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Many people overlook the subtle details
of properly cutting out their patterns and
materials. Now you can cut like a pro.
The Rotary
Cutting Guidebook
This is
an tool you need if you are a beginner or
even if you consider yourself more
advanced.
This
ebook teaches you how to do all your
cutting faster, easier, and more
accurately.
You
will learn about scissors, shears,
trimmers, snips, and rippers. But you
will also learn about advanced cutting
with rotary cutters.
To sew
and quilt today you need good quality
scissors, rippers, and of course good
rotary cutting tools, mats, and rulers.
All of these are revealed in depth
in
The Rotary Cutting
Guidebook
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The Rotary
Cutter - It's Not for Pizza
People have been known to
use screwdrivers to pry open paint tins and
wrenches as hammers, but the poor rotary cutter
has endured the worst type of tool abuse. At
first glance, it may look like a pizza cutter
but the only oil that should ever touch the
blade is a dab of machine oil. It is therefore
wise to keep it well hidden.
The Rotary Cutter is the
best invention ever for cutting all those
pieces for patchwork. Along with a ruler and
mat, rotary cutting offers the quilter the
ability to cut a large number of fabric pieces
quickly and accurately. Rotary cutters are
extremely sharp and caution should be used when
rotary cutting.
Always close the blade or make sure that the
blade guard is engaged, when you put down the
cutter. You should also only use the rotary
cutter with a specially designed rotary cutter
mat.
Using any other surface, can damage the blade,
the surface, and can even cause the cutter to
slip while cutting.
Besides hiding it from any
non-quilting pizza makers, with a bit of care
you can ensure the rotary cutting blade will
have a long life. Be careful that when you are
cutting you don't touch the side of the ruler
with your cutter or run over pins. Either of
these actions will create a dead spot in the
blade. It is important to change the blade in
the rotary cutter as soon as it becomes
dull.
For easy cutting, keep the
rotary cutter clean. Lint and fluff can build
up under the blade preventing it from rotating
smoothly. Every six hours of use, remove the
blade and clean out all the lint that has
accumulated. Then oil the rotary cutting blade
by putting a dab of machine oil on a rag and
wiping it over your blade. Reassemble the
cutter and presto - it will cut like a
dream.
Rotary cutters come in many
sizes. The medium sized rotary cutter is the
most used, as it is great for single or multi
layer. The jumbo rotary cutter is ideal for
cutting through multiple layers. The mini
cutter is superb for cutting around curves and
trimming ½ square triangles back to size.
About the author:
Pauline Rogers has travelled throughout
Australia and New Zealand for over 20 years,
teaching the art of patchwork and quilting. She
operates an award winning shop, Country Fabrics
and Quilters, in Toowoomba, Queensland as well
as a successful mail order and online service.
She founded Quiltfest, an annual quilting event
and Margie's Quilts of Hope, a quilting
challenge which raises funds for breast cancer
research. Visit Pauline's website at
www.cfaq.com.au
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