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Old 03-13-2011, 10:28 AM
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stitchinfrenzy
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Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
I don't love mine (and am disappointed that I don't love it). I can't get it to cut the fabric without stretching. And I do have the length/widthwise grains positioned correctly, I do send it through at an angle, I do only send 1 layer of fabric through, etc, and my squares are always slightly rectangular. Which I can cut squares that are slightly rectangular on my own! I did appreciate it when I was teaching 88 students to cut and was able to quickly cut 176 triangles and 88 squares, since the kids didn't care/know that they weren't perfectly accurate. But I don't know if I would buy it again
Have you tried laying a sheet of paper on top of your fabric directly under your cutting mat? You would be surprised how much more accurate your cuts are with little or no stretching. I love my Go and this is how I solved the stretching problem, especially with the strip dies. I found this tip in one of the videos posted on u-tube related to the Accuquilt Go.
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