| Many of my friends and colleagues have been asking | | | | colors and types of wool fabric). |
| whether it is best to use traditional dressing fabric | | | | Olfa rotary blades, on the flip side, are very efficient |
| scissors or the new rotary blades currently sold under | | | | fabric cutters. An experience cutter will tell you that |
| the popular Olfa brand. Well, my answer to this | | | | they can be as twice as fast as using ordinary shear |
| question is pretty simple. Use what works for you in | | | | scissors. This is due to handling differentiation. With |
| terms of cutting fabric and making dresses or tailoring. | | | | scissors you have to hold its circular handle and pick |
| Both scissors and blades have their advantages and | | | | the fabric up between two cutting blades to do the |
| disadvantages. It's all about how you are going to use | | | | cut. With rotary system, you simply lay the fabric flat |
| them. | | | | on the table (with a cutting mat underneath), and this |
| For example, if you only cut dresses, tops, skirts, and | | | | alone save on huge amount of time. |
| other loose fitting womenswear, where precision is not | | | | The second benefit comes when you can actually |
| so important, traditional fabric scissors do a great job. | | | | avoid the chalking step which is almost a must when |
| They are versatile and can be used even without a | | | | using scissors. When you cut with a rotary cutter, all |
| table. Or you can at time trims thing or prototype mock | | | | you need to have perfectly neat cut edges is a solid |
| ups while the garment is still worn on a model. Scissors | | | | piece of garment pattern (which can be bought |
| are also convenient to carry around the work room or | | | | cheaply at fabric shops) with heavy weight put on top |
| sewing machines for small tasks that need clipping, like | | | | of it to prevent skewing. Then simply grab the rotary |
| trimming excess threads, chopping the corners of | | | | cutter and run it around pattern edges, without chalking |
| cotton fabric, unpicking faulty stitches and etc... | | | | or marking anything (well, you still need to mark things |
| Fabric scissors' other great advantage lies in precise | | | | like drill holes, plackets, button position, etc...). |
| cutting and slicing control over curve shapes or | | | | So depending on situations, either scissors or rotary |
| contours. While blades can be very good at getting the | | | | blades will become your best friends. Many home |
| straight lines perfectly lined up, they can't compete with | | | | sewers prefer traditional method with shears and |
| shear dressing scissors when you need to create | | | | scissors because they got used to it, but for those |
| curly artistic cuts on expensive fabric like leather skin. | | | | who do cutting on regular basis (if you run contract |
| Blades also surrender to heavy duty scissors when it | | | | cutting service) a rotary blade along with properly |
| comes to cutting a bulk of fabric, any where thicker | | | | equipped cutting table using safety cutting mat will |
| than a quarter of an inch (e.g. you cut several suits for | | | | prove to be the best investment you have ever made |
| the same customer, but they come in four different | | | | in your carrier as apparel clothing cutter. |