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no plastic templates for fussy cutting
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I haven't seen this tip before, so thought i'd share it. Instead of creating plastic templates and using permanent marker to map portions of fabric for fussy cutting, i came upon the idea of using Vis-a-Vis wet erase markers and my regular omnigrid rulers. Just put the ruler over the part you want to fussy cut, outline sufficiently for pattern match-up, and use the wet erase marker to outline. Give it a couple of minutes to dry and you're good to go. Now it will smudge if you keep touching the mark - but i just try to make sure that i have enought space around the guidelines to hold the ruler while i cut. This works well for my "kaleidescope" dresden plates too. When you're done - just use a damp tissue to wipe the marks off your ruler. Attached picture is a sample. Not saying this will work for every project - but it can be a time and money saver.[ATTACH=CONFIG]348703[/ATTACH]
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Great tip! One of those, "duh, why didn't I think of that?" ideas.
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Thanks, great tip!
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ya know, i saw that many, many years ago and forgot all about it. thanks for the reminder :thumbup:
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Great tip, thanks so much.
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Originally Posted by Quiltaddict
(Post 5362032)
Great tip, thanks so much.
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Great tip. i wonder if you could put a piece of cling wrap or press-n-seal over the marks (after they've dried) to keep from smudging
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Great tip, thanks for sharing!
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Guess I am slow this morning. I don't understand this at all. I think you are saying mark on the plastic? I can't get in my head how that would help you fussy cut.
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Super great tip, thanks for sharing
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I use Sharpies and then wipe the Sharpie marks off with rubbing alcohol when done. No smearing of the tracing this way.
Originally Posted by PenniF
(Post 5361193)
I haven't seen this tip before, so thought i'd share it. Instead of creating plastic templates and using permanent marker to map portions of fabric for fussy cutting, i came upon the idea of using Vis-a-Vis wet erase markers and my regular omnigrid rulers. Just put the ruler over the part you want to fussy cut, outline sufficiently for pattern match-up, and use the wet erase marker to outline. Give it a couple of minutes to dry and you're good to go. Now it will smudge if you keep touching the mark - but i just try to make sure that i have enought space around the guidelines to hold the ruler while i cut. This works well for my "kaleidescope" dresden plates too. When you're done - just use a damp tissue to wipe the marks off your ruler. Attached picture is a sample. Not saying this will work for every project - but it can be a time and money saver.[ATTACH=CONFIG]348703[/ATTACH]
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I'm with you Brendaln, I don't get it either. Could you please explain further? Pretty Please?
Linda58
Originally Posted by brendaln
(Post 5366517)
Guess I am slow this morning. I don't understand this at all. I think you are saying mark on the plastic? I can't get in my head how that would help you fussy cut.
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Great tip, thanks!
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What a great idea! I will be doing a few different projects that require fussy matching and this will make it much easier!
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Hi Linda...for fussy cutting - when you want one particular pattern from your fabric to say be the middle of your square...and you want to repeat that exactly in each square...you can mark the ruler -- so that you can cut the pattern out exactly each time. The advantage over making a template with plastic is that you can use the marked ruler to actually make your cuts - which really doesn't work with template plastic.
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DadaNVa....thank you for the info about the sharpies info !!! I used the wet erase because i had them at home - i got my grand-daughters a wet erase board and colored markers for drawing --- but now I'm switching !!!!
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