The 60mm is great for cutting batting or fleece.
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I have made a couple rag quilts that required the 4.5" squares of batting. I use a 60mm cutter all the time and like it better than the 45mm. When I made my rag quilt, I used left ofer pieces of batting which seemed easier to cut that from a large piece. Plus I was able to make my pile smaller of left over batts from quilts. I also found that if I cut 50 or so at a time and then took a break that it did not seem like such a big project. Good luck and I'm sure your grandkids will love them.
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Thanks to Pocoellie for mentioning the June Tailor Shape Cut, I did a search on it to see what it was. Wow I was shocked to see I already had one of them, but had no idea how it was really used. I also did not know about sewing and cutting the triangles like that either. I will have to say, when I learn to really do all this..it will be 100% because of all you wonderful people on this board.
You know they have Computers for Dummies books...wonder if they have Quilters for Dummies?? lol |
I love my 60mm. If you have some help, what if you were to use two rulers to push the batting down, leaving a very small space between them, and then make the cuts?
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I love my 60 mm cutter, in fact that is the one I use the most. I don't know if you could use the Accucut for this project of yours or not. Maybe if your LFS has one they would rent or let you use it. Just a thought, but maybe they are only meant for fabric.
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If you cut batting with your rotary cutter, fibers of the batting get caught up in the cutting mat and are almost impossible to remove
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I use my 45mm cutters for almost everything and they cut my batting well. I've never had a 60mm cutter though, and it may work better on multiple layers. If you don't like cutting batting maybe you can find the pre-cuts from Ebay as was suggested in an earlier post? Or trade cutting chores with a fellow quilter?
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definitely use a 60mm rotary cutter for batting. It is made to cut through more layers than the 45mm.
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I would get a different pattern rather than cut all that batting. What is it, a puff quilt? Jan
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They do and there is even a new addition. It is by Cheryl Fall
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