Originally Posted by
quiltingshorttimer
yup! I melted the plastic cover on a chair! Luckily caught it before it burst into flame--would have been a disaster since I have volunteer fire service.
It isn't sewing, but a couple of years ago I bought my granddaughters a little bug catching kit from the dollar store for Easter. we were out in the yard looking at ants and I was sitting on a hunk of wood holding the little plastic magnifying glass that came with the kit and smelled something and looked down and my jean were smoking! the sun had hit it just right and started my pants on fire! I smothered it out and it looked like a cigarette burn in the bottom of my pants.