Karen Kay Buckley Perfect Scissors for applique?
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Karen Kay Buckley Perfect Scissors for applique?
I've seen Perfect Scissors highly recommended a number of times for cutting detailed applique and recently got a pair. I haven't tried them out yet. After they arrived I realized that most (not all) of the applique I'm likely to do will involve tracing the shape onto a paper-backed fusible. In order to cut out the pattern I'll have to cut paper as well as fabric. And cutting paper with our good scissors, as we all know, is a no-no if we want to keep our scissors sharp.
So that means I'm back to cutting applique with my cheaper, small scissors with the tiny finger holes that hurt my fingers. I'll probably use the Buckley scissors at some point, but not for cutting out my applique shapes. I'm wondering if I wasted money on this purchase. Do any of you have experience with the scissors for applique?
So that means I'm back to cutting applique with my cheaper, small scissors with the tiny finger holes that hurt my fingers. I'll probably use the Buckley scissors at some point, but not for cutting out my applique shapes. I'm wondering if I wasted money on this purchase. Do any of you have experience with the scissors for applique?
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I do machine applique with paper back fusible A Lot! And use my "perfect scissors" they are wonderful and cutting the paper has not dulled or done any other damage to the scissors. The paper used on fusible products is not the same as notebook paper, newsprint or paper sacks. I love, love,love those scissors. I use them on wools with freezer paper too, they are always the ones I grab for any/all applique projects, still as great and sharp as the day I bought them.I can not even imagine the thousands of applique shapes they have cut for me so far; fusible, freezer paper, cotton, wool, corduroy, denim, microfiber, suede... They handle what ever I need to cut and stay sharp
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And cutting paper with our good scissors, as we all know, is a no-no if we want to keep our scissors sharp.
Last edited by Onebyone; 09-02-2014 at 04:54 AM.
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I do machine applique with paper back fusible A Lot! And use my "perfect scissors" they are wonderful and cutting the paper has not dulled or done any other damage to the scissors. The paper used on fusible products is not the same as notebook paper, newsprint or paper sacks. I love, love,love those scissors. I use them on wools with freezer paper too, they are always the ones I grab for any/all applique projects, still as great and sharp as the day I bought them.I can not even imagine the thousands of applique shapes they have cut for me so far; fusible, freezer paper, cotton, wool, corduroy, denim, microfiber, suede... They handle what ever I need to cut and stay sharp
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