Two Items You Need to unpick trousers or skirts and remake into something wearable
I showed my friend Carolyn how I had cut a pair of trousers to make a skirt.
I had shown her how to use pinking shears.
The plainest have silver or black handles. I prefer coloured handles.
If you have two pairs, you can remember which is which more easily.
If the resulting skirt is too long, you can hoist it up at the waist.
Or raise it above your bust line under your armpits.
The next day Carolyn called me. She wanted to do the same to an old pair of trousers (Americans say pants) and turn them into a skirt.
She asked me, "Can you meet me for lunch - and bring with you your pinking shears!"
They cost twenty dollars or more. If you use them to cut paper, they go blunt, won't cut, and leave frayed, ragged edges. Because of the shape, they are impossible to sharpen.
Seam Rippers
She also said, "The unpicking is going slowly because I don't have unpickers." The usual term is seam rippers. They are much cheaper. Two dollars for a set of four!
Useful Websites
One of each type of shears, serrated and scalloped, plus thread cutters, which are the same as seam rippers. For a reasonable price, 23.79 dollars. Made by Arcanthite.
https://www.amazon.sg/Pinking-Shears-Serrated-Scalloped-Arcanthite/dp/B097HQ2R2T
BIOGRAPHY
Angela Lansbury B A Hons ACG ALB PM5 EH5 DL5 VC5
The Author of several books including Etiquette For Every Occasion. Wedding Speeches & Toasts. How to be the Best Man. Quick Quotations. Who Said What When.
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Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters Speakers Club Vice President Public Relations (VPPR), Previous President
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Vice President Public Relations (VP PR) of Tampines Changkat Advanced;
Secretary of weekly online Singapore International Dynamic Toastmasters Speakers’ Club;
Member and past president of Harrovians toastmasters club, UK; Past member of HOD Toastmasters, London. Past member in Singapore of: Toastmasters Club of Singapore (TCS); Tiarel; and Senja Cashew.
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Regular attendee at annual Swanwick Writers’ School, England.
Regular attendee at annual Writers’ Holiday, Wales.
Contributor to poetry readings, and after tea courses on: Speaking On Radio To Promote Books; and Plots And Character.
Winner of many club and area speaking contests in the UK and Singapore.
Language advisor to Empire Toastmasters club in Indonesia.
Language and speech workshops in Singapore.
Speaker on radio and TV in England, Scotland, the USA, and Australia.
Compiler of a school course on public speaking for teachers to prepare pupils for school open days with attending ceremonies before government ministers, Singapore.
Former member of Harrow Writers’ Circle, London, and two writing groups in Singapore.
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Books by Angela Lansbury
How to be the best man. (Ward Lock / Cassell.)
Wedding Speeches and Toasts.(Ward Lock / Cassell.)
Unforgettable British Weekends.
Poetry Workshop Workbook.
The Tailor and the Spy. (Lulu.)
Larry The Talking Labrador. (Lulu.)
Writing Poetry for fun.
Quick Quotations
Who Said What When
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