Scissors

Aaaaah Scissors! I have them all over the house, maybe not quite one for each of my projects, but close. Alright, I'm a bit over the top about scissors. What do I think you really need?

You need a pair of dressmaking scissor that are used only to cut fabric. They don't have to be fancy or expensive. But they must be reserved for this use only. Paper makes dressmaking scissors blunt. Blunt scissors chew through fabric instead of cutting cleanly through. Chewing through fabric is no fun.

It's also nice to have a little pair of thread-snips. I have a pair attached to my sewing machine with a long ribbon. I use them to snip off the ends of threads at the start and end of seams.