How To Use A Cutting Mat And Rotary Cutter

Center 45 mm aqua splash rotary cutter.

How to use a cutting mat and rotary cutter.

Rotary cutters provide unbeatable cutting versatility and are best used in tandem with a cutting mat and a ruler. High quality self healing cutting mats last longer than other. The olfa splash rotary mat is designed to work with the olfa rotary cutters. If you are here from the first post in this series about quilting supplies you saw a few things go together cutting mat acrylic ruler and today s star the rotary cutter.

You may also want to use a long ruler if cutting straight edges. There are lots of different shapes and sizes. How to use a rotary cutter and mat to cut fabric. Line up the fold with one of the horizontal lines on the cutting mat or if your mat is unlined use a square rotary ruler.

While you ll need to practice working with your cutting mat for the best results in cutting fabric once you know how to use a cutting mat you can cut as many as four to six layers of fabric at a time. Olfa splash rotary mat. But loving them took a while mostly because i didn t really know how to use them. Learn how to use each piece and how to properly take care of it.

Left 18 mm small rotary cutter. Let s talk rotary cutting today. Try to use the rotary cutters only with a mat this prevents damage to your cutting surface and ultimately prevent the dulling of the blades of the rotary cutter. I m sure there is much more i can learn about these lovely tools but here are some basics on what they are and how you can use them in both quilting and sewing.

I love my rotary cutters rotary mat and rotary ruler now. The square ruler s left edge should be near but inside the left edge of the fabric roughly where you will make your square cut. Place the fabric on the cutting mat fold near the bottom edge side to be squared on the left. Rotary cutting will change the way you cut out fabri.

You can t use a rotary cutter however without a cutting mat to guide your cutting lines and protect your work surface. Cutting mats are placed under the fabric to avoid damaging your work surface while quilting rulers can help you cut straight as well as provide precise measurements. Learn the in and out of rotary cutting. At first look they look simple enough the obvious goal is nice and straight lines but here are a few tips on how to properly use a rotary cutter to get perfectly cut pieces.

The things you need to use the rotary cutter efficiently are mats the self healing mat or a hard surface mat and pattern weights.