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03-26-2010, 03:37 PM

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Pepita

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I am kinda new to quilting and was wondering......what is the best way to cut a large peice of fabric into say, 4 in. squares? I seem to handle smaller peices fine but usually i take a large one and fold it over and over until its a managable size. This never seems to work out. The peice is never square and somtimes so thick a rotary cutter doesn't go through it very well. Any ideas? thanks.

Tina

The comments have been great. I find the ruler that has the slits every 1/2 inch very helpful when I have to cut lots of strips. Omni gird has a good book about 'cutting' it goes over all the issues that have been brought up, plus a few more. One is that you either use your mat for measurement or your ruler. There maybe differences in them. I usually line up my fabric with one of the horizontal lines on the mat and use my rulers. Having a mat you can rotate, so you can take off the first piece to make it straight, then rotate the mat--or if you can walk around the table so that you cut without moving the fabric. (I am sure this is as clear as mud!)