Originally Posted by
jodimarie
I agree.........practice on your scraps or an old sheet but NOT on the good fabric until you feel at ease with the rulers and the cutter!! Also, get a lot of those sticky backed sandpaper dots to put all over your rulers so they do not slip on the fabric......nothing worse than a slippy ruler!! I only cut fabric 2 layers at a time....like it lays coming off the bolt. I find it is too easy to get the bends if I start folding and cutting 4 layers.
If you can't find the sandpaper dots, I made my own once.....I cut squares of rough sandpaper that were about 1" square and then rubber-cemented them to the bottom of my big clear ruler. They work great and if you ever want to take them off, just do, and then rubb the rubber cement off with your finger. (More squares or dots are better than less, BTW!) I cut up to 8 layers at a time but I'm pretty experienced at this.