Thread: Oh, groan! Another temptation! The Accuquilt Go! Qube.......

Here's a link to it:
https://www.accuquilt.com/home/promo...=consumeremail

Kind of pricey, though:
http://www.accuquilt.com/shop/cutting-dies/go-qube.html

Trouble is I may have some of those individual dies already.....but I do like the idea of bundling.....now my " collection" has to searched thru when I want to use a few in a project.....because the die sizes may be different and on a separate shelf in my shelf unit........

If there are 8 dies per set....divide that by price...not really pricey.......

I'd rather have most of the shapes in varying sizes. I got hooked on Moda Candies and cut my own from a charm pack. You can experiment with technique, color, whatever by using scraps, and get a wall hanging, table runner or cover for a gift besides.

Besides, don't you still need strip dies for binding and sashing? I'm finding the strip dies handy.

Originally Posted by PaperPrincess

Very interesting!! They have offered a set like this for the Studio for several years. The problem with the Studio version is each die cut ONE shape, so you need to do a lot of cranking. I would rather individually purchase the dies that cut multiples. The photos and info of the Qubes don't show how many of each shape you get on a single die. I hope that there are multiples, because I can use GO dies in my Studio!

Yes, you must be right about one design cut per die, as they are all the same size in that cute qube......I emailed company and asked....let's see what the reply is......

ik also don't do enough to warrant spending that.

Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2

You have to think of how many times you would use it. I seldom do traditional piecing and find myself cutting different widths of strips for my quilts. It wouldn't be worth the cost for myself.

Since the cutting mat for these dies is only 6"x6", it looks as if they don't have multiples (except for the triangles). Also 2 of the 8 dies are squares and one is a rectangle -- really easy shapes to cut with a rotary cutter for most of us. I'm thinking they may not be including photographs of the individual dies (something they usually do) because they will highlight the limitations of the sets. They seem more focused on the packaging and easy storage characteristics of the sets (big plusses) and avoiding highlighting the negatives (lack of multiples and some easy shapes).

I think these would be useful for beginning users of the Go! but maybe not so much for those of us who have already acquired some dies and don't do so much with basic piecing shapes.

It is wonderful to use one, however, pretty limiting as for shapes and sizes. Seems like a lot of money, but everyone has their own uses.