Found my scissors!

When we came back from our sojourn at the Gold Coast, I went looking for my sewing (dressmaking) scissors and could not find them anywhere. I looked all over my computer desk but they weren’t there. I looked all over my other desk but they weren’t there either. They weren’t in the lounge room or dining room. (In the back of my mind I have the words of a “Where is Spot?”-type children’s book. “Is he under the bed?… Try the basket!”)

Then yesterday it became apparent that Rainbow Girl desperately needed a new leotard. With the recent upswing in temperature from about 16ish to 23ish (degrees Celcius) she’d used last season’s sleeveless leotard for gym and found that it was cutting her in two! Someone’s grown a bit in the intervening cold period.

I got her to choose a fabric from my stash of leotard fabrics (which I found is embarrassingly large) and set about getting everything ready. I suddenly realised that I’d need my sewing scissors to cut it out. I had another look and still they could not be located.

The only thing I could do (apart from going round to my sister’s to borrow hers) was to try using the paper scissors. It was slow going! There was only a small section of the blades right near the point that were sharp enough to cut fabric. But I eventually did managed to cut out the whole leotard – which is admittedly only three pieces.

Then I had to get the sewing machine out of the cupboard. There was a box in front of it, with some embroidery stacked on top (yes, my office is a mess). And lo and behold, there under the embroidery, were/was (which one is correct?) my scissors!

I’m so happy! I’ve have learned some new things without them: hair *can* be cut with paper scissors and care, fabric *can* be cut with paper scissors and time. But its so much nicer to have the “good” scissors to do it with.

Have you ever lost an important piece of sewing or embroidery equipment? Did you get them back?