Originally Posted by sidmona
I stopped sewing over pins when the needle hit one and sent a piece of the needle flying into my face.
Something very similar happened to me. I was sewing along and the needle hit a pin. It bent the pin, but broke the needle, which came flying at me and hit me in the head. I'm lucky it didn't hit me in the eye. Needless to say, I don't sew over pins anymore!