: You can use an inexpensive pen-style soldering iron in place of the
: dedicated fabric cutter. Just pay attention to what you are
: doing so that you don't put holes where you don't want them or
: burn yourself!

: If you don't melt the cut edges, the fabric tends to fray very
: badly as you try to work with the fabric.

: As a last resort, you can cut with scissors and melt the edges with
: a flame of some sort if you don't want to mess with the
: soldering iron, but it is more time consuming.

Hmm, my inexpensive pen-style soldering iron takes forever to cut fabric. By now, I guess I should have a fancy electric cutter, but I just use scissors and a _______ {something stupid} instead. Be very careful, use a low ______, and keep a fire extinguisher handy. It goes pretty fast, but I'm definitely not recommending this, whatever it is . . . .

Good luck!