I learned dressmaking as a child as I had aunts that were tailoress, and I was taught to keep a pair of scissors for paper pattern cutting and separate scissors for cloth. I have always adhered to this to the extent that the scissors I leave out, , which my hubby and sons use for anything and everything are the ones I use for paper and my 'good' scissors are not easy to find, unless you know where to look. Lol.