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Posted by Amber on April 30, 2009, 6:22 pm
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> Has anyone else done something as dopey as what I just did?
> I decided to make the SAL into a Biscornu, or a pincushion for the older
> folk like me. =A0If I must say so myself, it came out rather nice.
> The stupid part was when I went to sew the button into the center to give=
it
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> shape, I found it hard to pull the needle through and gave it a hard tug,
> plunged it into my lower lip which started to bleed profusely and had a
> major mess here. =A0 Fortunately, I didn't bleed on the pincushion, but I=
did
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> bleed down the front of my t-shirt and I have an egg on my lip =A0where i=
t
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> swelled.
> Talk about stupid!!!! =A0 =A0;*))))
Just think, when it heals you will have a stitching scar to brag
about, plus the fact you didn't bleed on the piece itself. But ouch
that must have hurt. Hope it is feeling better.
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>> I think I told the whole story about the PhD candidate boyfriend that was so
>> freaked out that he never thought about calling an ambulance and had to be
>> talked out of carrying me down the stairs (he lived on the 15th floor)
>> instead of the elevator. Worst part, I'm going into shock and the more
>> levelheaded roommate isn't home.... Took a female grad student to keep them
>> from carrying me to the car a half a mile away.
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>> You're lucky it missed the bone.
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>> Cheryl
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> All you need is a good woman when the going gets rough lol