Originally Posted by
farmquilter
I have special blades but do not think it would be easy to use with a baby bib pattern. I have been tracing around a self made cardboard pattern, stitch, then trim with the pinkers.............
I know that you have said no-way-not-going-there to the rotary pinking blades, however ..........
I switched to the rotary pinking blade several years ago.
I can cut pretty quickly and smoothly with it.
When cutting similar to your bibs, I simply mark around my pattern onto the fabric.
Then use a ruler for the straight away. Then gently turn it as I go around the curve while cutting up to it.
It sounds awkward, but once you do it a time or two it is pretty slick.
Or you can even free-hand it.
I've cut miles of flannelette nightgowns with lots of curves, and my hands say, oh thank you!
Yes, I know you have ruled it out ... but sometimes we need to hear how someone else does it,
and then say, hhmmmmmm, never thought of it that way!
Good Luck!