SEWERS-QUILTERS–HELP!!!!!I I am going to start quilting and someone told me to invest in a rotary cutter…..
a lady at Joann Fabrics suggested rotary scissors to me. Regular scissors were hard to use after awhile so I purchased spring handled scissors. They were easier but it is still hard to get as straight as I want to be. The rotary scissors are a little expensive considering you need a surface board, measuring board, cutter and blades.
Any suggestions???? Does anyone have one??? What kind and do you like it??? I really don’t want to spend too much.
Thanks for your replies.
I have scissors and I have rotary cutters (plural). Each has its purposes.
Will you be piecing by hand or by sewing machine? In either case, the actual stitching line is *far* more important than the cut edge of the fabric. It’s now routine for machine-stitchers to go-on-automatic and stitch a set width from the cut edge. This makes precision of cutting critical for them.
If you’re doing this for relaxation, rather than as production sewing, hand-piecing may be preferred, in which case the marking of stitching lines becomes critical, let the margins fall as they may, as long as there’s enough for sturdiness.
If you want portability for cutting, scissors are still the primary choice. With rotary cutters, there’s also a necessity of clearing a largish flat work area.
If this is for relaxation, don’t cut everything all at once. Make a list of what needs to be cut and check items off as they’re completed. Then you can continue from where you’d left off later, without taxing your wrists on a cutting binge. The older rotary cutters have been known to promote carpel tunnel syndrome when over-used.
I have several mats and three rotary cutters. One is just used for paper. The one that gets used most often for fabric is the smallest one and is packed in a zippered bag with a 4″x6″ mat and a 4″ clear ruler/square.
I also have a 3′x6′ mat under the tablecloth on the dining room table. It’s been years since I’ve used it as a cutting mat, but it’s out of the way where it is and that’s something.
If you can afford it, I recommend getting a ruler/square as large as your usual largest block (including seam allowances. For most people, this would be 12.5″ square. Get a cutting mat larger than that and one rotary cutter. Even if you did everything else with scissors, it’d still be a good investment just for doing a final trim to get blocks to precise size before joining for a top or whatever. The rotary cutter is a blessing for trimming blocks “to size”.
How to use a rotary cutter to cut strips for quilting
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