 05:28 )
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Have posted a fsl serviette ring in DBC. Test stitched and STOOPID me tried to get a lose thread while it stitched. At 600pm it got the top of my finger just missed the bone, went straight thru. As my wee boy 'Doc' was in my lap I was very careful as to the choice words I used. Lol. He just looked at me and blinked his green eyes and snuggled back down. Hope you enjoy my design.hugs Helen

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by gerryvb 11 Sep 2011
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oh dear that must have been painful!hugs are coming your way, and thank you for your work.
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by terriweistra 11 Sep 2011
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Ouch!! I am so sorry to hear that!! I also tried that the other day, fortunately it hit the scissors & not my finger. Thank you for the FSL serviette & I hope you recover soon
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by rmj8939 11 Sep 2011
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Oh how painful that must be. Thank you for the design and hope you heal fast. Ruth
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by airyfairy 11 Sep 2011
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Helen, this could have been a lot worse. Thank goodness you are OK. May it teach us all a lesson of how in the blink of an eye a "nasty" can happen. Sarah.
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by edithfarminer 11 Sep 2011
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Ooooch, poor you. Hope it soon feels better. Lesson to us all to be careful
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by asterixsew 11 Sep 2011
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Oh Helen I do feel for you. Its a great design and thanks for it. Take care
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by bumblebee 11 Sep 2011
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Oh my goodness, I hope its not hurting to bad.
I winced in pain just reading this-take good care.
Thank YOu.
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by sqdancer 11 Sep 2011
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A nasty thing to happen, remember my mother doing this many long years ago, she broke the needle off in her nail and then had to have the doctor pull the point out of her finger nail. As many times as it has been said "stop the machine before cutting"...we still try to do it while the machine is running....take care Helen ... x0x0x
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by cfidl 11 Sep 2011
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Wow we were just talking about this. I take it this is not the first time you have clipped a thread while the machine is moving. I hope from now on you will stop at mving parts when putting you fingers in harms way!. Thanks for the FSL - everytime I see it(after I stitch it) I will remember this message. LLDS christine
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by crafter2243 11 Sep 2011
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EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I just inhaled deeply and my dog looked at me like "what's up". Jikes the thought alone is giving me the willys. Now I will go and take a peek at what caused you so much pain.
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by zoefzoef 11 Sep 2011
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last week; didn't I asked you all "When do you cut the threads ?"...don't say "I told you so..." :-)
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by sjbrower 11 Sep 2011
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YEEEOUCH! I've done that same thing (tried to get at a loose thread while machine is stitching)... I hope that reading your post (and wincing while I read) will help me to remember how fast these things can happen! Thank you for writing to remind us all.... and I hope you heal up quickly.
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by lenamae 11 Sep 2011
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I am so sorry you did that as I know how it feels...did that one time putting in a zipper only put it througn finger nail and finger ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh it hurt,Lenamae
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by nama2 11 Sep 2011
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Thanks to all of the horror stories-I now stop my machine to clip threads-hope you are doing OK.
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by basketkase 11 Sep 2011
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Been there, done that......lesson learned!!!!!!
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by tilde01 11 Sep 2011
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Know exactly how you feel, only I was trying to get some jean material to feed through, so I could finish hemming a pair of pants. the need went though my thumbnail and locked there. Had to very carefully back the needle out with the wheel on the side. Never done it since and now I don't even try. take care of your finger. *4u.
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by starlizard 11 Sep 2011
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Ouch!
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by kttyhwk4 11 Sep 2011
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I've come so close to doing the same thing that I'm trying my best to remember to stop the machine then do my clipping....Takes less than a minute and is so much safer.
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by jacquipaul 11 Sep 2011
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Eek; so sorry for the mishap. Sadly, it is an easy thing to occur.
Take care of your finger.
Hugs,
Jacqueline
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by kidsaregr8 12 Sep 2011
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please go to the doctor to get a shot so the finger does not get infected. take care, and thanks for the design. Annie
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by drro 12 Sep 2011
Good Idea!
by moyed 12 Sep 2011
The needle went clean through and bled a lot, I also swabbed with meths,so I think it will be OK. Just a touch tender today and making it difficult to type. hugs Helen
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by babie 12 Sep 2011
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Ouchhh!!
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by snowbird42 12 Sep 2011
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been there done there twice and the second time the needle broke in my finger rather difficult extracting it...hope it never happens again...soozie
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by moyed 12 Sep 2011
I am just amazed that I was so quick to get my finger out before I broke the needle. Just rethreaded and away it went again, finished the serviette ring no problems. lol. hugs Helen
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by drro 12 Sep 2011
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I am wincing in empathetic pain reading about your mishap...OUCH! Hope you are okay & recover quickly!
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by capoodle 12 Sep 2011
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Och! That's going to be sore tomorrow. We need to band together and ask the sewing machine industry to put a finger sensor on the machines so we don't stab our fingers when they get too close. Been impaled also and had to use pliers to pull the needle out (did freeze it a bit with an ice cube before the extraction). No need to tell you to be careful think you got the point. lol