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Old 05-03-2017, 12:55 AM
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You're welcome! The cutting mat I glued to the kitchen cutting board has a 12" by 18" cutting area.
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Old 05-03-2017, 04:11 AM
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I put a piece of plywood on top of the dippy-middle plastic table....now level!
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Old 05-03-2017, 04:24 AM
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My current cutting surfaces are the kitchen table (hubs made), a 28"x48" 1/2" thick piece of plywood on 2 pocket base cabinets in my sewing room at just below the elbow height. Can be easily be moved since it isn't attached but heavy enough doesn't slide easily.
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Thanks for letting us know how important a flat surface is to quilters.
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Old 05-07-2017, 05:57 AM
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The other thing too is that not all mats are created equally. I bought the large fold out sewing table from JoAnn's a while back and I also bought the mat to cover it, about 60in long or more. I was so excited. Then I started having problems cutting with my brand new cutter. I knew my cutter was good, I watched them demo it. I don't know what made me think of it but I put my other mat on top of the new one, no more problems. I tried this a few times. It seems the mat after only using it a few times wasn't self healing like it said. To say the least it no longer gets used except for a protector for the table. Talk about wasted money. It was expensive too.
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