~Sewing Accidents~

I have been sewing A LOT the last few days..these two are

my newest pillowcase dresses...

This one is my best seller...I have a zebra print that is quickly

catching up with it...but I think I like the ploka dots the best.

I have been sewing for a looong time. I have been poked by pins,

stabbed myself with needles and I can't count on all ten fingers

and toes how many times I've dropped a needle and

stepped on it ;o}

I admit that I may have been in a little bit of a hurry...

...but yesterday I did something I HAVE NEVER done before!

I HIT MY FINGER!

For some reason the safety didn't kick in and stop the machine..

It went through my nail, bent and then broke off leaving a piece of

needle over 1/3 inch long stuck inside the tip of my finger~which

really isn't that long...I admit...but it might as well have been a nail

as bad as it was hurting...and I have a high pain tolerance...I

would never have imagined that would've hurt as bad as it did.

I couldn't even see it...it was all inside my finger! After

searching every where for the tip of the needle, I decided to look 

in my finger & that's when I noticed something silver just

under the skin on the side.

My hubby (who is so very squimish when it comes to blood) came

to my rescue. He pulled it out with a pair of nail clippers. Which was

very painful...He had to pull it out by the tip and since the

needle gets bigger from tip to top it was like he was trying

to pull a 2 x 4 out. ;o} I cried like a baby...I think I even

begged him to stop a few times...

Looking back, it's kind of funny...Picture me sitting on the bathroom

sink with tears streaming down my face (it really hurt!) while hubby is

standing over me all broke out in a sweat trying to pull it out. I

can't believe he did it! He can't stand to see others in pain and he

usually runs the other direction when something happens ;o}

Seriously~He passed out when I was in labor with our

first~not once~but TWICE! Once during the epidural and again

when they asked him to cut the cord ;o}

But this time~He was truly my knight in shining armor!

Thank you Hunny!

I didn't get any during pictues~It's hard to remember to take

pictures when you are in excruiating pain....but here is a picture

of the needle tip lying ontop of my nail...just to show you how

far it was in. It's not a good picture, but you can see a scratch just

behind the needle where it broke through my nail.

Today my finger is a little sore..and pretty much only hurts

if you touch it. So, not much sewing for me today ;o}