My sweet hubby is always so supportive of my quilting habit, but his support really got pushed almost to the brink today. I called him to check on our dinner arrangements and he said "Sometimes this quilting habit of yours can really be a pain!" I was shocked (cause I know he has been hitting quilt and fabric shops Christmas shopping) and said, "Why???????" He went on to relate that he had been having a weird stabbing pain in his mid back all day when he would stretch or bend over.....finally after a especially painful stab, he investigated and....Yep! You got it! Once of my quilting needles (threaded, no less) was woven into his flannel shirt! :oops:
He seemed to think that the fact that it was threaded, only added insult to injury, saying "...and I had to un-thread the thing to get it out of my shirt!"
Poor, sweet man! rotflmbo :lol:

LOL!! Poor baby!! I could see how that would be "slightly" annoying!!

How funny!! But I am amazed that he has been hitting quilt shops to buy your Christmas. I don't think my husband has ever been in a fabric store. But, now that I think about it, maybe that is good so he won't see prices!!

Poor fella! Hope he recovers completely!

Thanks Sharon,

He has recovered completely, and is now enjoying his Quilting "war" story! ;-)

For Christmas I bought him a t-shirt that says:

"She quilts, I cook!"

I think he will wear it a lot!! Especially when we go on vacation and hit all the quilt stores!

Oh no!!! He did take it rather well though :wink: :D:D:D

Yes he did....he is such a sweetie! That's why I've kept him around for the last 33 years :)

Hahahah. I always warn the bf to be careful when he walks on the floor... not my fault if he steps on a stray needle! Glad your husband survived

He sounds like a great hubby to go shopping in a quilt store and the needle in the shirt he held his temper it sounds like. Mine has found several with his feet, he's usually pretty easy going until that happens.

OMG, the poor guy.

I want to come up with a glow in the dark needle, just think how many we would find

Absolutely wonderful idea! :thumbup:

I love that idea :D:D:D

ROFL!! Poor guy. Hopefully he gets over his angst enough to continue shopping at quilt stores for you. :lol:

Oooh, I would love a glow in the dark needle! It would certainly help me find a couple I've lost and can't find. I keep expecting to step on them or sit on them but so far no luck. As long as the dog doesn't find them with his paws... :(

Poor guy. He does sound like a keeper though.

OMG!!! OUCH!

Poor guy! lol

Yeah, he definitely is a keeper. Love him to pieces!
You know those bumper stickers that say "This car stops at all yard sales"? Well I think I need to get one for him that says, This car stops at all Quilt Shops" cause when we are out traveling, he tends to suddenly pull into a parking lot and say, "Look wifey, I see a quilt shop over there!" How's that for a darling man?
There seams to be no permanent damage from the needle, (no leaks when he drank his evening tea last night), so I think we are over the sticky (lol) situation.
Have a great day all.

ROFL DH has stepped on needles and pins so many times, he doesn't even say anything anymore

Yea, I guess they get steeled to the shock after a while (lol).

My family always wear shoes or slippers when they come into my sewing room. They have all been poked! The funny part is, I always go barefoot and have never been poked. I probably shouldn't have said anything because now I will probably get one stuck to the bone!!!

When I was a little girl, my mother made all of my dresses. There was one that always hurt when I crossed my legs. I was in the 3rd grade and thought I was imagining it. Finally, I checked, and sure enough, there was a pin sewn into the hem.

awe poor guy !!! you should be sure to get him something special for christmas for all the effort he is putting in making you happy !! lol i should talk i have heard my hubby has been at the local fabric stores shopping also !

lmbo To funny and great that he goes into the quilt stores and all, mine does and he has a ball. I just think he likes talking to all the ladies.

I'll buy some! Glow in the dark pins as well

OMG, that poor man! When my husband was a kid he was running in the house which of course wasn't allowed and his mother grabbed a dress belt of hers that she was repairing and swatted at him, he still has the needle embedded in his arm! They didn't even realize it untill she went back to work on it and couldn't find her needle. The doctor said it would hurt more to dig it out than to leave it in so they left it. So when he makes wise cracks about me sewing I just ask if he wants another needle in his arm. LOL

Actually I am making him a quilt to cuddle under while watching old movies (something he loves to do). It is only the second quilt I have completed (or almost) and I am a novice at FMQ and doing anything more than a straight line, so it isn't my best work, but I have learned a lot while doing it and I know he understands the work that goes into such a project and will forgive my novice attempts.

We will have to compare notes on what our hubby's forays into the local fabric shops garnered for us! :thumbup:

Too funny. My husband leaned back on a being-quilted quilt once - he was NOT a happy camper... :(

My hubby always seems to find either my needles or pins, usually with his feet! As long as I do my sewing in one corner of the living room we are both pretty safe. He is such a dear tho, he will go to the stores with me and even find some really nice material, then tell me to buy yards instead of smaller pieces!! Can't live without him, going on 40 yrs.

Wow, that could be painfull

Gee! That lends a whole new meaning to pin cushion!

I have a very dear friend who stepped on an unthreaded needle in her bare feet. It traveled into her foot and she need surgery and a hospital stay for recovery. Had the needle been threaded it would have been easier to locate and remove. Please be extra careful with needles and pins.

I have a friend who went through that. She didn't have to be hospitilized but she was in there and it took them minor surgery and 5 hours to remove the needle. Ouch! She no longer quilts bare footed but the rest of us who know her obviously haven't learned from her because we all quilt in bare (or socked) feet. I think of her often though and use my magnetic wand more then I would have otherwise.

That's priceless!
What a good sport he is!

Poor DH....he was probably just angling for you to "kiss his boo boo"...he does sound like a keeper!

OH! I didn't think about that! :shock: Drat! Missed my chance. Oh well, he was back at Joann's tonight and got me a sewing machine tote on wheels on clearance for $10 (regularly $90), an upgrade on my current one. :)

:shock: OH....he IS good.... :lol:

It could have been a bit lower... :twisted:

My sons always found my lost pins, with their feet.
My husband will go to the quilt shop for me, he prewashes almost all my fabric.

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.