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quiltedsunshine 05-01-2019 05:42 PM

I used my Gingers Scissors. Yea, I know what you're thinking....

Darcyshannon 05-01-2019 11:57 PM

It had never occurred to me to cut my mats up.

Onebyone 05-02-2019 04:43 AM


Originally Posted by quiltedsunshine (Post 8248167)
I used my Gingers Scissors. Yea, I know what you're thinking....

I buy different sizes of Ginghers for my utility scissors. This way no one is looking for the good scissors and it is a simple joy to use good scissors when I need to cut other then fabric.

I bought a large mat and cut it to fit a cutting table. I used tin snips.

maviskw 05-02-2019 05:43 AM

My son-in-law cut up my old one; half for me and half for his wife. I think he used a table saw. I could have used my table saw also, but he did it for me. I would have put some scrap wood over the mat and cut them together.

KenZ 05-02-2019 08:01 AM

Table saw worked well for me. Between scraps sounds good.

Jules51 05-02-2019 10:34 AM

Love this idea! I have been using cloth bags for the grocery store and think the mat pieces would work beautifully with them. Thanks for the tip!

Macybaby 05-02-2019 11:30 AM

I used the table saw to cut mine. I bought two and cut them in half to put on the back side of my LA table. It's very nice having a 12' long cutting area, even if it is only 18" wide.

I set the fence at a bit less than half, then ran both sides through so all pieces are exactly the same width. It's just as smooth as the factory edge.


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