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Old 08-04-2017, 08:02 AM
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SusanErler
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I have the Studio2 and I took a different route... rather than get the strip dies, I buy the shapes that I use the most -- HSTs, squares, 1/4-square triangles, triangle-in-a-square. I consider these my puzzle pieces and the accuracy is spot-on. I love scrap quilts and use these pieces all the time.

For the HSTs, I take 2 fabrics, right-sides together, and then stack a few layers. I can then chain those through the sewing machine quite fast. For the squares, especially small ones like 1.5", 10 layers of fabric will give me 160 squares with one pass.

I do like some of the specialty dies too -- tumblers, Winding Ways, elongated hexi.

I don't know what I did before getting this. Cutting took forever! I would rather spend more time sewing and less time cutting.
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