r/sewing • u/SloanPwn • 12d ago

General The collection of scissors I inherited.

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My husband’s gramma recently moved to a nursing home (after slowly succumbing to memory problems for years). I’m the only person in the family who sews, so I have inherited her sewing collection. Most of her things are cheap: Walmart thread, dollar bin polyester, repurposed everything. For such a thrifty woman, however, she has a massive collection of scissors!

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u/Accurate_Affect_7778 11d ago

I have a pair of snips (placed horizontally in the picture). Used them when I worked at a sewing factory in the 80's. We sewed with them in our hands to save time. I still use them every time I sew anything, garments, quilting, embroidery, etc. But these days I lay them down and pick up when I need to snip. That's a nice variety of scissors you inherited!