dragonlady7

course, and want a set of my own, but i have enough scissors lol

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My last text message conversation individually with my dad was in early December. He’d texted me with careful consideration to ask my advice on purchasing a Christmas gift for Mom. She’d misplaced her good sewing scissors, and had asked him to buy her a new pair. He had realized he was not well-informed about that category of tools, and asked me for an overview– what different types were there, what considerations in selecting them were there– and had said he was thinking of getting her a set.

I gave him a brief rundown of the difference between shears, detail scissors, and thread snips, and I told him that Fiskars were a reputable but inexpensive brand while Gingher was more of a high-quality brand, and I pointed him to an example set from Gingher (as presented at a higher-end NYC quilt shop) that was intended for quilters but was a good basic set– bigger shears for cutting yardage, smaller pointed scissors for cutting detailed applique work and such.

I hadn’t mentioned it to Mom, but yesterday had resolved that if it didn’t transpire that he’d given her the gift, I’d bring it up so she could hunt down whether he’d placed the order or not.

He in fact bought her that exact set; one of the first things she did was show it to me. (Your picture was not posted)