accu quilt go
#11
Originally Posted by Feathers-N-Fur
I just got my Go! recently. I got the 3 size hex die. I cut my cardboard hexes with the smell size and my fabric with the medium. I don't think I would even consider doing the GFG I'm working on without it.
#12
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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I'm a beginner ... so I don't know what I can really add but I do love my Go. I did my first quilt without it and made some pretty off cuts that I didn't discover until I was sewing everything together and found that my seams were sometimes a quarter inch or more off. For my second quilt I cut all my strips with my Go and nearly all of my seams lined up perfectly. So for me it's been a great way to get into quilting and be able to produce pretty good results early on. With a Go you can also cut pretty much a whole quilt in an hour or two, which I could never have done with a rotary cutter (though I'm betting there are plenty of quilters who could!)
It's not a perfect solution, though, some of my cuts still come out a bit wonky, depending on how much fabric you put into the machine at once. Just a note I never cut fabric before putting it through unless I have a lot of yardage to do ... it will take multiple layers and I usually just fold it so I'm putting all the layers through or if it's too thick I just fold it to the side of the mat and send it through. Of course, this could account for some wonkiness, lol! But I think it does require experimentation before you start getting results that will satisfy you.
It's not a perfect solution, though, some of my cuts still come out a bit wonky, depending on how much fabric you put into the machine at once. Just a note I never cut fabric before putting it through unless I have a lot of yardage to do ... it will take multiple layers and I usually just fold it so I'm putting all the layers through or if it's too thick I just fold it to the side of the mat and send it through. Of course, this could account for some wonkiness, lol! But I think it does require experimentation before you start getting results that will satisfy you.
#13
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: AZ and CT
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Originally Posted by Zhillslady
I bought one and several of the dies then gave to a quilting friend. If you cut a lot of special shapes I could see the use but I never used much. If I was cutting a 6" square I had to cut fabric to fit thru machine so why not just cut the square. I used the strip cutter a few times but again if I have to cut to fit thru roller area why not just cut the strip. However that said many people love em. I found the mats too costly. I cut a rag quilt top and used 2 $12 mats. There were holes in the first one half way thru. Again just my opinion.
It's true that you save fabric by making a ROUGH cut before running your fabric through the GO (or Studio). But you're cutting accurately and with very little waste that way. With many of the dies, you can cut multiples, and with layering you're cutting many more pieces than you can with a rotary cutter. I can cut out an entire quilt in 30 minutes. And every piece is accurate. I couldn't say that about rotary cutting. AND my wrist and back don't hurt when I'm finished.
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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You have all been very helpful. thank you. I save my quarters everyday from my change and when I have a fair amount saved up I try to buy a bigger ticket item. My family gets upset with me because I usually buy something that they could buy me as a gift!! But sometimes mamma needs her toys!!!!lol
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Originally Posted by grammy nancy
You have all been very helpful. thank you. I save my quarters everyday from my change and when I have a fair amount saved up I try to buy a bigger ticket item. My family gets upset with me because I usually buy something that they could buy me as a gift!! But sometimes mamma needs her toys!!!!lol
Mine was all the GO dies, but unless they keep coming out with more dies fairly often, Im afraid Hubby is going to run out of 'ideas'..
For my birthday He got me= Wedding ring, 9 in Hex, rag star/heart and 8 mats... ( and last week UPS delivered me the Chisel, baby tumbler and Blazing star )..THANKS HUBBY..
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