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Jan. 13th, 2019 10:21 pm(tw blood)
There are 2 things I have discovered about hand-sewing, which are annoying individually but extremely frustrating when combined.
(It actually happened twice in a row. The first time, working on a corset for a friend of mine, I noticed it before I got blood on my precious coutil. The second time, doing some hand-stitching for an apron, I only noticed that I was bleeding when the fabric under the poked finger started feeling sticky. Said apron-bits are now hanging in the bathroom drying, guilty pins and all.)
(Of the previous 2 corsets I have sewn, both acquired bloodstains at some point in the making. I can't remember if I managed to get both of them out or not; I think I did but it may be that one of them was just covered up with a bit of lace.)
There are 2 things I have discovered about hand-sewing, which are annoying individually but extremely frustrating when combined.
- I get poked by pins often, but it usually does not draw blood.
- Occasionally, however, it does draw blood. Usually when I'm working with white fabric.
(It actually happened twice in a row. The first time, working on a corset for a friend of mine, I noticed it before I got blood on my precious coutil. The second time, doing some hand-stitching for an apron, I only noticed that I was bleeding when the fabric under the poked finger started feeling sticky. Said apron-bits are now hanging in the bathroom drying, guilty pins and all.)
(Of the previous 2 corsets I have sewn, both acquired bloodstains at some point in the making. I can't remember if I managed to get both of them out or not; I think I did but it may be that one of them was just covered up with a bit of lace.)
