KalamaQuilts

well i have decided on the electric accuquilt. i still have $$ stashed away from selling most of my stash last spring and my card seck collection the year before so will sit quietly and watch for a used one to come up without all the stuff i wont use and subscribed to their emails for a sale.

thank you all, ive appreciated your feedback
abd particularly 1charm and peckish for your offers of a loaner. it will still be awhile before i can use my arm and 3 time cancer sewvivor in me knows to always keep things to look forward, both little and big.

joe'smom

I hope one will come available for you soon! It really does make cutting scandalously easy; I'm pretty sure I would feel guilty about using it if my back hadn't forced me into it (maybe not).

Onebyone

I have used the alphabet dies more then I thought I would. I would like another font but not worth the cost now to get another set.
I got my first set at Walmart on clearance for $39 for the complete alphabet dies. Walmart use to sell Go dies on clearance so did Hancock Fabrics and the dies were always on their holiday 60% off quilting notions sales. Use to use JoAnn's coupons on the dies too. Not many quilters knew about Accuquilt or thought it was a silly tool. Mats were inexpensive and always on sale. I still have packages of mats I bought years ago and so far still soft. Some of the newer mats I bought have already begun to get brittle so I wouldn't stock up on them for long term.

KalamaQuilts

Update Update!
I got my cast off 3 days ago and today I felt so good (broke arme June 2) I asked for a liitle help on an accuquilt forum and made my first block. Worse block I've made in 30 years but I know why, making a scrappy sample block I shorted myself on my 2.5" cuts so it isn't a perfect 8.5" size, but I'm so happy!

I got the 8" qube + angles set and 4" Qube with corners set, which should make any block I want, and the 2" finished strip die and will get the 1.5" and 2.5" finished strip dies and I think that will be my investment for a long time.
and I got the electric Go and made my own catcher board out of boxes

oh, and I bartered for the Heart die so I can make hearts to leave around the country when we travel.
Now I'm going to go rice bag my wrist but life is good! (this heart is just a sample, not mine but I love the idea)

Mkotch

I have a Go Baby with hand crank and like the fact that it is light and small. I keep it in a tote bag under my cutting table and get it out when I want it, which isn't often. I used it to make a few complicated patterns like Hunter's Star. After I finished those I gave or sold the dies to other quilters. I would advise you to check out the prices of the dies before buying. I find them horribly expensive. That fact that they have cut off corners and such makes the pattern pieces fit perfectly, but I'm not sure it's really worth having a cutter just for that.

KalamaQuilts

everything accuquilt is hediously expensive I think the qubes came long after the individual dies. and I can make any block with them. other than the heart I can't think of a single other one I need beyond what I have already. I didn't buy anything spur of the moment belive me. I found the cutter for 499 with no tax or shippinng and everything else but my big mats came from ebay very very reduced. Watch and pounce but still an expense I would never have connsidered until I broke my arm.

joe'smom

KalamaQuilts, I'm so pleased for you!

Mkotch, I can completely understand your point of view if you don't have major problems using a rotary cutter. I would never have looked into a die cutting system if I hadn't been forced to.

It appears that they've just come out with a die-catching attachment for the back of the machine.

CanoePam

Another source for dies is Blue Wren in Australia. They work perfectly with an Accuquilt cutter. They have many, many dies Accuquilt doesn’t have. Make sure your currency is set to US dollars if you don’t want a heart attack! I get my dies to Iowa from Australia in 2-3 weeks from ordering. The prices are good. Shipping is what gets you, so check if you can buy 2 or 3 dies for the same shipping. Many times you can.

quiltingcandy

Congratulations in finding and buying your Accuquilt system. I hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine. It's also cool if you find someone in your area you can trade/borrow dies with.

KalamaQuilts

oh, I like that one that makes the 1920 Farmer Wife 6" blocks! something to think on. Odd they don't have a retailer in US, but good for the Aussies, you are right, shipping is a killer for them to get accuquilt stuff.