Bewitching_Stitcher

I love the Olfa original rotary cutter because I use my left hand and my right hand when cutting. The ones with the guards won't work for that. I trained my left hand to cut so I could always keep the majority of my ruler on the fabric. What I mean is once I have my fabric on the matt I want to move it as little as possible if that makes sense.

tjradj

I just bought a June Taylor "Shape Cutter" ruler and it's fantastic. It's a 12" x 12" 'mat' with slots every 1/2".
It's like using a rotary cutter with training wheels.
Cutting strips is amazing. If you have 44" fabric, you just fold it twice so it's 11" wide. Place the ruler on top and slice through it at every 2" or 2 1/2" or 4", what ever you want without moving the ruler! I've always had problems with my ruler shifting but this thing even gets me cutting straight. For a rotary cutter, I like my Fiskars comfort grip handle - Squeeze it together and go. I use whatever blades I can find on sale.

stevendebbie25

I have the shape cut, love it, big numbers too.
Use grip dots or invisigrip on back of your rulers to prevent slipping. Also can try the gypsy quilter handles, asst sizes, helps hold with more pressure.

They have a new ruler/mat/rotery combo out, the ruler stays on mat, moving along the runner...the rotary follows a groove on the ruler to cut right. Anyone try this?

Mkotch

I love my Dritz rotary cutter. Have Olfa in various sizes but keep gravitating back to the cheaper one. Perhaps it fits my hand better? I buy Olfa blades for it, though. I use my smaller (but not smallest) Olfa for cutting around curved templates, though.

quilt3311

Rotary cutter--Martelli's cutter. (I think I spelled that right) Right and left handed cutters are offered. The handle is bent to fit in the palm of the hand. It takes a bit of a learning curve to get used to it, but I can cut all day and my hand and wrist doesn't get tired. Also can cut sitting with ease.
Mats--have all sizes of Olfa mats.

carolaug

It took me many, many years to start sewing....my folks bought me one too...I never used it...let my husbands brothers girlfriend borrow it...they broke up...that was many years ago...never saw that machine again...I just bought one this year and now love to sew! Never had time with kids.

carolaug

I bought that last week....love it for cutting fringe on scarfs....worked like a charm.

quiltlin

I still use the Olfa rotary cutter that was the first one they came up with. And I think we all tend to use what we started with as it is what we're used to. My blades tend to stay sharp for a long time and I do a lot of cutting. However, when I do put a new blade in my cutter I always wonder why I waited so long to change it!!!

quiltingaz

I use the diagonals only to help line up for cutting HST's.

Cathysews

I use all the different Rotary cutters but the Go Cutter has been a lifesaver for me. I am coming up to shoulder replacements and have NO strength for rotary cutting. (I do change blades often so I always have a really sharp blade) I bought the Go cutter because I do all the cutting of donated fabric for our Project Linus chapter and I can cut stacks of strips, etc without feeling any pain. Mostly, I have been cutting boxes of 2 1/2 " strips for scrap quilts. Also find easy scrap patterns for them to make with the strips.
Cathy