If any of the quilt stores in your area has an Accu quilt cutter club, maybe you could rent some time on the machine. Accuquilt has a die which cuts the block and the fringe at the same time. You would not have to cut the fringe at all. You spend a little more time layering the fabric before cutting, but it spares you all of the time and pain of cutting that fringe afterwards. I cut one out on the machine in about a half hour, with about another half hour of prep time before that.