It seems to be another week for scissors . . . between those and sewing machines, I've been kept occupied all week.
Quite by accident, I may have discovered why pinking shears are reputed to be well nigh impossible to sharpen! You can read about it in my post, linked from my 2026 projects page. And if you're hungry for more, you can browse through all my projects going back to 2018.
NEWS & DOINGS
It's summer time and Scampers gets to go outside for an hour or so a day. My brother likes to be outside and usually accompanies him.
When he's not underneath the rhubarb, Scampers likes to sit on this outside window sill and interact withpeople inside.
I had a birthday last week, and among my gifts was this beautiful set of prismatic scissors -- engraved with my name on the blade!
Strictly speaking, of course, I didn't need more scissors, but these are such eye candy, who could resist them?
My sister swears I must have bought these for myself, but nope: DH surprised me with them -- an unexpected pleasure for sure.
In case you're wondering, he bought them from LDH Scissors. You may recall my mentioning this company when I discovered them a few months back. I'm not affiliated with them in any way, but I fell in love with their scissors, and I've done itall over again now that I own a set.
I've spent most of the last few weeks cleaning up and servicing the machines that came from my friend's warehouse in Ontario, and trying to figure out :
Which of my machines I really want (a harder task than it sounds);
Which ones I can comfortably let go to new homes (not quite the same thing as the first);
Where I'm actually going to put the ones I end up keeping;
Which of those have to go too, since I don't really have room for all of them;
How to squeeze more storage into my crafting loft . . .
I picked up three sets of these 2" rubber ball casters for only $10! (These usually retail for around $30 per set, plus tax).
I needed them to put on the laptop table in the craft room (it's actually an unused sewing machine cabinet).
I wanted something small that I could wheel out of the way, and these casters are the perfect thing to make it mobile.
These iconic gold scissors are the exact ones my mum had when we were kids.
In fact, they are such a powerful token of her that just seeing them brings her close.
Naturally Santa grabbed these for my sister's stocking. I know she'll be delighted.
I like T-pins for attaching odds and ends to my large bulletin board, but they're not always easy to find, and certainly not for this price.
I couldn't resist this pack for only 50 cents.
One of the things I discovered a few weeks ago after I made shoes for Bridey is that -- oddly -- she has one leg noticeably shorter than the other.
Molded plastic dolls are usually quite symmetrical . . . aren't they? At least I've never noticed this kind of imperfection before.
But never mind: it only serves to humanize Bridey, who turns out to be just a little flawed -- like the rest of us.
