This is very timely. Your motifs looks fabulous.
I've had a pretty complex quilt project in mind for over a year.
I have all the fabric (over 70, and counting) but I've been vacillating and procrastinating on the method I want to use for the flowers.
The Accu dies aren't quite the shape and size that I want even though I know that would be the easiest path to take. Actually, paper piecing stars would be the easiest but I'm now quite set on the flowers, and I have a certain look I want.
So here are a few questions from someone who has NEVER even been in a scrapbook aisle in any store, and has only a vague clue as to how the Cricut even works:
How can I tell the size of the flowers or is it adjustable? ******************* you can change the size of the flowers in 1/4 increments. If you have the larger cutting mat, you can go up to 11 1/2 or 11 3/4 inches. The smaller machine goes up to 5 1/2 inches with the cutting mat 6 inches.
http://www.cricut.com/shop/#0/1/1413...pe%20Cartridge
-Do you have to run it through the machine one at a time, or can you stack********************you can not stack. You can cut as many as will fit on the mat at a time. If you want them all the same size, there is a button you can push and it will automatically cut as many as will fill the mat. I have done this on paper with success. I have not tried it on fabric. Fabric does take more supervision.
-How long does each "run" take? **************** Depends on how intricate the cuts are. I would guess a few minutes?
-Are the dies on this site the only ones it can use, or are there 3rd party ones as well? (I remember reading something about a ProvoCraft(?) co - but it was regarding copyright issues. **************** only the cricut carts will work in the machine. There was a computer program (Sure Cuts A lot) that worked but Cricut shut them down I think.
-Can you design your own images and cut those?*************** You might be able to ALTER designs using the gypsy, I'm not sure, but as far as I know there is no way to create your own designs.
The reason I'm asking is I'm curious as to the time it would take to cut X of these if I were to pay someone with the machine to do it for me, assuming I bought the cartridge, and had prepared, cut, and had the fusible already fused to the fabric.
Sorry for the very, very basic questions. Thanks.
And sorry for temporarily hijacking your thread.