sdeaaz

I found it really hard to cut around the twister tool, I have the standard 45mm olfa cutter... just seems the corners and sides depending on the angle of the cut are not square. What am I doing wrong?

Tartan

It can be tricky to cut all the way around the twister tool. I cut on a table that I can walking around rather than trying to move my cutter at an odd angle. I also cut as close to the corners (without going over) as I could and finished with my scissors if necessary. The most important part is to keep the pieces cut out in order so you can reassemble the squares. I did this by cutting one row at a time.

ManiacQuilter2

Do you have a 28mm rotary cutter?? When I am having difficulty cutting something like hexagons, I down size to a smaller cutter.

isewman

I agree with ManiacQuilter2. Use a 28mm olfa cutter. I use mine when cutting odd shape templates. Works great for me

zennia

I use a smaller cutter and walk around the table. I like making them.

PaperPrincess

I have a large turntable cutting mat, and use a 45MM cutter. It makes it really easy to cut all 4 sides. If you don't have a turntable, then position your cutting mat at the corner of a table or kitchen island so you can walk around to more easily cut all 4 sides. After you cut your squares, you can always take a minute and square them up if they were cut incorrectly.

LTeachergeorge

If I remember correctly, the Twister tool has rubber "feet" on the bottom of it. This is great to keep the ruler from slipping, however, it makes it almost impossible to use the 28 mm rotary cutter (the blade isn't tall enough). I normally use a 28 mm as opposed to the 45 mm. Moving around the table is the way I do it also.

Linda in Missouri

scrapinmema

I have a turntable cutting mat that I use and found that I can zip right along with my cutting. Got my mat at Walmart for $25.00 and haven't regretted the purchase at all. Use it all the time.

Monroe

I tried to use the 28mm cutter, but as Linda pointed out it is too short because of the thick feet on the template. Next time I'm going to remove or at least cut down the rubber nonskid feet on the template.

PaperPrincess

Be careful The feet are there to allow for the extra bulk of the seam. If you remove the feet, the template will rock on the seam where the 4 blocks are joined together, and could pivot when you are trying to cut all 4 sides ruining your cut.