Need ideas!! How can I start quilting in this condition
07-26-2010, 05:30 AM
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How are you feeling? I have been thinking about you ever since I saw your post! Did you get help with your quilt? I hope things are better for you now, Have a wonderful day! :lol: :lol: :thumbup: ;-)
07-26-2010, 06:33 AM
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This sent chills right through me! I feel so sorry this happened to you now when you need quilting time the most! I do hope your guild will be kind and do some of the quilting for you til you mend.
Meanwhile, I have a suggestion, actually two:
1. Throw the d----d can opener in the garbage.
2. Buy a No-Hands One Touch Can Opener. They are little and go right in your kitchen drawer so they save you counter room too. You just set it on top of any size can, push the button and it goes by itself without you having your hands on it at all! It also produces a safe edge on the can so that you can't cut yourself there either. I have had mine for many years. Just have to replace the batteries once in a long while. They are not expensive. I think mine was around $17 at the time. I never use any other can opener.
Meanwhile, I have a suggestion, actually two:
1. Throw the d----d can opener in the garbage.
2. Buy a No-Hands One Touch Can Opener. They are little and go right in your kitchen drawer so they save you counter room too. You just set it on top of any size can, push the button and it goes by itself without you having your hands on it at all! It also produces a safe edge on the can so that you can't cut yourself there either. I have had mine for many years. Just have to replace the batteries once in a long while. They are not expensive. I think mine was around $17 at the time. I never use any other can opener.
Originally Posted by mpeters1200
By now most everyone has seen my new big quilt. I make a bunch of small er projects throughout the year, and one big quilt. The big one this year is a surprise, and I've made it all right in front of him and he has no idea, for my DH to celebrate our tenth anniversary at the end of this year. I hand quilt and I knew I would need several months to finish it.
For anyone who hasn't read the story on it, you can find it here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-36285-1.htm
So I got in a fight with my archaic can opener last night and lost. I have an archaic can opener that doesnt like to open fat cans. I opened a can of fruit most of the way last night. I am always careful when opening cans cause my mom told me when I was little that cans can cut your fingers off. I have this large plastic spoon and a large wooden spoon that I always finish opening the cans with so my hands are out of the way.
I still don't know what happened last night. The spoon slipped and the lid to the can went into my finger. I have stitches on the inside and outside of my finger. They said I was lucky because my muscles weren't touched, but they don't know the extent of the nerve damage yet because my whole hand is numb.
This is what my hand looks like now. I cant take the dressing off until tomorrow night.
[IMG]http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...1280075882.jpg[/IMG]
I have an appointment with my quilt club tomorrow night to baste my BIG surprise quilt and I cut my quilting finger!!! I have no idea what I'm going to do now. It will take 10 days before the stitches come out. Because I type for a living, they want the splint to stay on until the stitches come out.
Quilter's are wonders of inspiration and new ideas. Any suggestions out there?
For anyone who hasn't read the story on it, you can find it here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-36285-1.htm
So I got in a fight with my archaic can opener last night and lost. I have an archaic can opener that doesnt like to open fat cans. I opened a can of fruit most of the way last night. I am always careful when opening cans cause my mom told me when I was little that cans can cut your fingers off. I have this large plastic spoon and a large wooden spoon that I always finish opening the cans with so my hands are out of the way.
I still don't know what happened last night. The spoon slipped and the lid to the can went into my finger. I have stitches on the inside and outside of my finger. They said I was lucky because my muscles weren't touched, but they don't know the extent of the nerve damage yet because my whole hand is numb.
This is what my hand looks like now. I cant take the dressing off until tomorrow night.
[IMG]http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...1280075882.jpg[/IMG]
I have an appointment with my quilt club tomorrow night to baste my BIG surprise quilt and I cut my quilting finger!!! I have no idea what I'm going to do now. It will take 10 days before the stitches come out. Because I type for a living, they want the splint to stay on until the stitches come out.
Quilter's are wonders of inspiration and new ideas. Any suggestions out there?
07-26-2010, 07:06 AM
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Oh, so sorry! Not only for your injury, but for the slow down of your project and the stress it creates...maybe some kind of paper plan of your quilt to give him with a loving poem explaining the situation....he loves you for the effort !
07-26-2010, 07:15 AM
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your problem is an easy fix....call the friends in your quilt club tell them you are handicapped and need some help. I know they will respond..that's what quilters do. Even if the quilt is not quite finished at the right time, give dh the unfinished quilt with an IOU...DH will still be trilled
07-26-2010, 07:30 AM
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Alex Anderson suggested using your index finger to quilt. It will be awkward at first, but just take it slow and I bet in no time you will start to feel confortable with it. You never know, you may even like it better!
07-26-2010, 07:51 AM
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Ouchy....sorry that you cut your finger! I have cut my fingers on cans many times but the worst thing I did was slammed my middle finger in the dish washer door almost cut the tip of my finger off at the joint. The bone cracked and had stitches. That finger was in a cast for 6 weeks. What I did so I could do my sewing was I taped my last 3 fingers together then tucked them in the palm of my hand and used my thumb and index finger and was able to still sew.
07-26-2010, 07:57 AM
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Oh my gosh. So sorry about your finger. I like to cook and so I cook a lot. I also like sharp knives, and so I cut myself a lot. There is such an awful moment between the "slip" and when you realize that you've really cut yourself badly. It's hard to look.
Hopefully, it will heal without problems.
Hopefully, it will heal without problems.
07-26-2010, 11:38 AM
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There is a thumb thimble out there, because I bought one years ago. I just don't know how to use it, but you might find some info on the internet. I know that Alex Anderson also had a non-traditional way of using her thumb to quilt away from her. Don't know if there is anything in print on that, but you might research it. Good luck!
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