pinking shears

Many of the cuts, investigators said, looked as if they were done with pinking shears.

This verb sense is also used in the name of pinking shears.

The company will sharpen all types of knives but not pinking shears.

Fabric edges will gather if pinking shears lose their edge.

Pinking shears are not essential but can be useful.

Trim the raw edges of the fabric with pinking shears.

To prevent excessive fraying cut out using sharp pinking shears.

Madeleine picked up a pair of pinking shears and began to slice through the material.

Pinking shears have a utilitarian function for cutting woven cloth.

I already had a seam ripper, a measuring tape and pinking shears.

On the second story are arches whose serrated edges look as if they had been trimmed by pinking shears.

Cut along these lines using pinking shears.

Used to cut woven cloth, pinking shears leave a zigzag pattern instead of a straight edge.

Imagine if he shook us, and out fell pinking shears and a hatchet.

They routinely use pinking shears to embellish their simply tailored coats and dresses.

Del's been in some scrapes, but nothing bad since that deal with the pinking shears."

By using pinking shears and a staple gun, they covered old lamp shades with the chintz.

Pinking shears are designed to cut cloth or paper with a zigzag edge, to lessen fraying.

The verb sense of the word "pink" continues to be used today in the name of the hand tool known as pinking shears.

Some illustrations and messages are small enough to clip with pinking shears for use as gift tags with next year's gifts.

Cut with pinking shears.

Pinking shears, for cutting cloth and producing a serrated edge so that the fabric does not fray.

A strong staple gun, pinking shears and a collection of chintzes 50 or more years old worked wonders in a dilapidated summer rental.

True dressmaker's pinking shears, however, are not used for paper decoration because paper dulls the cutting edge.

She picked up a pair of pinking shears and began to cut along the straight edge, the scissors making a crunching sound against the wood floor.