Things I've learned the hard way and what I do about them now
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13) Keep the machine cleaned up. Change needles now and then. Brush the fuzzies off/out around the bobbin area. Fray check is not a good substitute for sewing machine oil.
14) Warn other members of the household that the scissors are MINE!
15) Remember to return the screwdriver to DH's toolbox when done with using it.
16) Some cats are thread fiends. Keep it away from them. It is bad for their health.
17) Be extra careful to keep pins and needles from where DH might "locate" them. Mine gets cranky if he steps on one when barefooted.
18) When I sell fabric or do a trade, I advise the other person that I have cat(s) -
14) Warn other members of the household that the scissors are MINE!
15) Remember to return the screwdriver to DH's toolbox when done with using it.
16) Some cats are thread fiends. Keep it away from them. It is bad for their health.
17) Be extra careful to keep pins and needles from where DH might "locate" them. Mine gets cranky if he steps on one when barefooted.
18) When I sell fabric or do a trade, I advise the other person that I have cat(s) -
#23
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Should you ( heaven forbid! ) cut yourself with a rotary blade, glue yourself back together with superglue. works great!
Cut myself to the bone on Thanksgiving Day and didn't want to go to ER (not quilting, but cutting up celery for stuffing!) so just glued me back together and went on with preparations! Healed up great and NO scar.
Cut myself to the bone on Thanksgiving Day and didn't want to go to ER (not quilting, but cutting up celery for stuffing!) so just glued me back together and went on with preparations! Healed up great and NO scar.
#28
Originally Posted by lauriejo
Good rules! Boy did I learn #3 the hard way LOL!
When I was teaching quilting/sewing classes to a group of preteen/teenage students, I told them a rotary cutter was like a pizza cutter with a razor blade! They got the picture!! I also put a finger guard on the edge of the rulers they used. All of them left that class with all their fingers intact. 8-)
#29
#15....I bought my own tools and HID them in my sewing room. DH is not a fixer-uper and his tools end up scattered where ever he uses them! Now I always have the correct tool and know where to find it.
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