THE NEEDLE THROUGH THE FINGERNAIL
I’m in class with Christina Cameli, superstar quilter. We are practicing free motion quilting. Something that happens to me almost right away - I sew the needle through the nail of my left index finger! OMG, I can’t believe it!!! I pull the needle out, there’s just a drop of blood, but man it hurts. I feel like an idiot so I say nothing. I raise my hand and ask the sewing machine facilitator for a new needle. I pretend like nothing out of the ordinary happened and I just keep on sewing.
post scriptum: my finger is fine, it was quite bruised, and there’s a small hole in my nail, but all is well.
ouch!
This is what my finger looks like a week later.