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Learn How to Rotary Cut Your Fabric

Developing your rotary cutting skills is one of the best ways I know to improve your quiltmaking accuracy and speed up the quilt construction process. Use these tips and tutorials to learn how to rotary cut your fabric.
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Rotary Cutting Safety Tips

Rotary cutting helps you cut fabrics and assemble quilts in record time, but it's a technique that can cause injuries if you don't follow a few basic safety guidelines. Use these tips to stay safe while you're working with rotary tools.

An Introduction to Rotary Cutting Tools

Rotary cutting is one of the most time-saving skills a quilter can master, because it eliminates the need to mark and cut individual patches of fabric. Not only does rotary cutting speed up quilt assembly, if done correctly it will most definitely enhance your accuracy.

How to Rotary Cut Fabric Strips

Use these techniques to rotary cut fabric strips for your quilts.

Cutting Patchwork Shapes for Quilting Projects

Nearly all of the shapes you use in quilting projects can be cut from long strips of rotary cut fabric. This tutorial walks you through the process of cutting specific fabric shapes. Follow these easy steps and your quilt patches will be perfect every time.

How to Choose a Rotary Cutter

Shop for rotary cutters and you'll find a wide variety of handle types and blade sizes, and the "best" rotary cutter will likely be a bit different for every quilter. Use these tips to find the best rotary cutter for your needs.

Trim Triangle Tips to Match-up Your Patchwork Edges

Trim excess tips from your triangles to help sew quilting patches together accurately.

Table Riser Tips from the Quilting Community at About.com

Adjusting the height of your cutting table will help keep your back from aching after a rotary cutting session.

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