Pinking Rotary Blade - What I learned today
02-19-2010, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by King's Daughter
I bought a new Olfa ergo 45mm cutter last night, plus a pinking blade, which I put on the new cutter. Dug out some scraps to see how it worked, and it was terrible, took several cuts, mangled the heck out of the scraps. Went on-line today to try to figure out what was wrong, and on the Olfa website, there is a video and a pdf on how to replace blades. When you put on one of the decorative blades, like the pinking one, the round yellow spacer gets switched to the side with the blade. I didn't see anything on the package that said to do it this way, but it was late at night and my eyes aren't the greatest. Haven't tried it yet, but will tonight when I get home, and let everyone know how it works.
Here is link to the PDF, which shows how to change both a regular blade and a decorative blade.
http://www.olfa.com/App_Content/Edit...e/bin19121.pdf
Here is link to the PDF, which shows how to change both a regular blade and a decorative blade.
http://www.olfa.com/App_Content/Edit...e/bin19121.pdf
02-19-2010, 06:52 AM
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I've been gifted with a big bag of squares cut with a pinked edge. Where is the 1/4" seam to be? Do you run the points of the pinked edge next to the presser foot? If so, does that really leave enough fabric in the seam that it won't be a weakened seam that will fray? I understand why we used to pink edges when making clothing with a 5/8" seam but why on quilt pieces?
02-19-2010, 06:58 AM
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That's a good question...I've wondered the same thing. I used a charm pack plus some 5" squares I cut myself to make a D9P, and it turned out fine, but I was a little nervous about the pinked edges, too.
02-19-2010, 07:20 AM
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I think the pinked edges on charms, jelly rolls ,etc. is used to keep the pieces from raveling. I think they would be a mess before they got in the fabric stores if they were cut with straight edge. I think I'll start using the pinking blade to cut all my strip pieces so when they end up in my scrap bin they won't have all those fuzzies on them and have to be trimmed
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