HMMM -- I wonder if spraying the fabric with spray starch would keep it from fraying so much if cut with regular scissors? I have some very lightweight silk that frays if you look at it wrong. My pinking shears are **very** heavy so I usually use my regular scissors when I cut the stuff. I never tried spray starch but will have to do so and see how it works! In thinking about it, seems it should work to at least help keep the fraying at a minimum! One of us will need to give it a try and let everyone know how it work :-). Now, if I can just find that flimsy silk I am thinking about........... CiaoMeow >^;;^<