A great way to keep your pinking shears sharp !
I have finally found a great way to keep my pinking shears sharp and at no cost, which is even better and it only takes a minute or two so I can have them sharpened any time I need to use them with out even leaving my sewing/craft room and a great way to recycle too...All you need is a small piece of aluminum foil, we call it Alfoil here in Australia. Now fold your piece of foil to have at least 4 layers and cut through the layers with your pinking shears ..how quick, easy and simple it that ..keep cutting until when tested on a piece of fabric they are sharp and you're done...photo below is some foil wrappers from a tin of chocolates we bought Jack last Christmas and I decided to keep them in a shoe box in my sewing /craft room thinking they may come in handy for some thing..So that's what I use to keep my pinking shears sharpened now, I just get a few wrappers and cut through and then I'm ready to cut with them and recycling is an added bonus ...and free..so a win win in my book...
Brilliant idea - thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteNow I've got to try that. Thanks for the tip.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the tip!! Does this also work on regular blade scissors? Take Care and God Bless!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm off to sharpen mine now!!
ReplyDeleteI've never even thought about such an easy way, ths so much
ReplyDeleteThat is easy to do. What made you think of doing that? Will it work for regular scissors too? I will try it on a pair of regular scissors that I have that will not cut through fabric at all anymore without shredding it. I kept them for cutting paper, but haven't even used them for paper yet. I'll let you know if it works. I tried one of those knife/scissors sharpeners on them and it only made the scissors worse! Came here fro Totally Tutorials.
ReplyDeleteGreat tip..I often wonder why someone who collects such tips doesn't have a blog (or maybe they do!) Thanks for this!
ReplyDeletewow. Didn't know this. Thank you bunches for sharing.
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