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BellaBoo 08-19-2011 08:23 AM

It's not a little package. I cannot find it anywhere. I remember putting the book and rulers in the bag and putting it in my sewing room. I have looked all morning for it.. :? This makes me feel so stumped and at a loss to how in the world did it just disappear. No one has been in the sewing room but me in weeks. I was all set to start making the pattern, I guess I will be deep cleaning my sewing room instead. :-(

amma 08-19-2011 08:24 AM

You will soon get that "aha" moment :wink: :D:D:D

Cyn 08-19-2011 08:26 AM

I hate when that happens! And it happens way too much to me!
Good Luck!

oksewglad 08-19-2011 08:28 AM

I lost a large antique spoon one day; searched high and low and figured I had left it at the shop I bought it at. About 6 months later, I was rummaging looking for something else and I found it still in the white sales sack! It will show up!

wolfkitty 08-19-2011 08:40 AM

I do it way too often - yikes! You are not alone. When you have given up looking and/or bought new, you will find them. This is why I have three cameras.

MrsM 08-19-2011 08:42 AM

I've gotten to the point where the object is right in front of me but I just can't see it. I think I am in that panicked mind set of it being gone and just don't see it there. :-(

dglvr 08-19-2011 08:42 AM

Glad I'm not the only one that does that. I find stuff after I'm no longer interested in doing it. :D

sandyo 08-19-2011 08:44 AM

been there done that--good luck

Holice 08-19-2011 08:47 AM

just relax. you will find it when you are not looking for it

Zhillslady 08-19-2011 08:49 AM

grelims - they live in fabric rooms

Annaquilts 08-19-2011 08:52 AM

Just think of all the other goodies you will find when deep cleanign your room. I hope you find it soon so you can get started.

AnnieF 08-19-2011 08:53 AM

since it's a book and rulers....it'd flat so make sure you look between your fabric sitting on your sewing table....I do this all the time.

Sadiemae 08-19-2011 08:54 AM

It is probably in plain sight.

charity-crafter 08-19-2011 08:58 AM

You've probably moved it several times looking for it. I lost the ipod once for a couple weeks. Look absolutely every where it could have been.

I moved a stack of papers that I had checked several times and found it in between a couple envelopes.

So it will show up eventually. It's a like a puppy when you're trying to catch it, when you ignore it, it will come to you...well in this instance you'll stumble on it.

butterflies5518 08-19-2011 09:01 AM

I searched for a magazine the other night - upside down on the coffee table in front of everyone - duh!

barefoot quilter 08-19-2011 09:14 AM


Originally Posted by charity-crafter
You've probably moved it several times looking for it. I lost the ipod once for a couple weeks. Look absolutely every where it could have been.

I moved a stack of papers that I had checked several times and found it in between a couple envelopes.

So it will show up eventually. It's a like a puppy when you're trying to catch it, when you ignore it, it will come to you...well in this instance you'll stumble on it.

that is so true happy, hunting for the things that get lost in a sewing room, (many times over)

MadQuilter 08-19-2011 09:15 AM

That's why I am redoing my sewing room. 7 cats couldn't find a single mouse in there the way it was.

snipforfun 08-19-2011 09:17 AM

Its probably hiding with my Gingher seam ripper!

redmadder 08-19-2011 09:17 AM

Look behind everything. They may have fallen off.

QuiltnLady1 08-19-2011 09:20 AM

That's why I seem to have a two of a lot of rulers and my flowerhead pins. Everytime I turn around something disappears (sigh)

katier825 08-19-2011 10:02 AM

the fastest way to find it is to buy new ones to replace what you lost! LOL works every time!

julia58 08-19-2011 10:13 AM

You haven't mailed any packages have you???

zennia 08-19-2011 10:28 AM

This happens to me everytime I clean my sewing room. i am better off leaving it messy.

BellaBoo 08-19-2011 11:13 AM

It still hasn't shown up. I straighten up the clutter and decided to sew on a UFO. The rulers are bright yellow/green and stick out of the bag. I can't be that blind. LOL.

moonwork42029 08-19-2011 11:15 AM

Check your freezer, lol

feline fanatic 08-19-2011 12:17 PM

I am convinced there is a covert blackops govt organization whose sole mission in life is to make me think I am crazy by moving and hiding things I set down just a moment before. I am still looking for a hunk of fabric from almost two years ago I am firmly convinced I did NOT use up.

charity-crafter 08-19-2011 03:12 PM

Is it still in the trunk of the car?

doll-lady 08-19-2011 03:17 PM

do you have a prankster ghost? lol

khurtdvm 08-19-2011 07:30 PM

I bought a book and templates for the DWR quilt. (Not that I plan to make one anytime soon, mind you.) I've since moved and completely redone my sewing room. Still can't find where the heck I put the templates.

Peckish 08-19-2011 09:03 PM

It will be in the last place you look.

Charlee 08-19-2011 09:42 PM


Originally Posted by moonwork42029
Check your freezer, lol

I found my car keys there once! Came in from shopping and had to hurry and get the ice cream in the freezer...you know...hot day, 30 minutes in the car....popped the ice cream in the freezer and then spent HOURS looking for my keys and accusing my kids of losing them...found them when I went to dish up desert after dinner. :oops: :lol:

Bellaboo...go through your normal routine when you come into the house after shopping. What do you do? Where do you put your purse? Is there a chance that you had to do what so many of us do? (Make a run for the bathroom) Where MIGHT you have set down the package as you came in?

Sienna's GiGi 08-19-2011 09:49 PM

Check behind the table, cabinet, chest that you laid them on. That usually where I find stuff after they lose me.

arizonagirl 08-19-2011 10:00 PM

I'll be in the last place you look...lol

Rose L 08-19-2011 10:04 PM


Originally Posted by MrsM
I've gotten to the point where the object is right in front of me but I just can't see it. I think I am in that panicked mind set of it being gone and just don't see it there. :-(

This me too. I can be looking right at things and not even see them...until someone points out the obvious. Sheesh!

JSNOMORE 08-20-2011 02:40 AM

been there,done that

ka9sdn 08-20-2011 02:51 AM

Those grelims are a real pain. Wish they would stay home.

pojo 08-20-2011 03:01 AM

I glad I'm not the only one who looses things.

Up4BigChal 08-20-2011 03:22 AM


Originally Posted by BellaBoo
It's not a little package. I cannot find it anywhere. I remember putting the book and rulers in the bag and putting it in my sewing room. I have looked all morning for it.. :? This makes me feel so stumped and at a loss to how in the world did it just disappear. No one has been in the sewing room but me in weeks. I was all set to start making the pattern, I guess I will be deep cleaning my sewing room instead. :-(

Pray to St Anthony, Hes helped me find a lot of things!!

jansquiltn 08-20-2011 03:34 AM

I have misplaced so many things recently I'm begining to think I've lost my mind. Could be all of the hot flashes.

meanmummy 08-20-2011 03:50 AM

who me? wasn't me, I don't know


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