#ELECTRIC QUILT 8 SAVE BLOCK TO LIBRARY MANUAL#

First, you need to create that custom block library so you have somewhere to put your blocks.The Qube set that came with my Ready, Set, GO! starter kit creates 8' blocks, but I could also purchase the same Qube set of dies in sizes that will create 6', 9', 10', or 12' blocks. The Accuquilt company recently introduced the Qube system whereby quilters can purchase an assortment of eight dies that can be combined to create a wide variety of quilt blocks of a certain size. ДЄnother way to reduce the cost of building up a die collection is to purchase a bundled set. This is very different from rotary cutting, where one ruler, one cutting mat and one rotary cutter is all you need to cut out almost any block you can imagine, in any size you want. The only downside is the high cost of the dies themselves and the fact that you can only cut shapes in the sizes that correlate to the dies in your collection. The benefits of the GO! die cutting system are speed and accuracy.

#ELECTRIC QUILT 8 SAVE BLOCK TO LIBRARY MANUAL#

This is the Manual GO! Fabric Cutter I Purchased, available on Amazon here Your fabric is like the cookie dough, and as you crank the handle on the side of the machine, the die rectangle with fabric on top is pushed through the machine with that big roller bar (the 'rolling pin' that says accuquilt on it) pressing down hard enough to make contact with the die blades and cleanly cut out your fabric shapes. In the picture below, the gray rectangle with green sides has dies (very sharp cookie cutters that can cut cleanly through 6 layers of fabric) embedded in gray foam. Basically, the die cutters work the same way that cookie cutters work. Initially I'd bought the smallest cutter, the GO! Baby, but I recently upgraded to the regular size GO! pictured below so that I could use the larger dies that don't fit in the Baby sized machine. There are several different sizes available, with the biggest one motorized (great for those with arthritic hands). To recap, Accuquilt GO! is a fabric die cutting system that significantly speeds up the process of cutting out quilt pieces while also delivering more accurate cuts than with template tracing or rotary cutting.

Electric quilt 8 save block to library