dfrank27 wrote: If the shipping were only 14 dollars for me that would be great, but being in UK, it would be unlikely

I decided to order the slidelocks. The shipping charges for both were about fourteen dollars - not bad. They are well made and when you press down, they do not move! It is a clever idea, although a bit bulky. They work for cutting strips and other straight cuts.

The folks who make this product will be at the Sew Expo (not sure of the name) at the Denver Merchandise Mart this week. If you buy them at the show, you can skip shipping charges.

This does sound interesting; I had never seen it before. Hope someone out there is able to give us some feedback.

Never heard of it before, but it certainly looks very interesting . I just wonder what shipping would be like though

Thanks for the link Diane. I just watched the little video showing how to use it. It looks like a good idea.

I saw an interesting product at the Mancuso show in Denver, earlier this month. It was called a Quilters Slidelock. The story goes that the quilter (wife) was complaining to her husband that her rulers kept slipping while she was cutting strips. He devised a tool to help lock the fabric in place while she was cutting her fabric.

It looked interesting, but I did not buy one at the show (wanted to think about it.) They have a web site and show a demo. http://www.quiltersslidelock.com

Has anyone purchased one (both?) What did you think?