#sewing scissors

K is taking Roommate out to Tractor supply to get feed (necessary) and look at the live chicks (Don't, Even.) I asked her if she could go the extra mile to swing by Joann's and buy me a new pair of sewing scissors. The ones I was using - I was in the middle of a project! - vanished and have not turned up again. Even by my standards of losing things, that's pretty egregious. If I had been using them just a day or two before, they definitely should have been on the big table where I cut fabric or by the sewing machine.

I could tell she really didn't want to add to her errands, but she said she would. I gave her a little extra money and told her to visit the section with the beads and jewelry fittings. As a 'delivery fee.' A new packet of beads is a reasonable little weekend treat!

IF the old scissors come to light, then I'll have two pairs. Honestly, that would probably save me a lot of time and running the stairs.

A peek at some handcrafted sewn things cooking. This handprinted scissors design is still available on various fabrics via my main site shop if you want to make your own.

The Thimble and the Swan

Wasn’t it odd, the thimble mused, that you needed scissors to mend something; that cutting and separating could make a whole?

A swan flew over just in time to hear its questions.

“You sound like a wise thimble,” he remarked as he landed nearby. “Perhaps you will be able to help me.”

“I wouldn’t think a majestic swan like you has much use for the likes of me,” the thimble said thoughtfully.

“I might not, if I were a real swan,” the bird answered, “but in truth I am an enchanted prince. My sister is sewing shirts from asters for me and my five brothers in order to lift our curse, and a thoughtful thimble like you might make her task much lighter.”

“I have not performed the work expected of us thimbles in many years,” the thimble said. “I became a philosopher instead, but for you, I would like to make an exception.”

And so the swan carefully lifted the thimble in its beak, and together they flew off to find the brave princess who would save her brothers, guided by the wisdom and support of a small metal cap.

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