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12-21-2010, 06:48 PM

#14

Flying_V_Goddess

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Join Date: Mar 2007

Location: Wisconsin

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Boopers

Why are you still cutting with scissors. Girl, give yourself a real treat and invest in a rotary cutter and mat. They are worth the investment and not that expensive at Wal-Mart.

That's like asking a hand quilter why she or he hasn't invested in a sewing machine. Its my personal preference.

I do have rotary cutter (which I cut the binding strips with), but I'm still learning and didn't want to try and cut the extra long borders with the rotary cutter. Not with my beginner skills. I felt safer using the scissors. Plus I lack the space to properly rotary cut any fabric larger than a yard (I had two yards of grey fabric to work with). This is what I work on: a dry board eraser flipped upsidedown on top of one of those stands you eat TV dinners off of. Its not pretty, but it works and will have to do until I get a place of my own. I currently live with my mother (hopefully I'll get out soon!) and was given the smallest room so I don't have the space required for a decent table.

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