How do you use a template with a rotary cutter?
#21
Don't try to cut around paper templates or thin templates with a rotary cutter. If you don't lose a finger, you will shear the edges off your templates so that they are not accurate any more. Best thing to do is to place a rotary cutting rule over the top of your template, along the edge and cut accordingly if you haven't got an acrylic template to cut around. All the best with your projects.
#22
Watch a Marti Michelle video or take some classes. She uses templates with engineered corners and the pieces fit together beautifully. I've been taking some classes and there's a learning curve to it but once you get the hang of it, they're wonderful! What it basically consists of is that you lay your template on the edge of your fabric then lay a long ruler next to it. Move the template up and down your fabric a couple of times until you're sure that the long ruler is straight and the width you want. Remove the template and cut. Then use the template on the strip of fabric that you just cut.
#23
There is a clean film that you can buy to put on the back of all your rulers and templates. it would really well. I have also bought the little sandpaper dots that stick on the back of them. They both work really well.
#25
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I've read through the archives looking for ideas about using templates with my rotary cutter, but am still left with questions. Mostly the templates I use are paper with the pattern printed on it that I then cut around. Pinning doesn't work because the pin then interferes with the ruler.
When I'm cutting small templates from small leftover pieces I take the templates AND the fabric to the cutting board. That way the shapes I cut are all exact. Tape peels off the cutting board easily.
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You have for more patience than I!!! I have several templates and tried to do a Dresden Plate but gave up after the inaccurate cuts. I love quilting so far, but I dread "cutting" so I decided to splurge on the AccuQuilt go. I hope this works better for me if not I guess I will give up quilting!!
Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas!!
#29
when i use my Drunkard Path acrylic templates, i tend to draw around them. as close to each other as possible to save fabric. then cut the fabric pieces.
if using an acrylic template with straight edges, you can cut your fabric with your rotary cutter. if using a thin template made out of plastic, i would lay a ruler on the edge of it and then cut.
if using an acrylic template with straight edges, you can cut your fabric with your rotary cutter. if using a thin template made out of plastic, i would lay a ruler on the edge of it and then cut.
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if your template isn't too thick and curves not too deep you can use the smaller rotarery cutters - at least the 28mm one . So it depends on the equipment you have and how they react and work with each other.
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