Rethinking Accuquilt:
#31
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Burke, Va
Posts: 344
Six years ago a received the Accuquilt Go as a retirement gift. I only bought a couple of dies at that time.
I found it a little limited and didn’t use it much. I’m here to say it’s a whole new world with Accuquilt today.
They offer a huge selection and they do have a summer sale going on right now. They show multiple uses for the different dies. Perhaps it is that I’m getting older and my eyesight and patience isn’t as good as it use to be but I’m in love with some of the new dies. If you haven’t looked at Accuquilt in a while you just might want to check it out.
I found it a little limited and didn’t use it much. I’m here to say it’s a whole new world with Accuquilt today.
They offer a huge selection and they do have a summer sale going on right now. They show multiple uses for the different dies. Perhaps it is that I’m getting older and my eyesight and patience isn’t as good as it use to be but I’m in love with some of the new dies. If you haven’t looked at Accuquilt in a while you just might want to check it out.
Max (Burke, VA)
#33
YouTube has tons of tutorials for Accuquilt. The Accuquilt site also has short little tutorials. I especially enjoy
Eleanor Burns' tutorials using the Accuquilt . She has clear and details written out. I've emailed "quilt in a day" to
find out how to obtain the little booklets. Because the summer sale is going on now till the end of the month I found
dies were at a good price on Amazon. Since I use Prime I saved on shipping. I ordered 1 die late late Friday night and it was delivered yesterday (yep they deliver on Sunday). Time to go and play.
Eleanor Burns' tutorials using the Accuquilt . She has clear and details written out. I've emailed "quilt in a day" to
find out how to obtain the little booklets. Because the summer sale is going on now till the end of the month I found
dies were at a good price on Amazon. Since I use Prime I saved on shipping. I ordered 1 die late late Friday night and it was delivered yesterday (yep they deliver on Sunday). Time to go and play.
#34
Power Poster
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 15,941
The only die that has any thread build up for me is the rag die.. I don't pick it out, I let it pile up and it comes out easy on it's own. Doesn't hurt the cutting at all. I don't know who started the have to pick the threads out of the die. It's not necessary as far as I can tell.
The only waste I have is about 1/4" around each die, except for some applique dies. All it takes is common sense to not waste fabric on the die. Anything more and it's for fabric I don't care to keep any of.
The only waste I have is about 1/4" around each die, except for some applique dies. All it takes is common sense to not waste fabric on the die. Anything more and it's for fabric I don't care to keep any of.
#35
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 7,312
I love my AccuQuilt Go, especially since I broke my arm.
AND they have tons of free patterns for quilts, blocks, table runners, pillows, totes, etc!
#36
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lubbock, TX
Posts: 376
Nearly all of my quiltng is piecing geometric shapes. I lve the strip dies and the half square triangles. Can't tell you how much time I save not cutting out squares, oer instructions, drawing a diagonal line, sewing a quarter inch down both sides, then cutting on the line. Now, I place right sides together, 10 layers deep, cut my half square triangles . . . They're perfect and done in a teeny fraction of the time.
#37
I agree, as I am older and less able to stand for hours I bought the electric go and love it. I buy dies when I find them on ebay and on sale other places. I make mostly strip quilts but use the other dies for triangles and have worn out my 5 inch square die! Lucky for me I found another for $15.00
#38
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 981
I love my Go cutter. If you want to establish a scrap user system this is the way to do it. Very little waste if you take care and after all it is scraps. The cutting for a quilt project is faster and of course more accurate and that leaves more time for piecing, yahoo.
#39
Power Poster
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Michigan
Posts: 11,276
The only die that has any thread build up for me is the rag die.. I don't pick it out, I let it pile up and it comes out easy on it's own. Doesn't hurt the cutting at all. I don't know who started the have to pick the threads out of the die. It's not necessary as far as I can tell.
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#40
I had the Go! and it came with picks for removing threads. I now have the GO Electric. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. And I am in the process of organizing my scraps and am making lots of jelly rolls and 2-1/2 squares. They store much better than just scraps. I have very little waste when I cut. My shoulder thanks me each time I use the electric instead of the crank. I gave my crank Go away.
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