Originally Posted by
Prism99
I tried one briefly many years ago, but abandoned it because I was afraid of sewing through a finger.
Ouch! I once had a needle go through the finger, then with the finger sore tried to do some seam ripping. To compensate for the bad finger I held the ripper in an awkward position and went into another finger with the cutter part of the ripper and had to get quite a few stitches. That was one of the hazards of learning to sew, before youtube, and not knowing anyone who sewed. My stepdad sewed and gave me his machine but I never saw him use it. The only thing he showed me was how to sew a button on by hand.