Seam Rippers? How often do you use one? How often do you think to replace one?
I have been working on a quilt for the past year that requires me to use my seam ripper a lot. Granted, I always have two seam rippers just in case one does a vanishing act. Because of the amount of ripping I have done in the past year, both of my seam rippers have been present - one at the ironing board and one at the machine. What do you do when both of them do a disappearing act at the same time? I searched desperately for them because you only notice that seam ripper is missing when you need it. I have no idea how two disappeared at the same time. Fortunately, it wasn't too late to run over to Michael's and pick up more. Yes, I purchased two more seam rippers. When I returned home, I found one of the missing seam rippers. So, I didn't bother opening either of the new seam rippers that I had purchased. Fast forward a couple of weeks and the disappearing act has returned and I open one of the seam ripper packages. Folks, I'm telling you the difference is night and day between the old seam ripper and the new seam ripper. They were the exact same type of seam ripper. So, what was the difference? The old one is dull and the new one is sharp. You don't have to work as hard to use the seam ripper. Lesson learned, I hope.
Now on to Life...I was going to start a new series but I wasn't sure that I would be able to keep with it on a regular basis. Life is happening in a good mostly way. We've purchased a new house 1000 miles away. My current house needs to be ready to put on the market by August. The new house needs work done to it before we can move into it. This means that there will be a lot of traveling back and forth. In the middle of this, I'm having surgery on my ankle which means no flying. This means all the traveling both and forth will be via car for me until I get clearance to fly again.
So, with all that, I've decided to take time off until all the dust settles on this new adventure. I haven't lived near family in over 25 years. It will be a good adventure. Have a good summer and fall.
Happy Stitching!
