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rotary cutter = best thing since sliced bread!

DomerJenCDomerJenC member
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holy smokes, it is so much better than scissors!
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  • CABunnyCABunny member
    Isn't it fantastic?!? ?I love mine.
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  • smurfetteinredsmurfetteinred
    I pph my rotary cutter!
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  • lytedarklytedark member

    imagesmurfetteinred:
    I pph my rotary cutter!

    ditto.  i got mine before xmas because i was making fleece scarves and blankets and i just about died when i first used it and it just sliced straight through against the ruler.  love.  Geeked

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  • ms_mellorms_mellor
    It is!!!  I quilt, so it's a necessity!  
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  • lytedarklytedark member

    imagems_mellor:
    It is!!!  I quilt, so it's a necessity!  

    i have heard this!  and when i was buying mine i was pretty sure i'd be getting a sewing machine for christmas and have wanted to learn to quilt so figured it'd be a good early purchase for me!!

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  • lauraandleelauraandlee

    I teach an intro to quilting class - I always teach that the essential items are:

    -sewing machine (or not if you're doing hand quilting, but I teach only with machines)

    - rotary mat

    - good acrylic ruler

    - rotary cutter.

    Seriously the best invention ever (my company wrote their early books before rotary cutters were invented for quilting - that one invention has had a HUGE impact on the quilting industry).

    My only warning.  NEVER EVER EVER leave it open.  It WILL slice off a finger - it's happened, I've seen it.  It will also slice off a toe if you are in bare feet and it drops on you.  Make it a habit to cut and then close your blade immediately.  

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  • MrsGo4HockeychickMrsGo4Hockeychick member
    imagelauraandlee:

    My only warning.  NEVER EVER EVER leave it open.  It WILL slice off a finger - it's happened, I've seen it.  It will also slice off a toe if you are in bare feet and it drops on you.  Make it a habit to cut and then close your blade immediately.  

    word. and I speak from experience. 

     

    I have an olfa that has a squeeze trigger on it. LOVE IT!!! I never have to worry about remembering to close it after each cut, and if it falls, it's not taking a piece of me with it. LOL. 

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