Thread danger in Baby's toe tourniquet syndrome
#21
My son was a toddler and he kept stomping one foot and fussing.
I took his shoe and sock off and found a thread from his sock had wrapped around his little toe
and was hurting it. Luckily no permanent damage was done.
I took his shoe and sock off and found a thread from his sock had wrapped around his little toe
and was hurting it. Luckily no permanent damage was done.
#23
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The cut fabric frays and creates fuzz, long threads or pulled fabric pieces that can choke a baby and get wrapped around fingers.
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I really try not to give in to all the insane hype out there about the 50 million dangers to babies, but this one actually seems rather legit. It happens both with regular cotton thread & with mono or any of the other synthetics. When we use 40wt or heavier, it's usually very noticeable. When we use silk, mono or another thread that is very thin (like human hair), it can get tightly wrapped around the finger/toe & be partially hidden by the folds of skin/fat spilling over the location of the thread tourniquet. For that reason, I limit all raw edges & if I have one, I make sure to add a blanket/decorative stitch at least every 1/8".
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It is good for you to point that out Jan. I have even gotten tangled in the invisible threads in my comforter, so it is something to be concerned about; and I'm many, many years away from being a baby.
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To each their own. I prefer not to take chances and piece all my baby quilts. BTW my accuquilt rag dies are much longer than 1/2".
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