Cutting four layers of quilting cotton at once.

[@connietorres3887]

Interesting. Does the fabric retain a charred smell?

[@CutItOutWithUs]

For a day or so, but it dissipates. The quilted appliqués hold on to the charred smell a bit longer; I presume the batting is the culprit. I will say that I used some poly blend batting for appliqués for greeting cards and I immediately went back to 100% cotton. The poly melts and really retains the odor.

[@erte001]

Hmmm just not seeing the advantage over an AccuQuilt cutting system, NOW I can see if your really into applique' that a laser would be great for that.

[@CutItOutWithUs]

There is no hand cranking. I have a hand injury so for me, this is better. I can put my yardage on the laser (our laser is very large) so I don’t even have to cut pieces off the yardage. I’ve had a Sizzix Pro for many years which is similar to the AccuQuilt. I do a lot of appliqués too; I quilt the fabric on my longarm or straight stitch, depending on how big a piece I’m doing, then load it onto the laser. You aren’t tied to the dies and you don’t deal with cutting pads which are nice consolations. Basically any silhouette you find online can be scaled to the size you want. Once we dialed in the settings for four layers it went quickly. I also do a lot of art quilts with tiny fish scales and feathers. I can draw as many variations of a feather, some longer, some shorter, some fatter, skinnier, different shapes, apply some Heat n Bond Lite, put the drawings in the software and all that teeny tiny detailed cutting is done in a matter of minutes. I couldn’t do that art anymore if not for the laser due to my hand injury. If you’re curious you can go to onehotbobbin.com to see some of what I do. I do a lot with 3/4” strips too, and before my husband built the laser (I haven’t looked recently) there wasn’t a die for that size strip. Basically, any elimination of hand work saves more of my hand strength for chores and sewing. That was the main impetus on my part for the laser. It also makes cutting out apparel patterns a breeze. I hate cutting out fabric from patterns. All those pdfs for apparel can be downloaded into the software that runs the laser (LightBurn).

[@CutItOutWithUs]

I forgot to mention I have a little KZbin channel for sewing at danameek5843. We do so much laser content on the laser channel that I haven’t done the best job of keeping the sewing channel current, but I have some of my work there too. Lots of still photos on onehotbobbin.com. When I get going my metal bobbins get pretty warm 😂