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Buttonhole scissors have an adjustable screw that limits the length of a single cut. To use the scissors, first practice on a piece of scrap fabric. With a fabric marker or other pen, draw a line on the fabric that matches the length of the buttonhole desired. Slowly cut along the line until reaching the end, then tighten the set screw. Practice making a few more cuts, loosening or tightening the set screw as needed to calibrate the maximum length of cut the scissors will make.
Buttonhole scissors have an adjustable screw that limits the length of a single cut. To use the scissors, first practice on a piece of scrap fabric. With a fabric marker or other pen, draw a line on the fabric that matches the length of the buttonhole desired. Slowly cut along the line until reaching the end, then tighten the set screw. Practice making a few more cuts, loosening or tightening the set screw as needed to calibrate the maximum length of cut the scissors will make. Most buttonhole scissors have a notch near the hinge that will allow fabric to pass through and remain uncut.
The pair of button hole scissors I own has a measuring scale on the lower blade so it is easy to adjust the screw to set your cut. On a shirt you want the button holes to go in a top to bottom cut line. You mark the midpoint of all your holes and make a fold at a right angle to the line of your cut on that midpoint. Then you cut on the fold so that you are cutting through 2 layers but when you are done and unfold you have 1 straight cut. Since mine are marked with a scale, if I set it at 1/4 inch then when I unfold the fabric I have a 1/2 inch cut.
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