Pinkingshearsare designed to cut cloth or paper with a zigzag edge, to lessen fraying.
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Traditional home sewing techniques for finishing plain seams include trimming withpinkingshears, oversewing with a zig-zag stitch, and hand or machine overcasting.
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Pinkingshearshave a utilitarian function for cutting woven cloth.
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Woven fabric cloth usually frays at the edges, unless techniques are used to counter it, such as the use ofpinkingshearsor hemming.
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One of the primary early uses ofpinkingshearswas the formation of decorative edging for patchwork quilting squares.
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As the carnation has scalloped, or pinked, edges to its petals,pinkingshearscan be thought to produce an edge similar to the flower.
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