Is there a such thing as......
08-06-2011, 07:29 PM
#1
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Princeton, La
Posts: 66
I work at Michael's and tonight as I was working on reshop I can across a really pretty piece of scrapbook paper. I bought it and an exacto knife and was contemplating making a stencil out of it. My question is is there such a thing as an exacto knife for fabric? I'd really like to make a pattern for an applique out of this paper.
08-06-2011, 07:33 PM
#4
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Enid, OK
Posts: 8,273
Originally Posted by DannyValentine
I work at Michael's and tonight as I was working on reshop I can across a really pretty piece of scrapbook paper. I bought it and an exacto knife and was contemplating making a stencil out of it. My question is is there such a thing as an exacto knife for fabric? I'd really like to make a pattern for an applique out of this paper.
08-06-2011, 07:35 PM
#5
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
Posts: 7,484
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by DannyValentine
I work at Michael's and tonight as I was working on reshop I can across a really pretty piece of scrapbook paper. I bought it and an exacto knife and was contemplating making a stencil out of it. My question is is there such a thing as an exacto knife for fabric? I'd really like to make a pattern for an applique out of this paper.
(don't own exacto knife--------yet!)
08-06-2011, 07:42 PM
#6
Google Goddess
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Central Indiana (USA)
Posts: 30,181
great tip, thanks
if you iron it onto freezer paper, I think a regular exacto knife will the do the job! Just cut on the paper side...and be sure a cutting mat is under the fabric!
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by DannyValentine
I work at Michael's and tonight as I was working on reshop I can across a really pretty piece of scrapbook paper. I bought it and an exacto knife and was contemplating making a stencil out of it. My question is is there such a thing as an exacto knife for fabric? I'd really like to make a pattern for an applique out of this paper.
08-06-2011, 08:37 PM
#9
Banned
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Enid, OK
Posts: 8,273
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I took a class from Linda Everhart and she teaches an interesting technique using a Havel surgical blade seam ripper to cut out the appliques with.
08-07-2011, 02:42 AM
#10
Power Poster
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 12,861
DONT USE YOUR SELF HEALING MAT WHEN USING AN EXACTO KNIFE!!! USE A REGUALAR CUTTING BOARD- IT WILL RUIN YOUR SELF-HEALING MATS WHICH ARE MADE FOR ROTORY CUTTERS---A CUT FROM A REGUALAR KNIFE WILL BE A COSTLY MISTAKE.
if you iron it onto freezer paper, I think a regular exacto knife will the do the job! Just cut on the paper side...and be sure a cutting mat is under the fabric!
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by DannyValentine
I work at Michael's and tonight as I was working on reshop I can across a really pretty piece of scrapbook paper. I bought it and an exacto knife and was contemplating making a stencil out of it. My question is is there such a thing as an exacto knife for fabric? I'd really like to make a pattern for an applique out of this paper.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
DebQuilter50
Main
72
01-18-2021 07:22 AM
