An unfortunate “incident” that occurred on a Friday afternoon
You will notice that there will be no Tuesday Tutorial this week…
You will also notice that this post will be one of fewer words than normal…
This is because one of my fingers in currently incapacitated….
You see, last Friday afternoon I was diligently trying to finish this weeks Tuesday Tutorial (I usually try to finish up my blog related stuff by Friday afternoon so I can just relax and spend time with my family over the weekend)…
As I was cutting the binding for this weeks project, the rotary cutter slipped, and I cut the side of the top of my left index finger…
there was panic,
there was blood,
there was crying,
and maybe some swearing (but if you ask me about it, I won’t admit to it)…
I will spare you the gory details, because yes, they are gory (lets just say it was a deep cut, I have a partial fingernail, several stitches, and I nearly passed out when I saw my finger with a flap… okay that’s enough details *wink*)…
So I can look forward to 2 weeks of stitches and a follow up with a hand specialist…other than looking a bit awkward, and trying to type with one hand, I’m doing fine…
The doctor said no washing dishes for 2 weeks (darnit! *wink*)
Sooo….. this weeks tutorial has been postponed a week (oh, and it was a good one)… until I can get up the courage to touch my rotary blade again…(and get the blood out of the fabric… oh sorry, I told you I’d leave out the gory part).
in the meantime,
I think I’ll scrapbook this week…
oh— also, my dearest husband is not too fond of the idea me cutting fabric again, (it might have something to do with putting up with my hysterics while they sewed my finger back together and getting stuck with 2 weeks of dishes duty……) does anyone know of any “saftey” device to prevent this from happening in the future?? When they started talking to me about hand surgery with a specialist, I realized this hobby is just a bit dangerous!
….don’t forget you have until midnight Sunday to enter the Lisa Leonard giveaway!
I did it too! I thought I was the only klutzy one! I got the little suction cup handle thing It was real small about three inches. It did not stay in place very well. I got the little L shaped stick on things that you put your finger on the other side of the L and it keeps it out of harms way. I also found at HMQS in 2012 It is called Quilters Slidelock. Here is a link to buy or watch a video. It is a great tool. One it keeps your fingers safe and Two it keeps your fabric and ruler from sliding! Wonderful! My finger was sensitive to the air for over a year after my stitches came out…UGH It feels better now SMILE
OOH! Thanks for the recommendation, I’ve been using a cut glove since then and it works okay as long as I don’t lose it in a pile of fabric, a guard might be a better idea.