So I waver back and forth about purchasing an AccuQuilt cutter. I'm watching YouTube videos of it in use and sometimes like it, and sometimes don't. It just seems like there is a lot of 'precutting' work. But then if I think about the little mismatched scraps I have and how I could use the cutter to make uniform shapes out of them, it seems like a reasonable tool. Then I think about the price. Ugh. It sure isn't cheap.
One of the quilts I would like to make in the near future is a tumbler quilt and AccuQuilt has a die for that. There is also a ruler/template for it available from Missouri Star Quilt Company. I'm just thinking there has to be a shortcut to making the tumbler pieces using a regular ruler. I'm sure it has to do with all the pretty little angle lines on my six by twenty four inch ruler that I try my darndest to ignore... haha. Going to have to explore that a bit more.
2 comments:
I have similar feelings as you.
A Suggestion:
Check around and see if there is a quilt shop or adult education class that has an Accucutter that your can use.
Here in San Diego I can drive north to Quilter's Paradise in Escondido and use one for $10/hour with endless dies available or I can go to adult education and use the one there for free (they only have four dies now though: large tumbler, small tumbler, charm square, and 2.5 strip).
It's good to have an ironing board handy. And I found that I didn't have to do any precutting if I stuffed the extra fabric to the side of the tray so it was out of the way while I was cutting. Because I didn't precut, it took a lot longer to get my cutting done than I thought it would. The results will be good leader and ender projects!
: )
June
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