Rotary cutting Basics by Sarah Ashford
A beginner’s guide to sizes, types, techniques, troubleshooting, mats, rulers, [...]
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Rotary Cutting Strips, Squares and Rectangles
Valerie shows how to rotary cut strips, squares and rectangles; [...]
TASTER: Rotary Cutting Strips, Squares and Rectangles
Valerie shows how to rotary cut strips, squares and rectangles; [...]
Basic Rotary Cutting Tips from Valerie Nesbitt
If you struggle with getting the best from your equipment, [...]
TASTER: Basic Rotary Cutting Tips from Valerie Nesbitt
If you struggle with getting the best from your equipment, [...]
Rotary Cutting Angles Using EZ Rulers with Jennie Rayment
In this workshop Jennie shows you how to use pre-printed [...]
How to Use the EZ Rotary Cutting Rulers with Jennie Rayment
In this workshop Jennie lists the rotary rulers she likes [...]
What rotary cutting equipment should you buy?
This is such a personal choice it's difficult to answer however there are a few things to think about that might help: Are you left handed? If so be sure that the rotary cutter works for you - most work both both right and left handed people but not all. What about the ruler? Well this should be a companion piece to your board - make sure that the ruler works across your board in both directions (i.e.
Rotary Cutting Larger Pieces by Valerie Nesbitt
What to do when the strip of fabric needed is [...]
An Introduction to Rotary Cutting Patchwork Equipment
Learn about the basic rotary cutting equipment.
Rotary Rulers and Cutting Equipment with Valerie
Valerie tells you about available equipment and what to look [...]
Octagon Acrylic fussy cutting template 1inch from Lina Patchwork
Safe acrylic template for use in English Paper piecing or [...]
Great Idea for Your Old Rotary Blades from Jennie Rayment
You can use them to cut paper - this is [...]
What size do you need to cut with the rotary cutter?
The rotary cutter means that you dont have to use templates and here are some simple rules that you can apply throughout your patchwork: On the Flying geese fast no-waste method you just need to add 1 1/4" to the finished size you need for the larger square so for 4" you need 5 1/4" and then 7/8 to the size of the smaller square - so again you are right at 2 7/8 and if you want to enjoy the video on this click here: The other magic numbers for rotary cutting are as follows:
For a plain square you add 1/2" so 4" finished becomes 4 1/2" For a half-square triangle we now add 1" - so cut 5", - and once sewn trim back to be an accurate 4 1/2" before sewing
and for quarter-square triangles we add 1 1/4" (as per the flying geese) and pay attention to the seam allowance we sew!
New Rotary Turntable Mat and Rulers
A couple of new ideas that might make your life [...]