I loved Sandy’s comment. I think I’m in a similar place – time to start dreaming and start doing. I’m just not sure what it is I should do. This website has really helped me narrow down and define my interests. I’m still a long way from having a firm plan, but at least I feel like I’m looking in the right direction.

Maybe we could make sewn-through fingernails a cult beauty trend, like those nail piercings people get!

Placing your finger right next to the presser foot does help, even if the feed dogs are not directly under your finger. It just keeps the fabric flat against the table and more likely to maintain even contact. I may have also put my fingernail under the edge on occasions…and YES, I have sewn through my nail before…so maybe Kathleen will want to add a dsiclaimer or remove this suggestion. There were years when I sewed with a lot of buckram, foam, and leathers & before i bought my first industrial. This really helped. Since then i have also found it sometimes helpful in preventing delicate fabrics from stretching or slipping.

Kathleen, can you or someone delete my first post up there?!?!?!? The one at 1:01pm, it’s a draft!!!!!!

I’ve been away and couldn’t attend to it until now.

There must be something in the post you’re adding that the form doesn’t like. Sometimes the tags of whatever are messed up so it reads a blank. Try posting your content again and I will amend your post so it flows. Alternatively, you can email it to me and I can amend from the back end.

I used to do that sometimes when I was just beginning to learn how to sew as I noticed by accident that it worked – but I thought I was “cheating”.