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For strips, squares, rectangles -
For what you spent for the machine and dies - has it been worth the cost for you?
(I don't have a die cutter - so far it's been easy enough for me to do my cutting with a rotary cutter)
but just in case I might someday want/need one -
I have had my Go for several years, and no, it wasn't worth it for me. I hardly ever use it. I have different sizes of strip cutters, but I've never used them. I would just as soon use my June Taylor to cut strips.
Julie
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Hi, I have the Accuquilt Go Big. I LOVE it! Worth every penny I spent on it. My sister and I share the cost. I bought the machine and she bought the dies. Although we live thousands of miles apart, I can still cut what she needs.
Debby...Momm to Bogie, Phredd (ATB 10/1/12) & Bobb (ATB 12/10/12)
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Want to sell some of those strip dies? I would love to have them. I do like mine, but I just got a used one, so have no idea how much I will use it.
A quilt is like a good life. It's full of mistakes, but, in the end, it looks pretty good.
Not worth it for me either. I've had it since shortly after it came out and I've only used it a few times for cutting out shapes for a wall-hanging. The one really good use we had for it was cutting out paper butterflies to be used in our son's wedding this past Saturday. Cutting out 125 by hand would have been really difficult.Originally Posted by quiltin-nannie
I agree with qiltin-nannie. I usually use my June Taylor to cut strips. I do like the Go for applique shapes though. I would not buy the Go if I had it to do over again, It is hard for me to turn the crank . . . getting harder the older I get and the more my arthritis bothers me. If I had waited and bought the electric Big Go I would probably love it. I am looking at an electric cutter that I can scan applique shapes and send to the cutter via computer.
I have the Accuquilt Go. I've used the hexagon die many times for cutting my Grandmother's Flower Garden hexis.
I was in an unique situation. I had my die cutter (Accucut Grande Mark, which is identical to the Accuquilt Studio) for my paper business at least 15 years before I started quilting. I had 100s of dies, but they were all intricate dies for paper items. Stuff you wouldn't want to cut by hand. When I started quilting, I made my first few quilts using a rotary cutter. I mean, come on, I was just cutting straight lines. Why pay for a die? Well after struggling with getting seams to match, I realized my rotary cutting wasn't quite as accurate as I thought. I got a couple used dies on ebay and what a difference it made. I now have about a dozen quilting dies, mostly basic geometric shapes, but a couple for cutting curved blocks. My favorite is Winding Ways. I've made 5 of these quilts and can't imagine doing curved piecing without die cut shapes. I spend less time cutting than before, but the big thing for me is accuracy. I think my quilts go together quicker because I'm not struggling to get seams to match. I had lots of experience positioning stuff on the dies, so I don't have much waste. The bottom line is that yes, I really feel that the added expense was worth it and would have purchased a cutter for quilting if I had not already had one.
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Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
PaperPrincess and nanacc this is exactly the reason I have started hinting to my DH that I sure would like to have an electric cutter for my bday and Christmas (they are 5 days apart). The accuracy is what I would like to have.
Love mine! Had the Go and my DH gave me the Go Big electric for Christmas! Have cut a lot of my scraps, lots of 5" squares, a few appliques(more to come with new dies), and tons of strips! Got the log cabin, multi-size strip and 2.5" strip dies and would like more sizes.
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