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I'm now a new member of the cutting your fingers club!!! I was using my cutter yesterday and somehow cut the top of my thumb, thankfully it was not deep. I have been sewing/cutting for over 15 years and this is the first time. Maybe it was because I had just put on a new blade!!!

OOh, Decky, so sorry to hear it. Gosh, it can happen to anyone. I always think I'm careful, but will stop and consider what I'm doing even more now. Hope it heals quickly!

I'm so sorry about your cut.

I was demoing the Quilters Slidelock at our guild meeting. An older guild member told other members that she had never gotten cut with a rotary cutter and never would because she knew what she was doing and spending that much money for something like that was foolish. At a sew day an ambulance had to be called to carry her to the hospital to get stitches from a bad cut on her hand from a rotary cutter. She had serious complications with the cut healing. She still has problems with her hand and can't do as much quilting as she use to. I always tell anyone that it isn't a matter of IF but WHEN you get cut. Please always use a safety tool when using a rotary cutter.

So sorry for your accident, hope it heals quickly! This is another good reminder not to get complacent with our sharp tools--it is so easy to do!

OUCH !!! Hopefully it's not hurting you too much...and heals quickly.....but you have reminded me that I need to be not so loosey goosey about cutting and to be careful.

OH, Pat, I am so sorry. We all have to be so careful. It is one reason I have started using my smaller blade Olfa rotary cutter. Hardly use my 45mm and sold my 60mm.

Welcome to the club...so sorry you had to join us!

Take care and hope you heal up quickly.

Not a good club to join. Sorry this happened to you....and me too.

Ahh! I have done that too! I cut off the tip of my pointer finger...I was so stunned I stood looking at my finger tip trying to decide if I should go to the hospital to get stitches or not! So glad you are ok - be careful with that cutter! :)

I am a member, too. : (

I too, am a member of the rotary-blade-cuts. I was just cutting the the strip that I needed and was thinking I would be done soon, when I took my eyes off the cutting for just a sec. but sec cost me cutting the tip off of my middle finger on the left hand. When to emergence and had the tip stitched back on, they said it would protect the nerve endings, but would die off by the time to take stitches out... Sew don't take your eyes off your project while cutting...I am getting feeling back into the finger tip. So back to hand quilting.

Glad your finger will be ok. I call it the "CYF" club (cut your finger).

I am also a member.

Not particularly proud of that fact, though. :eek:

I made the mistake of trying it out right before I was to head to work at a salon. Brand new out of the package. tip of right side of left index finger. AND it was "perm and color" day. Got the super glue took it to work and had one of the other gals help me put it on. You can call it the "CYF" or the "RCC" (rotary cut club). Everyone knows it usually involves an index finger. Although I know of one who cut her pinky. She came "around the bend" as she called it. Didn't feel like turning and just use a short cut. Pinky of left hand was sticking out just right. Rotary cut toward herself like a big "U". Nipped the pinky with part of the nail. OUCH!!!

Haven't cut a finger yet, does slitting your forearm count?? Didn't want to take the chance of cutting the piece wrong by turning it so it would be a "normal" cut. O no, I had to try cutting under my left arm. Didn't work well.

Ouch!! It makes me cringe to hear this.

Welcome! Been there, done that....hope it heals quickly w/out too much pain. Hang in there!

Ouch! I haven't cut myself.....yet...... with the cutter while cutting fabric, but I have cut myself by forgetting to close the rotary cutter blade guard, then somehow brushing my hand against it while it was laying on my cutting mat. Now I use the older Olfa cutter that you have to squeeze the handle to make the blade come out so you can use it. (The cut wasn't bad, but it taught me a lesson!)

Hope you heal quickly. Thank you for making us all pay a little closer attention. You may have saved someone from getting hurt.

Maybe we should all invest in those safety gloves?

Okay, I'm convinced! Your accident (I'm really sorry about it, truly) has spurred me on to order that rotating rotary cutting mat I've been hemming and hawing about. For the past few times I've been making like a contortionist cutting out pieces. It's a miracle I haven't cut myself. Prayers for healing coming your way...sorry it had to happen.

That's a great idea, Geri B. I'll have to look them up, thanks.

Not a club one wants to join but I did this year too. Glad your cut wasn't too serious --- it does make one more careful again though.

I know how that hurts. It took slicing my finger to finally get me to buy a Fons and Porter's Klutz glove. I suggest you buy one, I never cut without mine now. We just always assume it won't happen to us,so we don't need the glove. All it takes is slicing your finger to realize buying the glove is a good idea. You can buy it on their website. Best money I ever spent.

My Husband order me Butcher gloves with the steel in them form Chef Depot com, just so this won't happen.

I did the same thing to my left index finger last week!
Took the tipi of my finger off and half my nail !!! Surgeon talked about amputating the tip of my finger but he is satisfied with how it is healing now .... Boy, am I glad!!

A friend has given me a "Klutz glove" to wear when I cut!
Welcome to the Klutz Club and take care:):)

Ouchie be carefful!!!

I love my Slidelocks. I have a long and short one and love them. Now I am confident about cutting fabric and NOT me. Nancy

Why does someone not use a safety tool when cutting? Makes no sense to me. It's like driving with no insurance or going boating without a life jacket. The Slidelock is the best I've used. The cut resistant glove is cheap on Amazon if cost is a factor. I have one of the gloves in all my take to sew totes.

I wish I would always use my Clutz glove.

I was teaching a class on safety and wasn't paying attention to the tools (thinking about the next part of the lecture). Zip, slice, off went the top portion of my index finger. I didn't realize how bad it was so I grabbed the cut scrap and held it tight and continued to teach. The students didn't realize what had happened. But then it got bad and I got someone to take over the class and went to investigate how bad it was. Meanwhile I had changed fabric scraps and in the process threw out the mushroom cap portion of the finger. Everything is ok now. They cauterized the veins, covered the finger and I had to cage it for 2 months. Try working in a fabric store with a cage on your index finger!!!! The hand doctor did an incredible job and the only problem I have is it always feels like there are bits of dirt on a surface when I run my finger on it - weird! I was using my rotary cutters within a week and, although I concentrate completely when working, I have no problems. But when my students start cutting, I make them use a handle that attaches to the rulers. Them cutting terrifies me! Lesson learned AGAIN - pay attention to your tools and your work.

Ouch! Hope it heals quickly

OnebyOne - the lady in your story was guaranteed to cut her self. Any time you brag about something it's sure to happen to you.

Thankfully I haven't cut any fingers with a rotary cutter (yet), but after nearly 40 years of sewing on a sewing machine, I sewed thru the tip of my finger. That really surprised me!

All of these posts makes me want to get a guard for my sewing machines and wear my Ov-Glov (which looks like the Klutz glove) when I use my rotary cutter even tho I use my SlidLoc. Just last week I barely touched a bag of trash I was heaving over into the dumpster and touched a can (it had been opened with the opener that goes around the top of the can - makes lid save but the can is a razor blade) and sliced my finger about 3/4".

I find myself rarely using my rotary cutter as much as I use to. I use a Go for 95% of my cutting. When cutting fabric to fit the die, it's easier to tear, or use scissors. No rulers needed.