Cathou

Maybe this tip is only good for me because I might be the only one who works like that with my deluxe ergonomic rotary cutter. I don't know?!? Anyway here goes: I have the habit of pushing away the fabric from the ruler with the tip of the blade to be able to cut a second strip and realign my ruler with the raw edge. The other day while rotary cutting I did a goof. It made a cut and THIS time I noticed. I then had an aha moment but not the kind that Oprah likes. More like "Ah! that's what happen to my quilt I was quilting 3 months ago". Yep, I was half done with my quilting and I noticed a cut of ¼ of an inch in my "FromMyGarden" (Quiltemaker May 2006- Erin Wilcoxon). It was my first paper piecing quilt. I was so upset. To prevent that from happening again, I gave adherence to the bottom of my rotary cutter by putting a self-adhesive clear rubber dot (made to put under template so they won't slip). This way, I don't use the blade anymore just the bottom of my cutter. Now for the second tip: because the quilt was already sandwiched and half-quilted, it was hard to repare the cut. I took some fiber of a hem fusible web tape and inserted it very carefully under the fabric and ironed it. Since it is a wallhanging that might be enough since I don't plan to wash it until 2025!

erstan947

Thanks for the tips!:)

frugalfabrics

great tips - thanks

blueangel

Beautiful

Vivian Ketron

Beautiful! Cant tell there is a boo-boo on it at all.

harrold48

That is so gorgeous.

clynns

That is a beautiful flower arrangement. No you can't see the boo boo. But thank you for the tip. We don't always have to make the same mistake someone else makes to learn.

SuziC

Love the tip and the wallhanging is beautiful!

kittenquilts

Beautiful quilt! Thanks for the tips!

Minnesewta-sam

Beautiful flowers!