Originally Posted by Ruby the Quilter
My 10 yr old granddaughter wants to make a quilt for her full size bed. She has done some sewing and made a same quilt with squares I cut. She really wants to cut the pieces herself. I'm concerned about her using a rotary cutter - am I being an over protected Grandma?
NO YOU ARE NOT BEING OVER PROTECTIVE--NO 10 YEAR OLD SHOULD TOUCH A ROTORY CUTTER! In our sewing school NO ONE under 18 is allowed to touch one! she should learn to trace her patterns and cut her fabrics with scissors like every other safe kid out there.