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Would not. Have owned some maybe 30 years ago and maybe last year. They were loud, klutzy, vibrated madly and for most purposes, useless. Maybe if I'd tried some that perhaps commercial folks use - for making car/boat upholstery and awnings, my opinion would be kinder. Perhaps she should ask them. Polly

Co-workers gave me a pair of electric scissors as part of a farewell gift in 1968 - they were new on the market and I remember one of the girls had asked me one day whether I had considered buying some - I told her that the cost was detrimental to my wallet but it was an interesting concept. I did try them out in my regular dressmaking (I wasn't a quilter then) but didn't like them for precise pattern cutting, etc. They have stayed hidden in the sewing bench until a couple of years ago when I had some chenille channels to cut open - I'd heard on one of the tv programs that electric scissors were excellent for chenille work. They worked extremely well and saved me a lot of time and effort. I don't know if they would have lasted

40years with c> SIL requested that I ask you'all what brand, type, manufacturer you would

What is she planning to do with electric scissors? I suppose that new ones might divide whatever is being seperated into parts in a reletively precise and fuzz free fashion, but I have never had new ones so I wouldn't know.

I can't even remember all the brands, but one time DH brought me a box of the things from a thrift shop. They were very cheap and he is a sucker for very cheap. That kind of logic made him bring home a couple of shopping bags full of Easter grass once too. The scissors were almost as useful as the Easter grass. They sort of chewed through whatever they were supposed to be cutting. Some did it faster or slower than others, but they all left fuzzy edges on both fabric and paper. If you were cutting up rags for various rag type purposes, they would probably work all right and save your hands some grief. I used several pairs for cutting up some extremely tattered flannel nighties for use as rag doll stuffing. I used several pairs because they kept getting jammed on lint, which had to be cleared out of the things fairly frequently to keep them going. So since I had an abundance I just used a bunch of them and delinted them all at a go. Then I gave them back to DH to use as he would.

NightMist said to DH when he proudly displayed his shopping bags full of 5 cent packages of Easter grass: "So you are bringing me this because you have a death wish?"

Oh my golly, how tickled I am. Thank you so much NightMist. A belly laugh is supposed to be much better for you than all sorts of other highs and I am surely getting your sweetheart's money's worth. Bags of Easter grass? LOL happy, can't stop LOL I have been the recipient of many thoughtless/thoughtful gifts . . . but NObody has ever brought me bags of Easter grass (even at a good bargain price). I love it! LOL Polly

"NightMist"

She makes charity quilts. She thought it would be easier on her hands using the electric scissors. So far, it doesn't sound like it.She has regular hand pain now and was looking for a better way of cutting fabric.

Thanks for the input. I'll let her know.

Butterfly

The Fiskars spring-loaded shears are really easy on the hands -- much better than regular shears. I did have an electric scissors forty years or so ago. They worked okay, but were noisy. I still have them but haven't used them for a long time.

Julia > She makes charity quilts. She thought it would be easier on her hands using

My older sister once sent me a vegetable brush as a birthday present. That's all. No note.

G> Oh my golly, how tickled I am. =A0Thank you so much NightMist. =A0A belly= laugh

Howdy!

Recommend: at least one cute young thing to do the cutting for her. Male if she prefers, female if S-i-L wants to draw in more cute young things for heavy lifting (or to push quilts around the machine).

There's always a practical solution that's fun, too, right?

R/Sandy (is this the s-i-l we met?)