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Posted by lucille on May 6, 2009, 11:59 am
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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. If 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
>> 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. Fortunately, I didn't bleed on the pincushion, but I
>> did
>> bleed down the front of my t-shirt and I have an egg on my lip where it
>> swelled.
>> Talk about stupid!!!! ;*))))
> Yikes - what I've missed while not having time to drop in here!
> Hopefully,
> you're recovered.
> In the meantime - to my fellow needleworkers - in particular those who do
> canvas work - get ye some locking clamps - like hemostats (they make them
> with shorter handles for needlework). Or you can be "used" surgical ones.
> I have some (taken from my DA the surgeon) and use them all the time -
> they
> lock on the needle, and tug thru - saving thumbs, lips, and teeth.
> I hope you're doing well after this little event!
> Ellice
I'm fine from that little disaster, but I've been my own worst enemy for the
past couple of weeks and discovered that I'm unbreakable and I have to slow
down. Unfortunately, I don't know how to do that.
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> I decided to make the SAL into a Biscornu, or a pincushion for the older
> folk like me. If 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
> 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. Fortunately, I didn't bleed on the pincushion, but I did
> bleed down the front of my t-shirt and I have an egg on my lip where it
> swelled.
>
> Talk about stupid!!!! ;*))))
>