MadQuilter

I bought it earlier this year and find that I don't use it. Maybe when I need to cut a whole project which takes serious planning (if you want to use it efficiently). For onesy-twosey cuts, the light-colored mat does not work for me. It takes me too long to line up everything and the ruler does not move as freely as I would like (there appears to be a sweet-spot on how high to hold the ruler before moving it.) Right now, I have to have the cutter on the sewing table and the raised wood board gets in the way. Last week, I put it back in the box to try again when I can set up a dedicated cutting space.

BellaBoo

Alto Quilt Cut:http://www.quiltcut.com/

Accquilt:http://www.accuquilt.com/

Many people get the two confused with each other.

I have both and use the Accucut Go more. I noticed on the new Alto the ruler is very hard to slide. It sticks horribly. Mine is older and the groove seems to be a little wider so the ruler moves smoothly. I wonder why they changed?

caspharm

AccuQuilt is die cuts for cutting all sorts of different shapes, like flowers, stars, and animals [like for applique], in addition to squares and strips.

Quiltcut cuts "straight-edge" like strips, squares, angle cuts (diamonds, etc).

If I missed any better way to describe the differences, let me know.

MIJul

Thanks, caspharm. I went did a search for both and see what the differences are. A LOT! :-)

charity-crafter

The Alto quiltcut is on the heavy side. I think it would work best if it had a dedicated spot to live. I borrowed a friends and cut up a whole bunch of strips one weekend. According to the video you can cut several shapes depending on the angle of your fabric.

Honestly I'm not sure it's worth the money. I've had the option of borrowing my friends when ever I want and haven't asked for it since. If you have a hard time holding rulers tight and move them while cutting this might be good.

MIJul

I can see that I would much rather invest in the Accuquilt rather than the QuiltCut. I wonder if they will come out with an electric one... push a button and it cuts away. No more cranking a handle.

Hmmm. I might have to wait and see.

:-)

Chasing Hawk

I absolutely love mine.

And yes it is worth it.

cgroark

Had one, did not like it. Sold it after buying an Accuquilt Go which I love.

ncredbird

I love mine also. There is the Alto QuiltCut and the Alto QuiltCut 2. From what I can tell they are basically the same but on the QuiltCut 2 has some of the parts that were previously plastic have been replaced with metal. I acquired mine very reasonably on the Yahoo Group SewItsForSale which is just for the sale of used sewing and quilting related merchandise. They are posted quite frequently. Mine arrived in like new condition. The mat didn't even look like it had been cut on. Ann in TN

BellaBoo

There are electric die cut machines. The one that can use the Go dies is called Vagabond.