Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Crafting is dangerous...

Last night as I was rotary cutting some fabric for a charity quilt, I wasn't paying enough attention and rotary cut part of my left pointer finger tip right off - nail and all!  I was quite shocked, as you may imagine.  I don't have my new insurance coverage yet and my finger was spewing all over, so what is a girl to do?  Call her daddy, who happens to be a veterinarian but lives 4 states away.  After tight wrapping, ice, and multiple tylenol, I am doing better.  I didn't have to go to the ER because I can't find the rest of my finger to reattach.  It's definitely gruesome-looking and sore, but seems to be fairly superficial and will probably look normal after it's healed.  The good news?  There's not a drop of blood on the fabric I was cutting!


Anywho, this post is taking awhile to type, as you can imagine, so here's a pic of a quilt top I finished earlier this week.  It is also a charity quilt, but not the one I shed blood for!  The fabric is all from JoAnn.  The pattern is a free download from Connecting Threads.







Keep your fingers clear of the edge!  Happy sewing.


I'm linking to Freshly Pieced and Fabric Tuesday.




5 comments:

Kathy said...

Oh no! I'm so sorry, yikes! Prayers and hugs for you. Your quilt top is charming and sweet, but I hope you have somebody close to give you some TLC while you heal.

Jerimi said...

Oh man, I nicked myself with the rotary cutter the first time I tried it. It doesn't sound nearly as bad as your experience, but now I definitely have a hate/hate relationship with it. :P How funny that none of it got on your quilt.

Your charity quilt top is just beautiful. Great work!

Hope you heal up with minimal issues, and quickly!

Mitzi said...

I did the same thing to my finger a couple of months ago! ouch! Now instead of having a nice rounded tip it's kind of a triangle shape. It seemed to take forever to heal so I hope yours heals faster. I miss the use of that little section of finger I use to have. Now everytime I cut something my body tightens up a little. I might get a klutz glove to use from now on. My heart goes out to you. So glad you didn't bleed on the fabric though! yeah!

Jane said...

There's been a lot of finger slicing going on in blogland lately! Hope your finger is well soon.

I almost ordered the kit for that Connecting Theads pattern. Your interpretation looks great!

Lee said...

Cute quilt! Love the cherries! Your injury sounds painful - hope you heal fast. And my husband never believes me when I tell him quilting can be dangerous. : ) Thanks for linking up to WIP Wednesday.

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