QUILTsocial Issue 4 | Page 31

And finally My Perfect Rotary Cutter is available in three different sizes - 28mm, 45mm and 60 mm. I guess there are really 10 reasons not 9! When I first started quilting way back when I bought all my fabric for my first project and was cutting all the pieces prior to class. Well, I kept arcing the cutter away from the ruler's edge and wasting fabric. My husband who is an engineer finally said give that thing to me and I'll cut your pieces so you don't waste anymore fabric. Now if I had this cutting system when I first started out, there would not have been any fabric wastage. Even now as a veteran rotary cutter and ruler user I still occasionally wander off the path and now with this system I'll never wonder off the path again. Cutter sitting in track on ruler Bonus: personalized cutter! Strips cut and ready for sewing After reviewing these wonderful cutting tools and familiarizing myself with how they work I'm going to put them to use cutting two of my fat quarters each into five - 3½″ x WOF strips to create the background. I used a white with black and a light gray with black fabrics for the checkerboard. What fabri