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01 Feb 2009 11:40 #31786

CindyBar OFFLINE Posts: 49	Here is a Youtube video on using the Go with very little fabric waste at all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCKZOiOm4bU
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29 Dec 2008 19:51 #30152

Lorchen OFFLINE Posts: 2639 Thank you received: 50	Thanks, Wren! That answers my question. Lorchen
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29 Dec 2008 07:27 #30104

Wren1010 OFFLINE Posts: 86	I would also love to know more about it, ladyRags.
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28 Dec 2008 20:03 #30076

QuilterLynn OFFLINE Posts: 1422 Thank you received: 4	Me too, LadyRags. Sounds intriguing.
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28 Dec 2008 16:41 #30056

CarolynArts OFFLINE Posts: 81	Ladyrags ... I am very interested in what you said about "make scrap MILE A MINUTE QUILTS for charity" I do a bit of charity work and am interested in the 'Mile a Minute Quilt' patterns and instructions. Please tell me more! Carolyn
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28 Dec 2008 11:18 #30049

Wren1010 OFFLINE Posts: 86	Thank you so much Sandi!
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28 Dec 2008 08:35 #30047

sanann OFFLINE Posts: 398	Karen, that is so cool, lots of feathers in no time. I like your little purse I saw in profile also. Sandi in FL
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28 Dec 2008 08:04 #30045

Wren1010 OFFLINE Posts: 86	I tried cutting fabric which had been fused with steam a seam 2 and it worked so easily! I posted a little photo on my profile in personal photos. My feather shaped die cuts 8 at a time and I am sure i could layer them easily. I might not try cutting 10 layers at a time, but I bet I could easily do 7 or 8 layers.
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28 Dec 2008 06:12 #30043

Wren1010 OFFLINE Posts: 86	Wow Lynn, that is a cool cutter also! Lorchen, I think that you could. I have layered both material and batting together and cut it in one pass for a small quilted purse. I recently bought the "feather" shaped die for appliques. I will give it a try. Now I am thinking how I could do some Trapunto using it also.
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27 Dec 2008 20:09 #30039

Lorchen OFFLINE Posts: 2639 Thank you received: 50	I have a question: Do these 'machines' just cut the fabric or can you iron the fabric onto a fusible and then cut the shape? Lorchen
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27 Dec 2008 19:38 #30035

QuilterLynn OFFLINE Posts: 1422 Thank you received: 4	oops! Don't even know the correct name of my own equipment! Mine is QuiltCut2. Here is the URL: http://www.quiltcut.com/products_quiltcut2.html Whatever it is, I love using it! Worth every penny! Lynn
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27 Dec 2008 18:46 #30026

Rorimer
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LadyRags wrote:

My friend has a shop and bought the ACCUCUT machine and a lot of the templates for making kits. Since her shop is small she thought it would speed up the cutting... but not too many customers seem to want the kits that were made ... they prefer picking their own fabrics. She also did not realize the time it took to make the kits and cuts with the machine. If she does it herself she has to stay over ( less time with the family.) She can't afford to pay someone else to use the machine for her. She has been letting customers use it to cut there own fabric using the templates but she can not afford to buy more patterns at this time so the customer has to just use the patterns she has.

LadyRags, the LQS here that bought the ACCUCUT had started a club. The "members" pay a fee and then can use the machine. I think charging by the hour would be a great idea for your friend. She's not making kits and she still has remnants, at least until she realizes that she can make more money cutting those bolt ends instead of selling them (about 3 yards worth) for $5.

JoAnne in so. California

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27 Dec 2008 17:32 #30022

Wren1010
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Accuquilt is a new part of the Accucut. They have two versions of systems. The Original that is too heavy to transport, then a newer, ighter, portable one that can "GO" with a quilter anywhere.

I have the original which I enjoy so much! As I learn how to fold my fabric carefully to fit the die, I am really not wasting much fabric. (I honestly wasted a lot more with my wonky cuts here and there... LOL! That was one big reason why I bought it.)

I have heard of one good suggestion of letting quilters rent time on a shop's accuquilt equipment to cut their own fabrics.

I would love to take a look at this Yahoo Group but I seem to be having a problem being able to sign up with Yahoo. I get everything filled out and then I am to enter a code for verification. But the code box shows no code... just a question mark in its' place.

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27 Dec 2008 17:09 #30020

QuilterLynn OFFLINE Posts: 1422 Thank you received: 4	I'm wondering if you are talking about 2 different machines! I have the AccuQuilt which cuts straight lines - like a picture framer mat cutter - you can cut triangles, diamonds, 22 inch wide bolts of fabric, et. I'm thinking the AccuCut is a template cutter that was demo'd on TQS and is an advertise and it cuts SHAPES. or am I crazy?
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