MakersHourQuestionsSep 11, 2025
Q1: Who are you, and tell us about something making related thing that you have been given?
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Show threadJeff Miller (orange hatband)

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Q1. Who are you and what's a favorite making related thing that I have been given?

A1. Jeff M, US rain shadow saltwater coast of the Cascadia bioregion (hello non-exceptional Douglas fir trees!).

A good friend of many years' standing (and she stands rather tall, at that) gave me a carob-wood handled seam ripper especially made for me. The point reverses into the handle for safe stowage.

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Sep 11, 2025 at 7:17pmWeb
Show threadAlfred Chow - Maker of ThingsSep 11, 2025

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Oh, that is a lovely gift!

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Show threadSue ArcherSep 11, 2025

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That's lovely!

Show threadJeff Miller (orange hatband)Sep 11, 2025

@MakersHour Curiously I rarely use the seam ripper since I do more embroidery than piecing or assembly, but it is still dear to me.

Many objects hold a reminder of the person who gave them to me: Frannie's hand crank coffee grinder, Aunt Susan's Turkish coffee pot. For a long while it was Dad's old bicycle until I bought my own, not many years ago.