Happy New Year and yes, I've been away. Lots of family stuff to deal with as well as the holidays but things seem to be calming down.
Scissors! I have many pair of scissors for many different uses. When I made wedding gowns I bought specific shears and labeled them. One for satins, taffetas, linings, and other delicates. One for velvets and furs and fleece. One for beaded fabrics. One for interfacings, buckram and other utility type fabrics. I have scissors that are specifically tagged for cottons, denims, duck and canvas, etc. I also have scissors in every spot in the house: each desk, the kitchen (poultry as well as utility scissors, laundryroom, bathrooms and gift wrapping center. There is absolutely no excuse to even walk into my sewingroom for a cutting tool. They quickly learned if they did I would not use that scissor for that purpose again (would you risk a cut of fabric costing many $$?). They had to go buy me another identical pair. My som once had to replace a pr costing over $70. Then there are the pinkers and scalloping ones...............if there's one thing my kids took to their own homes it was what to use for what purpose. Now the tape dispenser was a whole other story....hahaha.