I'm ditherin' -
#32
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: DC metro area
Posts: 1,286
I put my rotary cutter back together wrong once, couldn't get it to cut worth a darn. I took it back apart and tried putting it together again several times until finally figured how it went. I had put the blade on the wrong side of the handle. They should have a giant sign that says "blade goes here" maybe with a diagram too..
Do you have any scraps laying around? maybe you can play with some scrappy ideas like making crumb blocks. I absolutely love making crumb blocks from my scraps-well until they drive me crazy. http://quiltville.com/crumbs.shtml
I don't have any problems getting started with my scraps. I can randomly sew those puppies all day long.
Do you live in an area that has a strong charity quilting group? or a guild? Sometimes just being around other quilters is enough to get the creative juices flowing.
Or how about requesting a kit from this group http://www.quiltsforkids.org/patterns/request/ It's already cut out, you just have to sew the top, you have to supply the batting, quilt it and then mail it back to them.
Good luck
Do you have any scraps laying around? maybe you can play with some scrappy ideas like making crumb blocks. I absolutely love making crumb blocks from my scraps-well until they drive me crazy. http://quiltville.com/crumbs.shtml
I don't have any problems getting started with my scraps. I can randomly sew those puppies all day long.
Do you live in an area that has a strong charity quilting group? or a guild? Sometimes just being around other quilters is enough to get the creative juices flowing.
Or how about requesting a kit from this group http://www.quiltsforkids.org/patterns/request/ It's already cut out, you just have to sew the top, you have to supply the batting, quilt it and then mail it back to them.
Good luck
Last edited by charity-crafter; 05-04-2012 at 10:50 AM.
#34
I've learned that when my rotary cutter does not cut properly it is usually either that I am not holding it straight--the blade should be perpendicular to the fabric, and it's so easy to get it slanted instead--or I am pressing too hard on the ruler instead of the cutter, trying to make the ruler not slip. I'm doing better since I got the Martelli cutter and an Omnigrip ruler. The suction-cup gripper (from Harbor Freight) for rulers has helped also.