beware of the sewing saw

five facts that are necessary for you to read before i begin:

1. i'm learning to sew! (in case you didn't know that already).

2. to date i've sewn a skirt (for me) and a quilt (for mom).

3. i'm currently working on another (more intricate) quilt (for me ... what can i say? i'm selfish).

4. sewing tools are SHARP.

5. typing with 9 fingers is no easy task.

so here's the quick and dirty summary of those five facts.  i was working on cutting more of my quilting squares this afternoon because i was gloriously given the afternoon off work and i decided to use the time semi-productively.  in hindsight, studying for the praxis would have been more productive and less painful, but you live and learn, right?

anyways, i was patiently lining up my squares on my cutting board with my clear sewing ruler and using the sewing saw to trim the pieces down to size.  what a mouthful!  but for real, that's what i was doing.

(side note: yes, the tools have official sewing names.  no, i don't know what they are so i refer to them as cutting board, clear ruler, and saw.  glad we cleared that up.)

i was getting a pretty good system down and i was messing up my squares less and less, but if the blog ended here that'd be a lame post, right?  don't worry.  here's where it gets good.

karma quickly realized it made a wrong turn into my life this morning and did a super speedy u-turn way out of here.  and i mean way.  if we're being honest, i knew the good karma wouldn't last all day, but i had no idea it would be so bloody.

so what did karma's u-turn involve?

beware of the sewing saw

oh you know, just sawing the tip of my right pointer finger off.  just gushing blood all over my cutting board and the kitchen (once i ran in there).  just making me scream and howl on the phone to my mother for what felt like years (i'm sure it felt even longer to her).  no big deal, right?

but you know what i've learned from this little adventure into the land of gushing blood?

-i really should wear thimbles on all of my fingers regardless of the activities.
-my mother is not only a teacher, counselor, money manager, clothing maker, etc. etc. etc. (she wears a lot of hats in our family!), she's also one heck of a phone nurse.
-sewing saws are SHARP and they should probably only be used by professionals or people with robot hands.  if your fingers are flesh, good luck.