ok, so my re-covered lounge cushion is ready to go.....except for the buttonholes.....i have made them.....but i cannot find scissors that can cut them open.....gentle readers.....buttonholes, especially small ones....require pointy, sharp tipped scissors.................long shears cannot get the necessary leverage...even if they are pointed..........and for a family with children so recently past childhood....i can only come up with blunt scissors....safe, but so sorry for the task at hand............i have also located a pair of pinking shears.....popular for finishing seams prior to zig-zag stitch on a sewing machine....................i have even come up with a copy of 'running with scissors'.......a book that some of us embraced and others did not.................i know that i have 2 pairs of appropriate scissors somewhere.....one is a pair of scissors that resemble a swan. purchased on our honeymoon...........the other is a small pair of sharp-point scissors made for 'handwork'................like needlepoint, embroidery,......and buttonholes........i have searched every drawer in this abode.......and they have been 'put up' so cleverly that they may not surface until our yet-to-be-conceived grandchildren grow up........in a pinch i could scare up a razor blade, and cut through the fabric using the litchen cutting board as a backdrop................this is last resort......because the search for the right scissors has become personal............this is my vacation......and i should be able to find what i need without all of this runaround....................
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