almostfree

Same with me! I bought a Lil Twister, and haven't used it yet. It's one of those things I wake up in the morning thinking about...."how will I do that?"

retired2pa

Well, for some reason my small rotary cutter (yes, Susan, it's a 28) didn't work. The template is very thick and then it has those little "legs" on the bottom, which makes it even thicker. There's not enough room (height-wise) for the cutter's knob where the blade is attached to clear that thick template.

I'm frustrated with it so I put it all in a ziploc and labeled it and filed it in the UFO drawer!!

I'm sure there must be something I'm just not doing right. There are so many on here that have made them. I'm sure they didn't have the problems I've had :(

klgreene

I made a small one, even smaller than the 3 1/2" template. I just used my 45mm rotary cutter. But using the 28mm would probably work better. I have one, just don't have new blades for it. Just go slow. One template at a time. Once you do one or two, you will understand the concept, and you'll do just fine.

cizzors

I couldn't use my 28mm either. I just cut the bottom, right and top with my right hand and cut the left side left handed.

mommamac

I'm frustrated with it so I put it all in a ziploc and labeled it and filed it in the UFO drawer!! :([/quote]

retired2pa -
I saw where someone had traced the template on the grid of 5" squares with a pencil then cut them with scissors. This might work for you - just keep them in order or better yet sew as you cut.

sueisallaboutquilts

Thank you for the info! :thumbup:

klgreene

This afternoon, I did a quick tut for my sister for this. I made my own templates, and I made a 3 1/2 for her. With this thin of a template, I ended up drawing around the template. Then it can either be cut with a rotary cutter using a ruler or another thicker plastic, or you can actually cut it with scissors. I only used 4 blocks across just to show her what I was doing, but I would suggest goint across the top row, then sewing that together. Then do the second row, sewing that row together. You can either sew those two rows together, or just keep them in rows. Because if you keep them as little squares and a breeze comes along, you will have a hard time figuring the patterns out again if you are making a larger quilt top.
Once you do a couple of the cuts, it will make sense to you and you will see that it really is very easy. I'll add some pictures to help.

Give me a min. and I'll upload some pictures and maybe that will help you.

Lynnie25

I use a smaller rotary cutter and I have a round cutting mat (like a lazy susan) which is handy to cut the left side and bottom.

Cutting them does get easier with practise.

klgreene

I did this quick tut for my sister, but did not put border all the way around, and only did two rows so she should finish. There are a couple pictures so will take me a min. to get them in.

klgreene

I'm sorry, my pictures just are not uploading. If someone still wants them in the morning, just leave a message on this post and I'll try again. I did my tutorial for my sister on Print Shop, so I can't up load that, but even so, either my computer, but more than likely my internet service is just not working well tonight.