Craft Tool Review: AccuQuilt GO! Baby Fabric Cutter | Craft Test Dummies
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Guys, something wonderful happened to me last week in the craft studio: I fell absolutely head over heels in love with my new AccuQuilt GO! Baby fabric cutter . Now, I wouldn’t generally get so worked up about a die cutter, but the GO! Baby made cutting fabric so easy that I never, ever want to go back to scissors and rotary cutters again.
First, some background: The generous folks at AccuQuilt kindly sent me a GO! Baby machine in advance of a release party for my friend Susan Beal’s lovely new book, Sewing for all Seasons . During the party, everyone who attended made a string of circular garland, using the GO! Baby to cut out all of the shapes before sewing. This meant that, straight out of the box and before I’d tried the machine on my own to write the review a huge group of crafters used it to cut hundreds of pieces of fabric over a two-hour period. (Talk about trial by fire!) So, not only was I able to try it out in a normal home studio, I was also able to see how it performed under the stresses of a classroom setting, where it was used by folks who were not already familiar with the machine, and who didn’t necessarily treat it as gently as they might have treated their own tools. To say the least, I was incredibly pleased with what I saw.
Cutting little bitty fabric pieces precisely in a matter of seconds is no problem for the AccuQuilt GO! Baby Fabric Cutter. This baby is up to 90% faster than scissors or a rotary cutter and is a whole lot safer and easier on your hands and wrists, too. The GO! Baby lets you cut up to six layers of fabric at once, absolutely perfectly, every time. You’ll love how easy it is. All you need to get started is a cutting die or two, a cutting mat and your favorite fabrics. Perfect for beginners!
Cutter Specifications, Features & Benefits: Consistent, accurate cuts – up to 6 layers at a time 90% faster than rotary cutters or scissors Lightweight (only 8 lbs./ 8 1/4″ tall) and portable, it folds to store and closes with a magnetic personalized baby blankets latch. The easy-lift carrying handle makes it easy to take to classes, guild meetings, retreats and quilting bees. Compatible with more than 60% of GO! dies Creates perfect applique in the turn of a handle Reduces fabric waste Comfortable roller handle grip is easy and safe; eliminating personalized baby blankets arthritis, wrist, backaches, shoulder and elbow pain caused by using a rotary personalized baby blankets cutter Wide selection of GO! Baby dies allow the creation of unlimited projects the possibilities are endless! Minimal space needed for storage Portable no electricity or batteries needed The design is innovative and easy to clean with a high gloss exterior surface and a neutral, light-colored work surface.
Most GO! Dies will Work with your GO! Baby Fabric Cutter Die compatibility information personalized baby blankets is listed on all GO! die product pages and in our GO! Die and Cutter Compatibility Chart. To shop for Baby-compatible dies, see GO! Baby Dies.
What you should know before getting started: Unless you order a starter set that includes them, the cutter does NOT come with dies or cutting mats. You must order the dies of your choice and appropriate cutting mats separately.
2. The crank that you turn to cut the fabric is so easy to rotate that a three-year-old can do it. (Seriously a mom helped her three-year-old personalized baby blankets daughter use the machine at the Sewing for all Seasons event.)
5. You can cut all of the shapes/sizes on the die at the same time. Or, to save fabric, you can cut only one of the shapes on a die at a time by positioning a square of fabric personalized baby blankets that is about half an inch larger in diameter than the shape you’d personalized baby blankets like to cut directly over the individual shape on the die.
Tip: If you’re cutting many copies of the same shape, you can speed things up by cutting fabric rectangles that are twice as long as the individual squares for the shape would be, then fold them in half before positioning them over the shape, creating a double layer of fabric.
8. You can use the GO! Baby all day
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Guys, something wonderful happened to me last week in the craft studio: I fell absolutely head over heels in love with my new AccuQuilt GO! Baby fabric cutter . Now, I wouldn’t generally get so worked up about a die cutter, but the GO! Baby made cutting fabric so easy that I never, ever want to go back to scissors and rotary cutters again.
First, some background: The generous folks at AccuQuilt kindly sent me a GO! Baby machine in advance of a release party for my friend Susan Beal’s lovely new book, Sewing for all Seasons . During the party, everyone who attended made a string of circular garland, using the GO! Baby to cut out all of the shapes before sewing. This meant that, straight out of the box and before I’d tried the machine on my own to write the review a huge group of crafters used it to cut hundreds of pieces of fabric over a two-hour period. (Talk about trial by fire!) So, not only was I able to try it out in a normal home studio, I was also able to see how it performed under the stresses of a classroom setting, where it was used by folks who were not already familiar with the machine, and who didn’t necessarily treat it as gently as they might have treated their own tools. To say the least, I was incredibly pleased with what I saw.
Cutting little bitty fabric pieces precisely in a matter of seconds is no problem for the AccuQuilt GO! Baby Fabric Cutter. This baby is up to 90% faster than scissors or a rotary cutter and is a whole lot safer and easier on your hands and wrists, too. The GO! Baby lets you cut up to six layers of fabric at once, absolutely perfectly, every time. You’ll love how easy it is. All you need to get started is a cutting die or two, a cutting mat and your favorite fabrics. Perfect for beginners!
Cutter Specifications, Features & Benefits: Consistent, accurate cuts – up to 6 layers at a time 90% faster than rotary cutters or scissors Lightweight (only 8 lbs./ 8 1/4″ tall) and portable, it folds to store and closes with a magnetic personalized baby blankets latch. The easy-lift carrying handle makes it easy to take to classes, guild meetings, retreats and quilting bees. Compatible with more than 60% of GO! dies Creates perfect applique in the turn of a handle Reduces fabric waste Comfortable roller handle grip is easy and safe; eliminating personalized baby blankets arthritis, wrist, backaches, shoulder and elbow pain caused by using a rotary personalized baby blankets cutter Wide selection of GO! Baby dies allow the creation of unlimited projects the possibilities are endless! Minimal space needed for storage Portable no electricity or batteries needed The design is innovative and easy to clean with a high gloss exterior surface and a neutral, light-colored work surface.
Most GO! Dies will Work with your GO! Baby Fabric Cutter Die compatibility information personalized baby blankets is listed on all GO! die product pages and in our GO! Die and Cutter Compatibility Chart. To shop for Baby-compatible dies, see GO! Baby Dies.
What you should know before getting started: Unless you order a starter set that includes them, the cutter does NOT come with dies or cutting mats. You must order the dies of your choice and appropriate cutting mats separately.
2. The crank that you turn to cut the fabric is so easy to rotate that a three-year-old can do it. (Seriously a mom helped her three-year-old personalized baby blankets daughter use the machine at the Sewing for all Seasons event.)
5. You can cut all of the shapes/sizes on the die at the same time. Or, to save fabric, you can cut only one of the shapes on a die at a time by positioning a square of fabric personalized baby blankets that is about half an inch larger in diameter than the shape you’d personalized baby blankets like to cut directly over the individual shape on the die.
Tip: If you’re cutting many copies of the same shape, you can speed things up by cutting fabric rectangles that are twice as long as the individual squares for the shape would be, then fold them in half before positioning them over the shape, creating a double layer of fabric.
8. You can use the GO! Baby all day
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