patsynel

I thought I was the only one that keeps putting off changing the blade. Looks like I am in excellent company.

jmoore

even though I have a nice supply of blades, I always want to get my money's worth... I, too, use my blades long after they're dull, luckily I haven't ruined any fabric pieces because of my stubborness.

Daisy Dew

and each time I say to myself "dah" see you are not alone

mom-6

Another guilty party here!
Have to tell a story too. . . Yesterday I finally decided I'd had enough of trying to use a blade that skipped. So I get out my cute little pack of new blades and open it up. The blades are all gooey with the lubricant and I don't want to cut myself this time so I kind of lift up the blade with the screw of the cutter and reinstall. Have the usual bit of a problem with reassembly but get it done. When I start cutting it seems like there's an awful lot of thread residue on the mat, but figure maybe this piece of fabric is just not quite on grain. And it seems to not be quite as responsive as expected. Chalked that up to fuzz sticking to the lubricant. Go do something else for awhile. Come back and straighten the end of my next piece of fabric. There's an extra thread the whole length of my cut. What the heck?!? Look closely at my cutter and I had put TWO blades in there. No wonder it was behaving strangely!

Steady Stiching

I really do hate handling the rotary blade....i wait far too long and then am always regretful that i didn't do it sooner.

joyce888

Yes I'm guilty!

helenquilt

I recently purchased a blade shaperner from my LQS. The brand is TURN-SHARP by colonial. It works great. Cost aroung $20 dollars but that is only 2 blades

tessagin

I had gone through looking at some tutorials from Missouri Star Quilt and they had a ruler that when you used it, it also sharpened the blade. It was a large one. I purchased a couple extra blades when I purchased my 60mm rotary cutter. There is a rotary sharpener out there for about $20.00 also. I get frustrated quickly with things that don't work, like pens. If anything is given(free) and doesn't work, I pitch it. No time to waste and fool around with it.

BellaBoo

That's the way I feel too. My time is too valuable to me to feel frustrated. Free or not, if it doesn't work like I want it to then I get rid of it and forget it.

jrhboxers

I was lucky enough to win an auction for rotary blades where the final cost was about $1 a blade.

So I finally decided that it was "Penny Wise, Pound Foolish" to try to squeeze out every last cut from a rotary blade or sewing needle. when you figure that the fabric alone for a quilt can easily exceeding $100 then an investment of a dollar or two to ensure that every goes smoothly, seemed worth it to me.

This is my personal opinion. I know others feel otherwise. But I tend to get frustrated when the blade doesn't want to cut or cut all the way though. So it is cheaper for me to just replace them and make things easier.