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Old 05-02-2014, 12:25 PM
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anyone own a brother scan n cut machine, I want to buy one but want to know if it is worth the money for a quilter.
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Old 05-02-2014, 02:24 PM
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I like mine, It has lots of quilt blocks stored, you can also scan your own templates and applique for it to cut, it rescales it so you have different sizes, does fussy cutting using scan feature, you can also use it to cut vinyl, stencils, I just got mine and have only messed with it a little, but I like it and it seems easy to use
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Old 05-02-2014, 06:29 PM
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How many layers of fabric does it cut at one time?
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Old 05-02-2014, 08:13 PM
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It cuts one layer.

I purchased Brother ScanNCut few weeks ago, played with it for a few days and returned it. I thought it would be worth it to not invest in dies but it was just too much work for me. I have a Big Shot and I'm very happy with it. Once I received my $400 back from Amazon I invested in several dies and lots of fabric.
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Old 05-03-2014, 07:53 AM
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The two members in my guild that bought this machine returned them. They said it was too much trouble to get one fabric shape and for quilting they expected it to cut dozens of one shape. The dealer here says it's designed for crafting purposes. For crafting it would be perfect.
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Old 05-03-2014, 09:26 AM
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I bought it and returned it. The fussy cutting on the one I had was not accurate and that was the reason I bought it (for paper, not fabric, but still not accurate).
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Old 05-03-2014, 09:58 AM
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I like the scan n cut. It cuts fabric well, but there is a learning curve.

If you are doing applique pieces like many leaves or petals it cuts them all on one sheet. If you have scraps of fabric you stick them all on the mat then scan them in. Next you maneuver the images you want to cut on the screen so for example you can cut the petals on your yellow fabric, and the leaves on your green and then a circle of brown for the center.

I have the GO cutter and many times I bought dies that I have never used, or used only for one project. To me this is a great waste. I know I have spent at least $700 on the GO and dies that are now gathering dust.
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If you are using heat and bond lite, do you remove the paper backing before you put it on the sticky sheet? I have only tried mine once and didn't have much success.
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Old 05-04-2014, 03:24 PM
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I haven't used heat and bond lite. If I use steam a seam 2 which is loose on the paper then I pull the paper off and put the adhesive side down on the mat otherwise the fabric shifted on the paper. I bought some other adhesive at the sewing machine store and that doesn't shift so I stick that on the mat paper side down.

I try to always do a test cut
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Thanks for the advice. I will try that next time.
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