Imagine your grandmother sitting in her rocking chair by the fire, sewing you a set of sheets for your bed. What could be more harmless? Emily, a sophomore at Lawrence Academy agreed to tell the tale of her violent encounter with sewing materials. "I was cutting my fabric, and my tip was over the edge, and I cut the tip of my finger off. I have my tetanus shot though so it's alright!" As you can see, the art of sewing is one with dangers similar to crocodile wrestling. Ms. O'Connor, the Winterim leader quotes, "Yes, there are many ways to be injured in sewing...you definitely have to pay attention." Although no statistics can be easily attained, a quick search on Google reports that there are plenty of scissor related deaths every year, many of them involving moving from one sewing station to another while holding scissors and falling on top of them.
So if any lessons can be learned here, next time you see your grandmother, give her a big hug and thank her for putting her life on the line in order to provide you bedding and warmth.
Dear viewers, have you had any traumatizing experiences in your Winterims? Let us know in the comments!
This morning I took a walk to the Old School Building to check up on the Quilting Winterim. They have made quite a bit of progress over the last few days! Most of the quilts are almost finished; most quilters have sewn their patches together to create their quilt design. The quilters are starting to put their padded backings on their quilts. To attach their backings they must pin the quilt to the backing and then sew. Between now and the end of Winterim, the quilters will be completing their personal quilt and helping to complete the group quilt!
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