Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums > General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
worst  use of sewing scissors >

worst use of sewing scissors

worst use of sewing scissors

Old 08-16-2011, 04:05 PM
  #11  
Power Poster
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Western Wisconsin
Posts: 12,930
Default

Originally Posted by scrappy happy
to clean fish lol
OMG! :roll:
Prism99 is offline  
Old 08-16-2011, 04:06 PM
  #12  
Super Member
 
KGoodhand's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,363
Default

My hubby took my little thread snips I was using while doing the binding on a quilt and proceeded to try to use them to CUT HIS TOENAILS!!!! I caught him before he could though!!! I just looked and said I don't think so!!! and got him the clippers!! Really!!! Could not believe it!!!
KGoodhand is offline  
Old 08-16-2011, 04:08 PM
  #13  
Junior Member
 
ogama's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: colorado
Posts: 163
Default

not only the scissors but my roter cutter gets used all of the time. real handy to cut things for tying flys with so my hubby thinks or his pictures that need a different size for a frame he has. lol he now has his own and it is a different color than mine. blessings to all ogama
ogama is offline  
Old 08-16-2011, 04:09 PM
  #14  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Posts: 8,084
Default

My husband scissor-naps all the time, and by the time I track the scissors down, they are dull, dull, dull. I have a couple of pair that he is absolutely forbidden to touch - the others are the ones he's already ruined doing whatever he thought they might be useful for in the garage.
cathyvv is offline  
Old 08-16-2011, 04:34 PM
  #15  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Salem, OR
Posts: 511
Default

My husband needed to put a hole in a piece of poster board. I offered him my pointed embroidery scissors (just to make the hole, mind you). He refused saying 'I don't want to use your good scissors'. Bless him, he's a keeper!
lindy is offline  
Old 08-16-2011, 04:36 PM
  #16  
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Camarillo, California
Posts: 35,241
Default

Originally Posted by KGoodhand
My hubby took my little thread snips I was using while doing the binding on a quilt and proceeded to try to use them to CUT HIS TOENAILS!!!! I caught him before he could though!!! I just looked and said I don't think so!!! and got him the clippers!! Really!!! Could not believe it!!!
My baby brother did that with my mothers thread snips all the time! I wonder if she knew why they were so dull!!!
Jim's Gem is offline  
Old 08-16-2011, 04:39 PM
  #17  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Fox Valley Wisconsin
Posts: 1,920
Default

Shortly after I got my first pair of Ginghers, my husband used them for cutting carpet...which ruined the sharpness and the alignment...and he felt so bad that he did go buy me a new pair. He never did that again...and after that I was always sure to have plenty of scissors around that could be used for anything, and kept my Ginghers well out of sight.
patchsamkim is offline  
Old 08-16-2011, 04:45 PM
  #18  
Senior Member
 
barking-rabbit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: east of Seattle
Posts: 430
Default

Originally Posted by patchsamkim
Shortly after I got my first pair of Ginghers, my husband used them for cutting carpet...which ruined the sharpness and the alignment...and he felt so bad that he did go buy me a new pair. He never did that again...and after that I was always sure to have plenty of scissors around that could be used for anything, and kept my Ginghers well out of sight.
For a fee, Ginghers can go back to the company for alignment and sharpening.
barking-rabbit is offline  
Old 08-16-2011, 04:46 PM
  #19  
Super Member
 
Barbm's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: blink and you've missed it
Posts: 2,562
Default

I remember growing up and being told not to touch Mom's good sewing scissors. (I didn't) Now I know the importance of that.

Of course, I tried that same rule but it didn't go over that well. I now have Fiskars with a chunk out from using them as wire cutter. I now have a nice pair of Ginghers that are hidden.
Barbm is offline  
Old 08-16-2011, 09:56 PM
  #20  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Upper Michigan
Posts: 8,248
Default

To cut fish and toenail? Yikes!! Funny too!:)
Painiacs is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Gladys
Main
25
09-22-2012 04:16 PM
Flying_V_Goddess
Main
212
11-07-2011 06:29 PM
Cupcake
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
71
01-31-2011 10:49 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


FREE Quilting Newsletter