I like my duck-billed scissors! I got them for reverse appliqué years ago. I also have those little curved scissors. I think I got them for cross-stitch. Or machine embroidery. I don't remember.
I haven't done trapunto yet, so no wonder I didn't catch on. My blunt, student scissors are made by Fiskars. I got them a dollar a pair at a store called "Going Bananas," or something like that. It no longer exists. I think I'll put a pair in my sewing supplies. Or would blunt sewing scissors be better? Fiskars is pretty to me!
(Yes, you did a good job! You may have a handful of M&Ms!)