[Nfb-krafters-korner] Quilting another comment

[Blindhands at aol.com]

When you cut your stuff do you use a exacto knife?  If you are using  that I 
am sure with some tips you can use a rotary cutter.  You just  need to pay 
attention on what you are doing because the blades are so  sharp.  With the tools 
I have found available out their I can do it very  well.  I would suggest for 
those who would be interested in giving  this a try, start keeping those 
coupons for Joann's fabric and the craft  stores that might have some of these 
things on their shelves.   I basically have found most in Joann's.  Although I 
have some of these  newer types of tools and shapes that the quilt store 
carries.  You will  need a cutting board, too.  They have all sizes of those and even 
in the  quilt shop they had a lazy susan one that you can rotate around and 
it is  around 18 by 20 inches in size, but that baby was selling for $70.  
Another  good thing to put on your list is freezer paper.  This is a great tool 
and  you can even get someone to cut out the shapes in the paper and iron them  
onto your fabric.  That way you can then cut out leaving a 1/4 inch seam  
allowance and have shapes for to applique onto a block.  You can feel  the edge 
and turn it under to hand stitch the edge.
 
I have a lot of tricks and will have to plan a class to share with  you.
 
Joyce  
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