Tip toe through the hexagons Cutie style! Cutting
02-11-2010, 10:38 AM
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After much peering through my triangle ruler and pondering, I cut two sizes! Couldn't make my mind up whether I prefer the opulent big ones or the variety in the little ones. See below. I've got tons of this fabric so I might end up making two quilts!! Unless I find an ingenuous idea to use both in a single quilt, LOL.
Cutting went surprisingly smoothly, I'm self-taught and had never used a rotary cutter before, but thanks to cutebuns's brilliant photos I managed just fine! Yay. (Except my arms are now sore after cutting just half of 4yds of fabric... :-) )
Cutting went surprisingly smoothly, I'm self-taught and had never used a rotary cutter before, but thanks to cutebuns's brilliant photos I managed just fine! Yay. (Except my arms are now sore after cutting just half of 4yds of fabric... :-) )
Blocks from a 3 3/4'' strip:
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Blocks from a 2'' strip:
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02-11-2010, 10:45 AM
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And I do have a question!
About the practical rotary cutting and where to put my hands for the first cut. The second cut, on the right of the triangle ruler, is clear to me, I hold down the ruler with my left and push away from me with the cutter in my right, as normal. (Or as is normal for me at this stage, I never took a class in this so what do I know...)
For the first cut, along the left-hand edge of the triangle, I've ended up twisting myself into a cord to hold the triangle with my left, then reach around my left arm with my right and cut. I'm cutting towards the point of the triangle because I found starting the cut from the point of the triangle (which is less twisty for me) too difficult. I wish I could take a photo of me doing this...
Does my description make sense? I'm wanting to cut more and am wondering whether there's a healthier way of doing the left-side cuts!
About the practical rotary cutting and where to put my hands for the first cut. The second cut, on the right of the triangle ruler, is clear to me, I hold down the ruler with my left and push away from me with the cutter in my right, as normal. (Or as is normal for me at this stage, I never took a class in this so what do I know...)
For the first cut, along the left-hand edge of the triangle, I've ended up twisting myself into a cord to hold the triangle with my left, then reach around my left arm with my right and cut. I'm cutting towards the point of the triangle because I found starting the cut from the point of the triangle (which is less twisty for me) too difficult. I wish I could take a photo of me doing this...
Does my description make sense? I'm wanting to cut more and am wondering whether there's a healthier way of doing the left-side cuts!
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