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Posted by BEI Design on June 11, 2009, 10:44 pm
Joy Beeson wrote:
> [written 10 June 2009]
>
> I've been using sewing machines fifty or sixty years, but
> this is the first time I've sewed my finger.
I machine-sewed my twin sister's finger about 63 years ago.
She just would not stop pestering me while I was making doll
clothes. Mom had to come back the needle out, her finger
was that stuck. :-}
> There would have been almost no damage had I calmly
> backed the needle out, as I do when I stab myself with a
> hand-sewing needle, but reflex jerked the finger away
> from the thing that had hurt it. Owie!
OUCH!!! I had to stop sewing on DD's wedding dress for a
couple of hours after a similar accident. No way was I
going to risk blood stains on white satin.
> Bled so much that I had to put a bandaid on it before I
> could get back to work, and I had to hold my hand over my
> head for a while to get the bleeding slow enough to cover
> with a bandaid. At least I was well away from the white
> linen before the blood started welling up -- that may be
> because it's almost instinctive by now that when I wound
> a fingertip, I press the tip of another finger against
> it.
>
> Worst of all, I had to do the dishes tonight, and it's
> sore enough that I may have to wash them again tomorrow
> night. On the bright side, a machine-needle gash is on
> the side of the finger, so I can still type.
>
> 11 June follow-up: much to the disappointment of the
> usual dishwasher, it's healing nicely and didn't need
> another soak in hot, soapy water.
Good news, take care you don't get a secondary infection.
Beverly
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