Originally Posted by Pam
Try this, a whole new mat, turn it over! I find the lines distracting for some things.
LOL I bought a 30 x 36" Dritz cutting mat years ago so I'd have a safe surface for exacto blades for just about everything but fabric. It had a plain bumpy side (like the skin of an orange) and a smooth side with numbers and lines. I didn't want to spoil the side with numbers so I used the bumpy side. And now for fabric cutting I still use the bumpy side - it's self healing, I rub it with fabric scraps if I see threads stuck in the mat. I use rulers for cutting fabric those numbers are on the edges where I can't imagine ever having a use for them. I don't think Dritz makes it any more, at least I can't find any like it. but if I ever buy another it will have to say "self healing" someplace on it.
Jois