How much quicker we seem to get on with scissors than with a needle and cotton, don’t we? It is such quick work to cut a hole, but quite slow work to mend one! Well, you are going to do some “scissors work” now, but you will have to do it carefully, and make sure first just which threads you are going to cut. I want you to notice one important thing. Always cut across the ends of your stitches, never along the sides of them. Isn’t this quite clear? Well, look at the little diagram for cutting, [Fig. 5]. You cut the 3 threads between A and B, and between A and C, and between C and J, and between D and E, and between G and H, but never those between J and I, or between I and D. You see what I mean now, don’t you? Then be careful always not to cut too far, that is to say, never cut beyond the satin stitches, only cut the threads enclosed by them.
Fig. 7.
Pull out the threads you have cut, and you will have a little corner, like that shown in [Fig. 4].
Fig. 5.
