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*Sigh* It figures. Lose something, buy a new one And the old one surfaces.
tourist   Intermediate BC CANADA Member since 7/23/07 Posts: 5412	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/7/12 10:14 AM My good seam ripper has been missing since Christmas. I looked everywhere! Bought a pretty new Clover bamboo one and that very afternoon I found the old one lurking in the bottom of a serger cone bin. Also got some nice Henkles shears. Looked at the Ginghers but couldn't make myself ok with the $60 price tag. ------ http://bgballroom.wordpress.com to follow the progress on my next ballgown.
jynclr   Advanced Beginner TX USA Member since 12/20/11 Posts: 839	Login to reply to this post In reply to tourist Like this post Date: 3/7/12 11:11 AM Of course! This is the corollary Murphy's Law. ------ Evelyn: Pfaff Creative Performance Helen V: Babylock Companion BL1550
ryan's mom PA USA Member since 11/30/04 Posts: 4370	Login to reply to this post In reply to tourist Like this post Date: 3/7/12 11:14 AM Do you know I own three for that reason? And at any given point in time, I can only find one! The more we use them, the greater the chance they grow feet, run away, and hide. ------ Big 4 Pattern size 12, RTW bottom: 6, RTW jacket 8, RTW top (no size fits me well!) Measurements: 34 HB/36 FB (34C bra)/27.5/36 (and working hard to keep it that way.) Machines: Sewing (Janome Memory Craft 3000 and Kenmore 158 Series machine), Serger (Babylock Imagine), Embroidery (Janome 300E) If you think your sewing is better than everyone else's around here, get out of my way b****. I hate sewing snobs. My blog: www.phatchickdesigns.blogspot.com
kkkkaty   Intermediate UT USA Member since 12/7/05 Posts: 2226	Login to reply to this post In reply to ryan's mom Like this post Date: 3/7/12 12:09 PM In my household it's well known that replacing something actually causes the missing item to reappear. Spooky and mysterious..... ------ Viking Lily 545 Viking Ruby Bernina Activa 210 Brother 1034d
justgail Intermediate IA USA Member since 1/19/06 Posts: 514	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/7/12 2:00 PM at least the seam ripper was in an unusual spot. What I hate is when I look for something where I'm SURE I put it, can't find it, get a new one, and go to put it away and.... there the old one is - right where I was going to put the new one. Fortunately that happens most often with grocery items that get shoved aside.
a7yrstitch   Intermediate TX USA Member since 4/1/08 Posts: 4381	Login to reply to this post In reply to tourist Like this post Date: 3/7/12 2:28 PM Check out the link in the first post of this thread in Sewing Spaces, Organizing the Stuff; Come Out of the Closet, or, Shove it Back In! Pictures, Ideas, Links and Resources. The idea should work well for all of our small tools. Tourist, any chance you packed up your seam ripper in an emergency competition sewing kit? --------------------------------------- Don't feel bad, I used to hide the checkbook and other key things before we planned to be away from our home for any length of time. You can guess, I hid them so well that they were often difficult to find when we returned. Fortunately, this amused the hubbie. ------ I have no idea what Apple thought I was saying so be a Peach and credit anything bizarre to auto correct.
jynclr   Advanced Beginner TX USA Member since 12/20/11 Posts: 839	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/7/12 3:04 PM Speaking of seam rippers, specifically, I only have one right now. it tends to roll *underneath* the sewing machine. Now, I check there first. Although, now that I do that, it ends up somewhere else. Of course! ------ Evelyn: Pfaff Creative Performance Helen V: Babylock Companion BL1550
Coconuts   Intermediate MI USA Member since 12/2/09 Posts: 1100	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/7/12 3:10 PM I buy a half dozen every time I order from Cleaner's, and I still can't find one about half the time.
a7yrstitch   Intermediate TX USA Member since 4/1/08 Posts: 4381	Login to reply to this post In reply to Coconuts Like this post Date: 3/7/12 4:04 PM Coconuts, I'm sorry, but this is me, reading your post. Not at, with. Well, I hope with. ------ I have no idea what Apple thought I was saying so be a Peach and credit anything bizarre to auto correct.
stirwatersblue Intermediate KS USA Member since 12/13/08 Posts: 2468	Login to reply to this post Like this post Date: 3/7/12 5:15 PM Oh, *definitely!* I've even taken to doing this deliberately--announcing to the missing item that it is about to be replaced, and if it does not wish for that to happen, it should resurface immediately. Years ago my DH gave me a necklace that I loved (not expensive; just something for the Renfair--but it was *perfect*), and it went missing for more than a year. Finally, in desperation, I went into every room in the house and made it very clear that I was going out to buy a new necklace. Went to Steinmart and combed through all their boho jewelry and finally found a neat necklace similar enough to the missing one to coax its return, but not *so* similar that there wasn't a place for both in my jewelry wardrobe. THAT NIGHT I found the original necklace... under a stack of pants on my closet shelf! A place no necklace (let alone one worn only with Renfair clothes--certainly not with pants, so it's not like it had sneaked into a pocket or something) has any business being, and a location that had frequently been accessed and rearranged over the course of the year. But, seriously--you can always use a couple of seam rippers, right! ------ ~Gem in the prairie

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