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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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Learn How
To Sew
With
Sewing Pattern Weights
Sewing patterns tend to be
printed on a light and flimsy paper. No problem
there -- except that light and flimsy means
it's likely to be blown or nudged away at first
chance! You need some way to set the pattern in
place on top of the piece of fabric you're
cutting.
Most people follow one of
two conventions -- they pin, or they
weight.
Pinning works fine -- you
pin the pattern to the fabric. Downside is that
it takes extra time to do all that pinning.
Plus -- if you need to move or adjust the
pattern later, you've got to un-pin and re-pin
to do so!

Weighting is easier -- just
use some solid weights to hold the paper in
place. Quick to do and easy to adjust! You must
be careful not to use weights with sharp edges
else you may tear the paper.
Sewing stores sell a variety
of low and flat weights suitable for this
purpose. Some people use cat food or tuna fish
cans -- but you've got to be careful of those
edges.
Or -- you could make your
own weights for pennies. Literally!
Sew a few small bags from
scraps of fabric, then stuff them with a
handful of pennies! Close up the bag and you've
got a secure pattern weight with a soft bottom
that "adjusts" itself when you set it in place
(so no torn patterns!).
It's easy to sew a handful
of these pattern weights -- takes little time
and you'll use up those fabric scraps that are
too small for anything else. Plus, it'll only
cost you pennies!
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