Thanks for the note about the RoundAbout. I have been eyeing it, but the price is putting me off. I'll have to check out the videos.

I have an Olfa rotary mat...but it doesn't work well. I was thinking of getting a lazy Susan and putting the mat inside of it. Has anyone tried that?

My husband made me a lazy susan cutting mat using the round top of a 3 legged table. We added a lazy susan turntable to the bottom and a cutting mat to the top. The cutting mat is attached with a thin double sided tape used for backing photos so I can replace the mat as necessary. Measures 19 1/2" across and made with items we already had. Absolutely love it!

I just watched the video for the large mat (30x60) and the owner states that if you have fabric over it, you can iron on it as it will only get flatter when it gets hot.

It's possible some of the smaller mats are made with a different material though.

Martelli 50% off sale Jan 3 to 5
 

I just got an email and thought I should share.

The Martelli round mat can also come with an round ironing pad, I believe this is what is ironed on. Not, the actual cutting mat.

If you watch their videos, you will see/hear. Yes, you absolutely can iron on it. I've done it. You have to have a piece of cotton between the mat and the iron, that's it. Personally, I don't like a hard ironing surface. I know there are well known quilters who prefer them, but it's not for me. The turning cutting mat is so that you can turn and cut when trimming or fussy cutting without picking up a block. I don't know if I've never had a problem with the self-healing issue bc I don't press hard and am using it to just cut through a couple of layers, as opposed to cutting through many layers?

To clarify, I've ironed on my rectangular mats - which also say not to iron on them (which is what I refer to them talking about in the video), not on my round about. Never had a need to, which is why I mentioned above that if I was buying RoundAbout, I wouldn't get the ironing side, i'd buy just the base and the cutting side.

I hadn't gotten as far as attaching the mat in my plans. Thanks for the tip on the removable tape.

My Roundabout is still good as new and I use for most all my rotary cutting. I looked at my mat to see if maybe I should order a replacement but it looks too good right now to think about it. I change my blade at first sign of a skip and I think that saves any mat because I don't add pressure to make it not skip. Blades are cheaper then a new quality mat. My quilt blocks are square but seldom over 17" which is the size of the Roundabout mat.

I got onto the site and bought the skini-mini ruller 5 pc value pack. I got some Christmas money and decided I'd buy me something for quilting. Hopefully it will help me cut those "common" strips that we all use. Willing to try it for 50% off. And, for some reason, the Priority shipping estimate was cheaper than the Standard shipping!

This year, I'm also trying to spend my precious Christmas money on things I want....but that are "on sale". No full prices for me this year.....trying to make that money s-t-r-e-t-c-h ! ! !

I bought the extra large cutting mat and the wool pressing mat.

with the postal flat rate boxes, it's not unusual to have Priority be cheaper than standard if it's small enough to fit in one of them.