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Old 10-19-2015, 11:28 PM
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I just purchased this electric cutter by Accuquilt and was wondering if anyone has one. If so, where are you purchasing your dies from?
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Gone are the days of finding "great deals" on their dies; I bought a majority of mine pre-price control and I found several on eBay as well. Do check their website and eBay for the does you want, have fun!!!
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I buy mostly from Accuquilt website. They have good sales during the year and an easy return policy. I have about 65 dies. I have the Go and Go Big. Both are great machines. I rarely have to use my rotary cutter to cut quilt block pieces. I like the BOB dies the best (Block on Board). One pass and four to six blocks are perfectly cut. I have all the strip and geometric dies I need to make most any quilt I want.
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I get mine from Amazon when there isn't a sale somewhere. I love the 2 day shipping. Wish the pre price control days were back
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I'm only looking at the dies for piecing. If I want applique, I also have a Silhouette Cameo and Adobe Illustrator. I can draw what I want. I've found that standard cutting dies are never the size I want.

You are limited to what most people do. Using the Silhouette, I can make an appliqued doll quilt exactly like a large one without having to cut the fabric by hand.

I also paper craft, and the Sizzix dies were never the right size. I sold the ones for papercrafting, now I need to get rid of the quilting dies. Sizzix stopped making the one die I do need.

Now for squares, strips and other geometrics, there's nothing like a good die cutter!
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Thank you all for the great tips for purchasing the dies. I make the big block quilts (10") for quilt auctions and church fundraisers. I bought the Go Big cutter and the 10" die to cut these squares more accurately and perfectly than I ever could with my rotary cutter. I didn't realize how many dies are available for this electric cutter and some are truly expensive. A friend of mine stumbled upon a few dies at a garage sale this summer but I don't have such luck! I will definitely check EBAY and Amazon for the other dies I want to buy.
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Great that you found what works for you. It is still out of my price range.
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That's one of the reason's I've held off buying a cutting machine is because of the die expense
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Onebyone, I'm just going to send you my fabric.
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I just got 2.5 inch strips and 6.5 inch strips from Accucut, on sale. They are pricey, but judging by my test strips, well worth the money.
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