MommaDorian

There's a new rotary cutter? Do tell!!!

lalaland

What a great idea! I usually just cut the edges with a decorative rotary cutter blade (scallop or wave) but the crocheted gives them a more classy look.

Connie in CO

I was thinking,i have a large wing needle.Put your machine length to about 3 ,there you have a hole.

sewingladydi

That crocheted edge is very pretty-does it take long?

Susy

I, too, would love to! know how you do that , it would make such a great gift. So, how do you make the holes and is that yarn or crochet cotton? Do tell, please????!!

janecat

The company is called Skip Stitch, and it sells the rotary blades to make holes in fleece.

I went to this website http://www.skipstitch.com/ and ordered the speciality blade for my 45 mm rotary cutter.

The blade makes tiny holes that are evenly spaced apart. The website has a little video with instructions.

Another board member told me that these blades are also available from the Project Linus website.

Kitsapquilter

For the blankets I use an awl to punch the holes. I tried the rotary cutter but didn't like it. I punch the holes about 3/8 of an inch from the edge and about 3/8 of an inch apart. I do different patterns depending on my mood or the design in the fleece. I use yarn, mostly worsted weight though I have used baby yarn with a smaller hook on some. I like worsted weight better. They go faster. And since I make these to sell my time is valuable. I have probably made 300 blankets in the past 3 years. That is alot of holes punched.
By the way, I use a yard of fleece and cut in half length-wise so I get 2 blankets per yard.
Thanks for all the compliments.

Kathy N

You can order the rotary blades on the Project Linus website. They come in 2 different sizes!

wolfkitty

At Skip-Stitch, they have three sizes.

Deedles

I have a Road to Oklahoma I made about 20 years ago. Yours is the only other one I've ever seen. And we used the same colors for the 'roads'! Yours is beautiful.