Opinions needed about Accuquilt, please?
03-13-2011, 11:26 AM
#71
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Originally Posted by cowgirlquilter
Hi my dear friends,
I am a school administrator, with 12 hour work days being the norm. I spend what seems to be lots of time cutting, and it seems to take me forever.
I saw the Accuquilt cutting machine and hmmmmmmmm......have any of you used it? On my first thought, it may save me loads of time while creating consistency with my cutting-and I can devote more time creating!
What do you think??
I am a school administrator, with 12 hour work days being the norm. I spend what seems to be lots of time cutting, and it seems to take me forever.
I saw the Accuquilt cutting machine and hmmmmmmmm......have any of you used it? On my first thought, it may save me loads of time while creating consistency with my cutting-and I can devote more time creating!
What do you think??
It does not have fabric waste if you put the fabric on the go right. I use to waste fabric cutting wrong or slipping now I took all the wasted or cut wrong fabric and used my Go to make squares, 1/2 triangles and strips. NO WASTE!!
You can purchase the Accuquilt Go at Quilters Warehoue for 207.00 including the value die set.(No affiliations)
03-13-2011, 11:56 AM
#72
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I have a lot of good video (quilt patterns, projects and blocks) on my blog regarding the Studio and the Go...I love them both. http://www.thriftyideastoday.com/
I highly recommend the Go or the studio. I have been doing rotary cutting for a class...the die cutters are so much easier, less waste and I don't make mistakes cutting.
I highly recommend the Go or the studio. I have been doing rotary cutting for a class...the die cutters are so much easier, less waste and I don't make mistakes cutting.
03-13-2011, 02:40 PM
#73
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Oregon
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I bet you could pick up one of these ladys aqquaquilts at a good price. I have the GO and love it you can also pick up free patterns for the dies you get. Also there are some web sites that have some of there patterns for the GO. I love myne I am working on a quick quilt that calls for the Tumbler righr now. I do cut alot with the rotary because I have alot of kits that call for something else but if it calls for one I can use with the GO I use it. You can cut easily through 4 at a time if your weak and 6 if your strong depending on the fabric. I cut 4 all the time.
Good luck and thank you for spending so much time with oue kids Lord knows they need it..
Good luck and thank you for spending so much time with oue kids Lord knows they need it..
03-14-2011, 04:39 PM
#74
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Originally Posted by LucyInTheSky
I don't love mine (and am disappointed that I don't love it). I can't get it to cut the fabric without stretching. And I do have the length/widthwise grains positioned correctly, I do send it through at an angle, I do only send 1 layer of fabric through, etc, and my squares are always slightly rectangular. Which I can cut squares that are slightly rectangular on my own! I did appreciate it when I was teaching 88 students to cut and was able to quickly cut 176 triangles and 88 squares, since the kids didn't care/know that they weren't perfectly accurate. But I don't know if I would buy it again
03-14-2011, 05:10 PM
#75
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I love mine.. No complaints here... Hardly any waste as Ive marked my dies like Ebony suggested.. You have to 'tweek' out the problems your facing and try another method.. Ive read quite a few good ones on here too..
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