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11-21-2011, 03:41 AM

#21

teddysmom

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Join Date: May 2010

Location: Stanley NC

Posts: 981

I love the 2 1/2" for cutting binding. Also really use the triangles. The cut is perfect and the match when piecing is accurate.

11-21-2011, 04:59 AM

#22

hobbykat1955

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Join Date: Nov 2010

Location: Milton DE

Posts: 3,189

I use the 5 1/2 sq allot and critters...butterfly, dragonfly and lady bug...I use these for my labels...

11-21-2011, 07:33 AM

#23

juliea9967

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Join Date: Feb 2009

Location: Twin Falls, ID

Posts: 1,409

I think the strip cutters are the bread and butter of this product. With strip cutters you can cut borders, bindings, sashings, squares, and diamonds. I probably use the 2 1/2" strip cutter the most because every quilt I make needs binding.
I absolutely love the applique dies. I have an embroidery machine and most of the applique dies have embroidery designs so you can do machine applique in your embroidery hoop, using the die cuts. I love doing applique this way.

11-21-2011, 09:11 PM

#24

Fraew

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Join Date: Aug 2011

Location: Clayton, CA

Posts: 2,022

Great Sandyl! Have fun.

11-22-2011, 05:34 AM

#25

romanojg

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Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: Norfolk, VA

Posts: 5,397

One of my favorites is the raq cutter; makes rag quilting so much faster. I'd say go for the strip cutters; from strips you can cut blocks and triangles, and of course long strips for bindings, etc. I just got the tumbling one. I also have the ones that do animals and baby things to applique on the back of my rag quilts making it a reversible quilt.

11-22-2011, 06:04 AM

#26

greenini

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Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: Atlanta, Ga

Posts: 1,516

Quote:

Originally Posted by BellaBoo

Just order all of them as you find one on sale. I have about every Go die there is. Some I haven't opened yet but they were on clearance or a great sale. I have dozens of mats in my stash also bought on a great sale if I need them or not. Right now my favorite die is the 6 1/2" HST. I have hundreds of them cut for all kinds of quilt patterns.

Could you estimate about what you've paid for the individual dies? Are you mostly getting them off of Ebay? How about mats and other necessary accessories? I really want it for strip cutting and can't decide if it makes sense, frankly. I love the idea, my cuts aren't always super, but it is a lot of money, so far I've only done 4 applique blocks, altho I did like making them...

11-22-2011, 06:54 AM

#27

SuzyQ

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Join Date: Jul 2008

Location: Ohio

Posts: 1,225

Yah for you! I love my cutter. I tend to buy dies that I would refuse to cut otherwise like the circles and the applique dies. I do have strip dies and I use the 2 1/2 strip the most.

Suzy