Lavada

I use both rotary cutters and sissors whichever mood strikes me our grandparents were okay so we should be too look at the beautiful quilts they made and never heard of a rotary cutter slow down world

charity-crafter

I put my rotary cutter back together wrong once, couldn't get it to cut worth a darn. I took it back apart and tried putting it together again several times until finally figured how it went. I had put the blade on the wrong side of the handle. They should have a giant sign that says "blade goes here" maybe with a diagram too..

Do you have any scraps laying around? maybe you can play with some scrappy ideas like making crumb blocks. I absolutely love making crumb blocks from my scraps-well until they drive me crazy. http://quiltville.com/crumbs.shtml

I don't have any problems getting started with my scraps. I can randomly sew those puppies all day long.

Do you live in an area that has a strong charity quilting group? or a guild? Sometimes just being around other quilters is enough to get the creative juices flowing.
Or how about requesting a kit from this group http://www.quiltsforkids.org/patterns/request/ It's already cut out, you just have to sew the top, you have to supply the batting, quilt it and then mail it back to them.

Good luck

cloverbud

I read on the board a while back, that some have had problems with 2 blades sticking together. You might check. It is worth a try.

suzanprincess

I've learned that when my rotary cutter does not cut properly it is usually either that I am not holding it straight--the blade should be perpendicular to the fabric, and it's so easy to get it slanted instead--or I am pressing too hard on the ruler instead of the cutter, trying to make the ruler not slip. I'm doing better since I got the Martelli cutter and an Omnigrip ruler. The suction-cup gripper (from Harbor Freight) for rulers has helped also.