Hubby got "needled"!
12-24-2009, 08:17 AM
#41
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Idaho Falls
Posts: 1,907
Originally Posted by Damkina
OMG the poor bloke!! He seemed to recover pretty quick.
I'd love someone to invent the needle with smallest ever tracking device included. Just think of all those lost needles and pins we could find at the touch of a button.
Also, my 'favourite' needle broke clean in half last night and went stabbing right down my thumb nail. Damn painful!!
Luckily I quickly let go of the quilt and moved my hand out of the way before the blood marked the fabric.
I'd love someone to invent the needle with smallest ever tracking device included. Just think of all those lost needles and pins we could find at the touch of a button.
Also, my 'favourite' needle broke clean in half last night and went stabbing right down my thumb nail. Damn painful!!
Luckily I quickly let go of the quilt and moved my hand out of the way before the blood marked the fabric.
If you get blood on your quilt, suck on it. There is an enzyme in our saliva that will remove our own blood from fabrics. It only works with your own blood and saliva. You can't suck someone else's blood out of fabric. My kids are lucky I didn't know this when they were smaller or whenever they came home with skinned knees I'd have them sucking on the pants to get out the blood! :P :lol:
12-26-2009, 02:44 AM
#42
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: England
Posts: 261
Tiffany, I never realised applique pins could come so small. I'm going to be doing some more applique this year for a change, so I think I'll look out for these.
Are they easier to sew the small pieces with than with the longer bead-headed pins?
Are they easier to sew the small pieces with than with the longer bead-headed pins?
12-26-2009, 08:45 AM
#44
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: England
Posts: 261
Originally Posted by brushandthimble
yes, they are easier to use as there is less length for thread to get caught on. I pin my pieces from the back, that also reduces the chance of thread catching.
I'll definitely be buying these pins in the New Year.
12-28-2009, 09:36 PM
#45
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Idaho Falls
Posts: 1,907
Originally Posted by Damkina
Tiffany, I never realised applique pins could come so small. I'm going to be doing some more applique this year for a change, so I think I'll look out for these.
Are they easier to sew the small pieces with than with the longer bead-headed pins?
Are they easier to sew the small pieces with than with the longer bead-headed pins?
12-28-2009, 11:02 PM
#47
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 317
I stepped on a needle in college when I was making a dress for a party. It was the 70's, so it fell into the requisite shag carpeting, where it found its way into my foot, and then broke. Instead of going to the party, I went to the ER for a few hours to have it removed and hobbled around for several days. That experience combined with having a toddler on my sewing room floor a few years later made me cautious.
Ever since then I count my needles and pins. I like using heavy porcelain ramekins next to my machine. One is for straight pins and the other for my safety pins. I like their deep, straight sides and heaviness which increase the odds of pins staying put. I most often use the long quilting pins with the yellow balls, because they are easy to hold and pin. There are silk pins in the bottom of the ramekin that I use for precise pinning with extra careful counting.
I keep my hand sewing needles in the original cases so I can tell if one is missing. I'm still prone to sticking the one I'm using into my shirt placket while I'm sewing, so seeing an empty slot helps me remember to put it back when I'm done for the day. If needles don't come in that sort of pack, I write down how many are in the little container with a Sharpie.
In my youth I also cut the pad off of one of my fingers with newly sharpened scissors and sewed through another finger with the Featherweight. Who knew sewing was a dangerous sport!
Ever since then I count my needles and pins. I like using heavy porcelain ramekins next to my machine. One is for straight pins and the other for my safety pins. I like their deep, straight sides and heaviness which increase the odds of pins staying put. I most often use the long quilting pins with the yellow balls, because they are easy to hold and pin. There are silk pins in the bottom of the ramekin that I use for precise pinning with extra careful counting.
I keep my hand sewing needles in the original cases so I can tell if one is missing. I'm still prone to sticking the one I'm using into my shirt placket while I'm sewing, so seeing an empty slot helps me remember to put it back when I'm done for the day. If needles don't come in that sort of pack, I write down how many are in the little container with a Sharpie.
In my youth I also cut the pad off of one of my fingers with newly sharpened scissors and sewed through another finger with the Featherweight. Who knew sewing was a dangerous sport!
12-29-2009, 06:13 AM
#48
Super Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Central PA
Posts: 5,573
Oh goodness Elizabeth! You certainly have some war stories to tell! Interesting that you mention putting the needle in use in your shirt placket....I was in the Rochester, NY area over the weekend and did some sewing on the way there. Realized on Sunday when I got home that I had spent the whole holiday weekend with a needle stuck in the placket of my winter jacket! :oops:
Leota, He did forgive me...and her really likes the quilt I gave him for Christmas.
Leota, He did forgive me...and her really likes the quilt I gave him for Christmas.
12-29-2009, 09:03 AM
#49
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Idaho Falls
Posts: 1,907
Originally Posted by elizajo
I stepped on a needle in college when I was making a dress for a party. It was the 70's, so it fell into the requisite shag carpeting, where it found its way into my foot, and then broke. Instead of going to the party, I went to the ER for a few hours to have it removed and hobbled around for several days. That experience combined with having a toddler on my sewing room floor a few years later made me cautious.
Ever since then I count my needles and pins. I like using heavy porcelain ramekins next to my machine. One is for straight pins and the other for my safety pins. I like their deep, straight sides and heaviness which increase the odds of pins staying put. I most often use the long quilting pins with the yellow balls, because they are easy to hold and pin. There are silk pins in the bottom of the ramekin that I use for precise pinning with extra careful counting.
I keep my hand sewing needles in the original cases so I can tell if one is missing. I'm still prone to sticking the one I'm using into my shirt placket while I'm sewing, so seeing an empty slot helps me remember to put it back when I'm done for the day. If needles don't come in that sort of pack, I write down how many are in the little container with a Sharpie.
In my youth I also cut the pad off of one of my fingers with newly sharpened scissors and sewed through another finger with the Featherweight. Who knew sewing was a dangerous sport!
Ever since then I count my needles and pins. I like using heavy porcelain ramekins next to my machine. One is for straight pins and the other for my safety pins. I like their deep, straight sides and heaviness which increase the odds of pins staying put. I most often use the long quilting pins with the yellow balls, because they are easy to hold and pin. There are silk pins in the bottom of the ramekin that I use for precise pinning with extra careful counting.
I keep my hand sewing needles in the original cases so I can tell if one is missing. I'm still prone to sticking the one I'm using into my shirt placket while I'm sewing, so seeing an empty slot helps me remember to put it back when I'm done for the day. If needles don't come in that sort of pack, I write down how many are in the little container with a Sharpie.
In my youth I also cut the pad off of one of my fingers with newly sharpened scissors and sewed through another finger with the Featherweight. Who knew sewing was a dangerous sport!
12-29-2009, 09:43 AM
#50
Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: England
Posts: 261
Originally Posted by elizajo
I stepped on a needle in college when I was making a dress for a party. It was the 70's, so it fell into the requisite shag carpeting, where it found its way into my foot, and then broke. Instead of going to the party, I went to the ER for a few hours to have it removed and hobbled around for several days. That experience combined with having a toddler on my sewing room floor a few years later made me cautious.
Ever since then I count my needles and pins. I like using heavy porcelain ramekins next to my machine. One is for straight pins and the other for my safety pins. I like their deep, straight sides and heaviness which increase the odds of pins staying put. I most often use the long quilting pins with the yellow balls, because they are easy to hold and pin. There are silk pins in the bottom of the ramekin that I use for precise pinning with extra careful counting.
I keep my hand sewing needles in the original cases so I can tell if one is missing. I'm still prone to sticking the one I'm using into my shirt placket while I'm sewing, so seeing an empty slot helps me remember to put it back when I'm done for the day. If needles don't come in that sort of pack, I write down how many are in the little container with a Sharpie.
In my youth I also cut the pad off of one of my fingers with newly sharpened scissors and sewed through another finger with the Featherweight. Who knew sewing was a dangerous sport!
Ever since then I count my needles and pins. I like using heavy porcelain ramekins next to my machine. One is for straight pins and the other for my safety pins. I like their deep, straight sides and heaviness which increase the odds of pins staying put. I most often use the long quilting pins with the yellow balls, because they are easy to hold and pin. There are silk pins in the bottom of the ramekin that I use for precise pinning with extra careful counting.
I keep my hand sewing needles in the original cases so I can tell if one is missing. I'm still prone to sticking the one I'm using into my shirt placket while I'm sewing, so seeing an empty slot helps me remember to put it back when I'm done for the day. If needles don't come in that sort of pack, I write down how many are in the little container with a Sharpie.
In my youth I also cut the pad off of one of my fingers with newly sharpened scissors and sewed through another finger with the Featherweight. Who knew sewing was a dangerous sport!
Can I just point out a word of warning about sticking them in your clothing... I pinned one in my sweatshirt last year (great idea, but...) and I forgot about it.
Later in the day I pulled my sweatshirt up and over my head from the hem to take it off, and only realised I still had the needle stuck in it when it scratched my face at the side of my eye. :-(
I was lucky it wasn't my eye, so please keep a check on where you're sticking your weaponry! :thumbup:
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
craftybear
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
23
09-19-2010 08:17 PM
craftybear
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
19
02-03-2010 07:32 AM
