Have you ever sewn through your finger...
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With a sewing machine? That shit hurts. Share your horror stories.
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Cering G.
Canada
2218 posts
OG since: 03/25/2010
Even worse-
sewing through it when you're sewing leather.
By hand.
Don't sew leather by hand.
posted Apr 2, 2010
Jasmine L.
NY,
United States
121 posts
OG since: 03/29/2010
OMG i had an almost sewn finger with my machine, and idk what its called, but on the right side of needle the thing went right down on my finger. It hurt a little but it was more scaryy than anythingg. I hope i never actually get my finger!
posted Apr 2, 2010
Eilidh X.
GLASGOW,
United Kingdom
310 posts
OG since: 03/21/2009
i stapelled through my thumb once
bloody agony and very scary!!
xxx
posted Apr 2, 2010
Jen O. C.
VANCOUVER,
Canada
3626 posts
OG since: 02/18/2009
I haven't thank god, but I found it amusing that in a sewing class my teacher told a story about someone who stitched through their finger and it was horrible and blah blah, and later that same class a girl stitched through her finger. Oh, the irony.
posted Apr 2, 2010
Cering G.
Canada
2218 posts
OG since: 03/25/2010
Haha, the same thing happened it my fashion class.
posted Apr 2, 2010
Lisa W.
MELBOURNE,
Australia
34 posts
OG since: 04/12/2009
yes yes yes! ahaha
just missed my nail and went through next to it
blood literally squirted out, i do not exaggerate.
my mum had a panic attack when she saw how bloody it was :D
posted Apr 3, 2010
Tatiana H.
CAMBRIDGE,
United Kingdom
115 posts
OG since: 03/02/2010
once, I was sewing and the machine had a kind of lag between the pedal and needle, and long story short it ended with a needle going straight through the top of my finger nail. worse thing of all was that i was wearing red nail varnish at the time, so when i appeared in front of my dad going "i think i've hurt myself" he couldn't even work out what was wrong!
posted Apr 3, 2010
Joy D.
GHOST WORLD,
United Kingdom
2696 posts
OG since: 01/11/2010
No, but my friend did in school and I haven't been within 1m of a sewing machine since!
posted Apr 3, 2010
Hannah R.
MANCHESTER,
United Kingdom
325 posts
OG since: 07/01/2009
No but the grinch has.
posted Apr 3, 2010
Charissa H.
SHEFFIELD,
United Kingdom
1236 posts
OG since: 01/12/2010
haha aw i love the grinch!
posted Apr 3, 2010
Hannah R.
MANCHESTER,
United Kingdom
325 posts
OG since: 07/01/2009
I was hoping someone would know what I was talking about! Yeah me too!!
posted Apr 4, 2010
Puck L.
ONEOFPOINTS.,
Netherlands
293 posts
OG since: 04/01/2010
Yeah it happened to me.
posted Apr 4, 2010
Jeffrey K.
AMSTERDAM,
Netherlands
16 posts
OG since: 03/07/2009
Hahahah funny to read all these stories... Haven't sewn through my fingers but stabbed in my hands, fingers and even my lips with needles or pins hundreds of times... It part of the job I think!
posted Apr 4, 2010
Mara C.
LAS LOUIS AND ST. VEGAS,
United States
4847 posts
OG since: 12/27/2009
I'm so incompetent at sewing I flat-out stabbed my palm when trying to fix a button. Probably about 5 mm of the needle went in, which is plenty to get me to scream. D:
posted Apr 7, 2010
Gee Silver H.
BRISTOL,
United Kingdom
174 posts
OG since: 01/14/2010
Eeeekk one of my fears, as im always using my sewing machine without the foot, so its just a needle floating around as it pleases lmao.
posted Apr 7, 2010
Joshua M.
OKLAHOMA,
United States
51 posts
OG since: 04/07/2010
well i was sewing my shirt one day and i was adjustng something..
i didn't notice that my foot was still on the foot peddle ..and so i sewed down through my fingernail and i tried to lift the needle up but instead i made it go lower...i didnt scream ...my finger went numb for about an hour..
i was so freaked out...i thought i had aids
thats my story :)
posted Apr 8, 2010
Cassie F.
SYDNEY BUT DYING FOR NEW YORK,
Australia
5 posts
OG since: 02/22/2009
yes yes and yes, straight through my finger..had to get it removed by the doctor..terrible terrible terrible
posted May 5, 2010
Mooo N.
THE LAND OF TEACUPS,
United Kingdom
467 posts
OG since: 04/05/2010
YES. THE PAIN
posted May 5, 2010
Marie J.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
896 posts
OG since: 04/22/2010
I havent sewn my finger, but I have cut the top of my thumb off before with a straight bladed christmas tape dispenser. Bad times, hurt like a biatch and bled for 2 hours straight :/
posted May 5, 2010
Fraulein M.
WILDOMAR, CALIFORNIA,
United States
85 posts
OG since: 12/12/2009
Ahh no >.<
I hope I never will.
Ohhh,
I've I stapled my finger once! lol
posted May 6, 2010
Caz E.
NETHERLANDS,
Netherlands
151 posts
OG since: 03/25/2010
Thank God I haven´t. I think I hurts so bad. Eww.
posted May 6, 2010
Katie C.
INDIANA,
United States
70 posts
OG since: 03/12/2010
i got my finger caught in the little spinny thing the bobbin of spool thing sits in. ahahah well i don't know the names of the machine, just how to run it. at my last job, i was a seamstress.anyway, when you press the pedal down and the needle starts going and the bobbin spins. i was putting a new bobbin in, and had my foot near the pedal. without thinking, i relaxed my foot and pressed down. i got my finger stuck, it ripped off half the nail, and it was gushing blood. it hurt so bad i cried.
posted May 17, 2010
Becky C.
SOUTHWEST UK,
United Kingdom
473 posts
OG since: 05/28/2009
Can't even imagine how painful that'd be!
If I ever got a sewing machine needle stuck through my finger, I don't think I'd have the courage to go near a sewing machine for a longgg time.
posted May 18, 2010
Celina V.
CARSON,
United States
615 posts
OG since: 01/14/2010
Fuck yes! But i didnt cry so yay.
posted May 18, 2010
Michelina S.
TENNESSEE,
United States
631 posts
OG since: 12/04/2008
It's really easy. It just slips under there, there as in the presser foot. That's what it's called!
It hurts!
posted May 20, 2010
Harriet W.
BEAUTIFUL BRISTOL,
United Kingdom
496 posts
OG since: 03/12/2009
Oh gosh, I've done this.
Just thinking about it makes me cringe with pain....
posted May 20, 2010
Heather B.
ARIZONA,
United States
97 posts
OG since: 03/20/2010
nope, but i stapled my finger once.
posted May 20, 2010
Taliena S.
LAPUTA,
United Kingdom
156 posts
OG since: 03/14/2010
Oh my, I always thought I was just being paranoid when I used to think about accidently stabbed by finger. I'm surprised how many people it's happened to. Well,it hasn't happened to. Although,I accidently slammed my friends finger in the door last year,she lost like a millimeter off her finger. I felt so bad. T_T
posted May 21, 2010
J-Ashley L.
WARWICKSHIRE/PLYMOUTH,
United Kingdom
173 posts
OG since: 09/27/2009
I have a couple of times both hand sewing and sewing machine, but luckily it's only been very tiny so not too painful. It makes you freak out a bit when you do as you'd imagine it would be worse than it is.
posted May 21, 2010
Tiffany K.
THE PACIFIC OCEAN,
United States
2083 posts
OG since: 06/01/2009
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
posted Jul 17, 2010
Charlie G.
PORTSMOUTH,
United Kingdom
80 posts
OG since: 05/28/2010
I sewed through my right index finger with a sewing machiene in my textile lesson, my foot slipped and hit the pedal as my finger was still there, it did'nt hurt too much at first but the room was spinning like mad! i actually snapped the needle in my finger and had to pull half the needle out of my finger, and i wa still attatched to the machiene by the thread through my finger! It's pretty cool now though, im missing half my finger print due to scar tissue :)
posted Jul 17, 2010
Candace F.
DC,
United States
69 posts
OG since: 06/25/2010
I have always dreaded something like that! I'm always super careful everytime I sew, but I still somehow always manage to poke myself. Luckily, I haven't gone all the way through! I make plushies if anyone wants to check them out :)
flickr.com/photos/cuteseas/sets/72157603551108748/
posted Jul 18, 2010
Salt E.
HERE,
United States
168 posts
OG since: 01/05/2009
I used a needle to create a little thread square on my pinky finger, although it didn't hurt one bit because the skin was dead, and I'm a brave little child.
posted Jul 18, 2010
Sara S.
A SMALL WORLD,
United States
50 posts
OG since: 06/16/2010
no, but i've stapled my fingers together on accident..
posted Aug 30, 2010
Chelsea F.
BOULDER, CO,
United States
148 posts
OG since: 09/24/2009
At least once. I did it when I was sewing a costume for Pirates of Penzance and I bled quite a bit, unfortunately the garment was white and we opened in two days. And about a year ago I was pinning lace on a dress and I slipped or something and the pin went all the way through my thumb (from the front to the nail) I have nerve damage from it. I cannot count the amount of times I have poked my self hand sewing.
posted Aug 30, 2010
Connor H.
BOSTON,
United States
114 posts
OG since: 07/23/2010
Not yet. I'm still afraid this is going to happen, though.
posted Aug 30, 2010
Anna J.
A LITTLE BIT NEAR LONDON,
United Kingdom
1520 posts
OG since: 10/06/2009
My best friend at primary school once tried to pierce he belly button with a stapler, and I encouraged her to do it... -_-
posted Aug 31, 2010
Kitty D.
HAMPSHIRE,
United Kingdom
6 posts
OG since: 12/06/2009
ah hearing this stuff makes me cringe, i haven't done it personally but i knew a girl who ran through her thumb with the sewing machine... it was her birthday as well, fail.
posted Aug 31, 2010
Orhedea R.
MOSCOW,
Russian Federation
27 posts
OG since: 05/17/2010
Did it all the time in 5th grade with a regular needle on purpose. All 30 of us. We were trying to have our substitute teacher have a nervous break down. Needless to say, we succeeded.
posted Sep 4, 2010
Liisa, ..
GöTEBORG,
Sweden
1350 posts
OG since: 02/08/2009
No, and I'm so damn afraid of doing it.
posted Sep 4, 2010
Ratna J.
BATAVIA/BUITENZORG,
Indonesia
330 posts
OG since: 11/25/2009
oh my god this thread makes me feel dizzy.
:p
posted Sep 4, 2010
Lisa S.
LOWER-AUSTRIA,
Austria
148 posts
OG since: 03/02/2010
I once hurt myself with a crochet hook while I made my boyfriend's dreadlocks. (Maybe you don't know how it works, so: Basically you just move the crochet hook really quickly through the dreadlocks). However, the hook got stuck in my finger and it was really difficult to put it out again.
It didn't hurt that much, but I nearly went sick because ... idk, because it was horrible ^^
posted Sep 6, 2010
Carmilla J.
CANADA,
Canada
26 posts
Member since: 08/28/2010
I certainly have, hand sewing!
posted Sep 9, 2010
Michael C.
WIJNEGEM,
Belgium
63 posts
OG since: 12/08/2008
No, but I have put and twisted my thumb
in a pencil sharpener when I was little.
posted Sep 12, 2010
Dana L.
EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE,
Philippines
2363 posts
Member since: 08/27/2010
O_O Oh my god, I never realized there were so many horror stories regarding that topic. I have never had my finger sewn through, but I poked myself dozens of times. I always try and suck up the pain.
Unfortunately, I am forced to take sewing for Home Economics to pass each grade/year level, so I have a high chance of getting my finger pricked by a sewing needle.
posted Sep 13, 2010
Pam C.
GLAMOURLAND,
Virgin Islands, British
737 posts
OG since: 07/25/2010
If and it was terrible feeling after finishing auch a dress in my sewing class and almost finished the last stitch pain u.u
posted Sep 13, 2010
Hayley N.
NORTH YORKSHIRE,
United Kingdom
30 posts
OG since: 07/08/2010
Yes, it was awful! I was in year 10 at school doing textiles, I was making a lacy skirt and I looked up for a moment and carried on sewing. My finger got trapped underneath and it totally messed my finger up, bleeding and everything, serves me right really ;D
posted Sep 16, 2010
Rachel M.
THE LAND OF THE DELUSIONAL ,
United Kingdom
9 posts
Member since: 09/03/2010
No...but I have stappled through my finger...which was equally as horrific.
posted Sep 19, 2010
Marko A.
ZIHUATANEJO,
Serbia
189 posts
OG since: 06/24/2010
nope
posted Oct 2, 2010
Sarah B.
ASTEROID B-612,
United States
1176 posts
Member since: 10/09/2010
i have a tendency to drop pins on the ground.
i stepped on a pin, and it went sideways through my foot....that hurt.
posted Feb 8, 2011
Cabrini B.
EAST LONDON,
United Kingdom
154 posts
Member since: 12/16/2010
my textiles teacher did once. He was scared to freak us out, so he pretended the needle just fell out of the sewing machine and sent us back to our seats. He sat in agony for two hours, it was a really thin, sharp needle, and went through his bone :S
posted Feb 8, 2011
Lani G.
TEXAS,
United States
59 posts
Member since: 01/29/2011
AHHAHAHA YES!
but its was my thumb... and it was so fast it didn't hurt oddly
I yelled and cried cause I saw it happen and I was freaking out but then after a few seconds I was like wait
that didn't hurt wtf? i was laughing as my mom came to the room and helped me and walked away looking at me like if i was a freak
it was the pad of the thumb so maybe thats why
scary but funny cause I cried for no reason haha
so weird!
posted Feb 10, 2011
Zahraisabelle L.
XANADU,
Sweden
4766 posts
OG since: 08/28/2009
I fucking hate this thread
posted Feb 11, 2011
Sarah S.
EARTH,
United States
130 posts
OG since: 08/25/2009
I stapled my thumb and index finger together when I was little. I was replacing the staples in the stapler.
posted Feb 11, 2011
Tatiana H.
CAMBRIDGE,
United Kingdom
115 posts
OG since: 03/02/2010
sewn through my NAIL before, on a machine - and i was wearing red nail varnish so when i tried to show it to my dad he couldn't see what i'd done! that was bad, took forever to heal....
posted Aug 22, 2011
Dee ♡.
THE LAND WHERE ROSES GO TO DIE,
United Kingdom
123 posts
Member since: 01/02/2011
i havent yet (touching wood as i type) but i saw my mate go though hers, the needle broke in her finger & the thread could just travel through. she was calm & everyone else in our class was freaking out! she just went upto our tutor & showed her the hand, our tutor said get away from me! & that she couldnt take her to the nurse, so i had to. even the nurse looked like she was going to pass out at the sight of it, luckily me & her were calm
posted Aug 23, 2011
Shaz O.
United Kingdom
1262 posts
Member since: 12/08/2010
i stapled my finger once. Hurt like shit
posted Aug 23, 2011
Karmen D.
Croatia
911 posts
Member since: 01/26/2011
No, but I bet it hurts like hell. :S
posted Aug 25, 2011
S C Stavroulitza B.
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Greece
397 posts
OG since: 02/15/2010
my mom did when she was 12 while sewing a skirt.. she said she saw stars at that moment...
posted Aug 25, 2011
Molly G.
United Kingdom
73 posts
Member since: 08/08/2011
Ouch, it's the pedal that's the problem it's so tempting to press down and then before you know it the machine is going 100mph.
posted Aug 25, 2011
Edith V.
BERLIN,
Germany
30 posts
Member since: 07/09/2011
Fuck yes. On one of those singer machines from 1800-something. I was seven and cried for hours. The pedal is so fun but so evil
posted Aug 26, 2011
Liberty D.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
137 posts
OG since: 08/12/2010
Yes and It hurt so badly! :(
Whenever I stop and adjust the fabric my foot always hovers over the pedal. Without thinking My foot dropped hard on the pedal. It was to painful!!!
I've learnt that my foot always will stay well away from the pedal when my fingers are near the needle.
posted Aug 28, 2011
Victoria T.
OXFORD,
United Kingdom
192 posts
OG since: 08/20/2009
I have, but by hand :\
posted Aug 31, 2011
Ashleigh D.
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND,
United Kingdom
14 posts
Member since: 01/18/2011
YES. I used a sewing machine in Home Economics (back when I used to be at school) and the needle went through my nail. I got such a scare that I pulled my finger away so quickly that I snapped the needle...
I had so much adrenaline that I honestly didn't feel a thing! The woman at the school office pulled it out with tweezers and it was fine :)
posted Sep 4, 2011
Seung-won S.
SEOUL,
Korea
126 posts
Member since: 03/31/2011
Holy shit! I have not, but this makes my fingers and toes shrink...
But I stapled my thumb... it is kind of weird that so many people has same experience. Lol
posted Sep 6, 2011
Paige P.
CALIFORNIA,
United States
15 posts
OG since: 08/22/2010
yes worst thing ever! i sewed into my thumb I couldnt get it out so i had to unscrew the needle from the machine and run downstairs to have my dad pull it out. he barely could it was so stuck in there. thank god i was sewing satin with a microtex so it was a very fine need but still veryyy traumatizing
posted Nov 5, 2011
Kenya T.
THE CITY OF FOG,
United Kingdom
19 posts
Member since: 01/03/2011
I stapled myself and had to pull it out, :/
posted Nov 5, 2011
Cassandra M.
A HILL IN CALIFORNIA,
United States
145 posts
Member since: 04/01/2011
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
oh man, some sad shit here.
posted Nov 6, 2011
Kat C.
United States
297 posts
Member since: 10/09/2010
No, but every time my finger passes the needle, I can't help but to become paranoid for just a second.
posted Nov 6, 2011
Joelle P.
LONDON,
United Kingdom
110 posts
OG since: 10/18/2009
Never sewn through my finger... but stapled my thumb once and the amount of pins I have had stuck into my feet/fingers is ludicrous!
posted Nov 7, 2011
Laurie B.
ROTTERDAM,
Netherlands
113 posts
Member since: 11/06/2011
Not yet.
I once sewed Velcro on a barbie dress for my sister and the needle got stucked, so I pushed it trough and than it shot out right in my thumb, really deep. And that already hurted, so I can't even imagine what a sewing machine must feel like.
posted Nov 22, 2011
Charmaine C.
UK,
United Kingdom
164 posts
Member since: 10/13/2010
i used to thread a needle through the top of my skin in primary to show off in the class..
i have sewn some thread through, accidently, before, sore matters..
posted Jan 4, 2012
Morgan B.
TORONTO,
Canada
159 posts
Member since: 12/03/2011
I seriously don't even get how that's possible. I've never done it. I usually poke myself a lot when hand sewing though.
posted Jan 4, 2012
Katie L.
INDIANAPOLIS,
United States
345 posts
OG since: 08/30/2009
I can honestly say no I have not.
I used to have really long nails and I have sewn through a nail and broken it deep into the nail bed, and that hurt like hell, so I can't even imagine a sewing needle propelling down into any one of my precious fingers.
posted Jan 4, 2012