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01-15-2012, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by ckcowl

way back when i first started taking quilting classes at lqs' i was told to never use the cutting mat to measure your fabric- to use it to line up straight lines but to always use your ruler or a tape measure to measure- that seldom are mats actually correct- so i've never used it for that- guess they were right- they are not always correct- but the lines should be straight on it.

Interesting I too was told the same thing...I've always measured my cutting mats to make sure from then on and have found that the first one was fine, second way off, just pulled my third one out and it measures fine. So there you go in my experience 33% of my new mats failed to measure correctly.... I guess it is always wise not to trust the mat unless you measure it for accuracy.

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