Have you tried Titanium?

Last year, my guild held a meeting where we all brought ideas, techniques, and products we loved. One of those was about a cheaper way to use your rotary cutter.

Sheila buys blades from “Auto-Tool-Home”, a subdivision of Amazon.

You can buy a 10-pack of Titanium Coated, 45mm Rotary Blades for $11.29!!

That’s $1.13 EACH!! I checked the price on Olfa blades, and they are $23.99 for a 2-pack. That is quite a difference!!

She said that they don’t last as long, but at that price, you can afford to change them more often!!

I put them in my rotary cutters in September….

…and started cutting.

Mind you, I haven’t done TONS of sewing during the last 6 months, but they have held up well.

So, you might want to check them out….

HERE IS THE AMAZON LINK, and yes, I do make a small commission if you buy them there.

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It’s New Blade time

A few days ago, after making FOUR cuts that I had to re-do, I realized that I needed to replace the blade in my rotary cutter…..

This should be a simple process, but I often get the order of the pieces confused or backwards or SOMETHING, so this time I decided to fix that particularly problem!!

I laid out a tissue and carefully dismantled the rotary cutter, placing each part on the tissue in the way that it came off…..

Next I took the blade off and stored it in the “OLD” blade holder….

Next, I did something that I have never done before. I took an alcohol swab and cleaned the screw plate….

YUK!! I am glad that didn’t get onto my fabric!!

I also did the same thing when I pulled out the new blade. It was covered with the grease that they store the blades in and, once again, I didn’t want that oil on my fabric…..

Finally, I put it back together…..

….and gave it a test…..

PERFECT!!!

And I never ONCE worried about whether I was putting it together right!!

I am sure that many of you already use this plan but it was new to me!!

And I will definitely do this every time I change the blade!!

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Quilting tool with a story!!

Like most quilters, I cannot live without my rotary cutter!!

But even more than that, I love the story surrounding my first rotary cutter…….

Let me set the stage for you…..

It is December of 1985 and my husband and I have traveled from Canberra Australia and are visiting our parents in Abilene, Texas. And, more importantly to them, we have a 6-month old grandson in tow!!

My ever-resourceful Father bought us a Polaroid camera and said that he wanted to be a member of the “picture of the month club”!! The idea is that we would mail one photo each month so that he could see his grandson grow up. Remember, this was LONG before the digital age!!!

The day before we left to return to Canberra, Dad took me to a discount store to purchase more film for the camera. As we walked past the craft department, a package similar to this one caught my eye…..