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    Old 08-23-2015, 04:51 AM
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    l love the applecore die. The centers are marked for an easy perfect fit. The quilt in my avatar has the rose of sharon applique on the borders.
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    Old 08-23-2015, 07:17 AM
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    When the Go first came out I bought it and every die that came with it, all were geometric dies then. I knew immediately I would love it and what a great help it would be. I like Acccuquilt because the products are all for quilting and sewing.
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    Old 08-23-2015, 08:12 AM
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    Too expensive for my limited budget. Most of the time I am using strip pieces of all sorts of widths. Just wouldn't get my money's worth out of one. Glad that you are enjoying yours.
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    Old 08-23-2015, 10:24 AM
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    Even though the dies for the Studio are more expensive, aren't they guaranteed for life? My DIL has a hand crank one but doesn't use it as often as she used to. I may need to rethink this also as I do mostly scrap quilts, and it seems like I have been spending a lot of time cutting lately.

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    Old 08-23-2015, 01:20 PM
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    I cut paper, foil, foam, anything that can be cut with scissors using my dies. They still cut fabric just fine and aren't dull. I don't baby them at all. It's for cutting and that is what I use it for.
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    Old 08-23-2015, 01:26 PM
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    I love mine too. Bought it at the Road to CA show several years ago. I think it took me a year to really start using it. But once you get the hang of it, you start looking at all the dies with interest. Just bought the Owl die - it looks like fun and it was on sale, so it is on its way to me now. :-)
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    Old 08-23-2015, 02:47 PM
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    Originally Posted by Mdegenhart
    I was looking for something else and noticed overstock.com has TONS of dies yesterday. Don't know how the prices compare.
    Thanks for sharing. My older son was asking what I wanted for Christmas so I went to their site and emailed him about 5 of the links I wanted.
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    Old 08-23-2015, 04:10 PM
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    I just bought 2 dies at the AQS show this month. The Ohio star and a tumbler. I don't make a lot of quilts, but when I do, I love my AccuQuilt! Dh bought it for me one Christmas.
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    Old 08-23-2015, 04:20 PM
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    I love my accuquilt Go. It saves me time, energy and frustration. I traced all shapes onto clear plastic templates and keep them with the dies. whenever I get ready to cut some shapes, I place the template over the fabric and cut a general shape out so I can "save" fabric. If you decide to do this, I would recommend writing the name of the die, the # of the die and the size of the shape. This will save lots of time in the long run.
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    Old 08-23-2015, 04:45 PM
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    I bought a Studio last month and have added several strip dies. It's so greatly changed how I quilt. Cutting has always been my least favorite quilting step . . .now, I actually look forward to it.
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