I've been turning this
into this
with the help of this
purchased with several other members of my guild.
We paid full price for it,
and purchased a package of dies with it.
Not sure it would have been worth it on my own,
but it's fun to have a share in this.
For now, I'm cutting HST triangles and squares
as big as the scraps allow
to make up some scrappy quilts.
Thinking of cutting up some of my yardage into bits
to use it up, or give it away as quilt kits.
I resisted purchasing a die cutter for a long time
mostly because I thought I'd be fine with the rotary cutter.
I've spent six weeks in pain and $400 in physio
dealing with tendonitis in my dominant hand.
So I decided it was worth it.
The Accuquilt people claim their cutter makes cutting 90% faster.
They make no claims about their product saving time sorting through the scrap bin
and ironing all the little bits so they lie flat in the cutter, lol.
And for the record, I threw out all the off cuts.
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