I did exactly what you did a couple of years ago. I sewed thru my finger again about 3 weeks ago. The needle went right thru my nail.It went thru my nail a little bit below where the white tip ends. I was on the phone with my sister at the time, sewing a little tiny piece and looked up at the tv. It bled a lot, not on my quilt. I figured I just missed the bone. DIdn't even break the needle.