I'm just kidding.
I would never do this.
That is barbaric,
but we've all heard the,
the saying that you cannot use your fabric scissors on paper,
but why is there truth behind this silly seeming madness?
Well, in this video,
let's talk about that.
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Today's video is a bit of fun.
You all have heard the saying that "You shouldn't use your
fabric scissors for cutting paper."
You have fabric scissors and you have paper scissors and they
don't mix.
And if you ask any sewist,
they will tell you that for sure.
But the real question is why. Now there are so many
sewing memes running around the internet on this subject because
we all know any ask any sewist and they will tell
you, no,
you cannot borrow my fabric
scissors. It's actually been a running joke in my household since
I was a teenager.
And I would,
sew of course,
back then I had my own sewing space set up and
my dad would want to borrow my fabric scissors for... Okay,
one time he wanted to cut wire with it.
I know,
you know what I mean?
Scary. And so it's always a joke now that he'll always
ask to borrow my fabrics scissors and the answer is
always no.
But why,
why do I only use fabric scissors for fabric and not
for paper and vice versa?
And why should you have different ones?
I promise there is a little bit of method behind this
madness. First obvious it will blunten your scissors.
Now, not in the sense that paper is so bluntening
but yes,
when you paper is full of different minerals and all different
sorts of additives that are actually quite abrasive to the blades
that we cut with.
And so they'll blunten your scissors faster than they will
just fabric.
And so anything,
the more you use them,
the more they're going to blunten.
So you want to keep your fabric scissors as sharp as
humanly possible,
because we all know it makes the job of cutting up
fabric so much more pleasurable when they are sharp,
they are accurate and they do what you want them to
do. So any amount of bluntening extra work is just going
to make them blunt faster,
which we want to try and avoid.
So that is kind of why you would keep just paper
scissors for paper,
just El cheapo paper scissors for all of your paper and
keep your fabric scissors just for fabric.
That way there'll be used less.
You won't have to shop in them as much.
They'll stay sharp are longer and it will make the job
so much better,
I promise. Second reason,
if you are into any type of pattern,
making an adjusting,
you know that your patterns end up looking like this and
you have sticky tape or glue or led pencil and all
sorts of things all over it.
And we're constantly cutting out and rechanging this.
And we get all of this on your scissors.
My paper scissors are disgusting.
They are covered in all sorts of sticky tape and glue.
And they often get like lead pencil on them.
And when you cut with them again,
the pencil comes off.
So you'll just color.
Imagine that's all going onto your fabric.
No way.
No, thank you.
So when you in pattern-making,
you're going to get all those and you do not want
your fabric scissors to have any type of glue or sticky
stuff or anything like that on them.
That will obviously ruin your fabric.
Your scissors can get burrs on them quite quickly.
You don't want those either.
So keep them clean,
clean, clean,
clean. So hence why fabric is always quite clean and just
for fabric.
Now, my last reason is well,
very important because can they really be trusted?
I mean,
when someone asks to borrow your fabric scissors,
can they really be trusted?
They might say,
they're only using fabric to...
They want them to cut fabric.
But I,
as I said,
I caught my dad,
he wanted to cut
wire with them.
So, It's obviously that's just for a bit of light and
comedy because,
well, I mean,
you know, unless they are part of the sewing fraternity that we are
a part of here in a sewing club,
you have to really,
really trust some that they're not going to cut anything else
other than fabric with your fabric scissors,
if you lend them out.
So, you know,
next time someone asks,
can I borrow your fabric
scissors? Maybe have a think, is it for fabric?
Anything else?
There's a great flow chart.
I saw once.
Perfect for this series of questions is to the answer.
Yes or no.
My answer is almost always no. A lot of people actually think
that the fabric on my fabric scissors here is to,
to mark that they are indeed my fabric scissors,
but no,
there is a definite difference.
I actually have fabric shears
these are very different tool to these paper scissors that I
have. The fabric I have on here is actually just for
comfort. But when you cut a lot in these bigger ones,
it's just nice to have some padding in the different areas
where your hand hits it all the time.
So it's just for paddijng.
These are clearly my fabric shears.
Well, now that we've solved the eternal question of,
can you cut paper with your fabric scissors?
Let me know.
What is your answer?
Do you cut paper with your fabric
scissors? Are all your fabric scissors just for fabric like mine,
adding a funny story too,
in the comments.
If you have one,
because it's always a bit of fun to share out sewing
stories until next time,
my sewing friends happy sewing, bye.