Tips to Cut Fabric With Accuracy

[@Artindi]

"You believe that you can get good at this, because you can." ~MerryMabelMarket

[@OKLisa]

I dont understand why you dont have a million subscribers. You are such a great teacher!

[@merrymabelmarket]

You are so kind. Spread the word?

[@TheRozylass]

Thank you!! Finally someone who will teach the basics. I've been using a rotary cutter for years, but haven't figured out the nuances that you just shared. You're a really good master teacher!!

[@merrymabelmarket]

Great to hear!

[@DH-qz2so]

Great Tips! I purchased a small Bar Height Table for my sewing room and I STAND to cut my fabric; I know ladies in my group, who SIT and cut... you need to be standing properly, and the right height of table for maximum precision, and full use of arm motion! Also for rulers: those non slide sticker things work well to help keep one's ruler snug against the fabric so the ruler doesn't move...

[@merrymabelmarket]

Wonderful!

[@CouponShopping]

Great tips for cutting straight! Now, when I can sew a straight line I'll be rocking this quilt thing. Thanks for another great video!

[@terryanderson6153]

It just takes practice! Yes. 😁

[@passthedonuts]

i really appreciate your simple instructions

[@merrymabelmarket]

Happy to help

[@24hrpa]

As a total beginner, I find your videos so helpful and informative. I will get a lot from your tutorials as I progress. Thanks in advance. I live in the beautiful Blue Mountains, west of Sydney Australia😊

[@merrymabelmarket]

Great to hear!! I love beginners. It's so NEW and exciting!

[@MBird-ld6uv]

Love it thank you!

[@jenihansen7201]

Thank you so much. I really need lessons on cutting correctly.

[@merrymabelmarket]

You got it!

[@sandrawhitman2930]

Love this! Great tips!

[@lucyscott736]

Thanks for the tips

[@lesa6399]

Appreciate you 😊

[@fransak2723]

Excellent tips.

[@dalairem]

Great tips! Thank you! Even if you know them (sharp blades! yes!), it's ALWAYS good to have a refresher and more detail that perhaps we weren't considering. The cutting game changer for me was getting the Creative Grids left-handed rulers to complement my Martelli left-handed cutter. Not having to compensate, look around my hand and wrench my neck to see what I'm doing improved my cutting game tenfold. I wish CGs would make a full line of left-handed rulers. I'd buy them all! On positioning, I do have to use the flat of my hand thanks to CTS making my ring and pinkie unpredictable, but I keep the pressure in my working digits' middle knuckles. It works, but I might want to revisit how I position my hand after seeing your advice. Again, thank you! 💜

[@merrymabelmarket]

Thank you for your comment.

[@marygeorge9688]

Thank you!

[@vickieinman6621]

Great tips! I just talked to a friend about this. I sent her a link to this video

[@merrymabelmarket]

Thank you for sharing the link!

[@trishkempson8901]

Excellent tips. Thanks

[@Imjetta7]

This was great, thank you!

[@HutokshiIrani]

Lovely Video. Holly from Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️ 😍 ♥️ 💕 💖 🇦🇺 😊🎉😂❤❤❤❤

[@merrymabelmarket]

Thanks for watching

[@wandawalker4191]

Great tips! Thank you!

[@lauraeves3914]

Stella liked when you cut crooked on purpose. She relates

[@merrymabelmarket]

Go Stella!!

[@tink5265]

Very helpful indeed. Thank you for posting.😊PS my mentor taught me how to cut towards myself. Not a skill that is easily mastered; I don’t do it in front of others as they freak out!

[@merrymabelmarket]

Fantastic!

[@carolynthomas4527]

I like the Martelli cutter also, they fit my hands well

[@cherylrowland5470]

New subscriber, great info, thank you so much

[@merrymabelmarket]

Thanks for the sub!

[@dianehuntley2493]

Excellent tips. I subscribed😊

[@merrymabelmarket]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@kdavis1124]

I wish stores would tear the fabric vs cutting it. I always order a bit more so I can tear the fabric and be sure it’s definitely on grain!

[@karonwostenholme6533]

Thank you ❤️

[@merrymabelmarket]

Any time!

[@deenao]

I don't have trouble cutting, but I do find that I may not be lining up the edge of the ruler correctly. If I put it right on the line, I feel like I get a teeny tiny bit -- less than a sixteenth of an inch -- wider cut than I want and I have to very carefully reset the fabric on the cutting board. What am I doing wrong?

[@DH-qz2so]

I think the trick is to be Consistent... and use the same technique throughout the project... I was wondering about this as well...not sure which placement is the correct one...but I usually do right in the middle...and always keep to that consistently, as I cut.

[@merrymabelmarket]

I do not use the matt measurements for cutting for this reason. I find accuracy with my rulers. I put it on the edge of the line. I find that if you are consistent with yourself it helps. But, practice will tell you where to put the edge, so that it works. iI don't let any fabric peak over the line. BEST WISHES!

[@kathyhill7055]

I just cut the tip of my finger off with my rotatory cutter. I was cutting and my rotary slipped and my skin plopped on my cutting mat. Not fun. Now I’m very careful

[@merrymabelmarket]

Ouchie!!!

[@karenmcd333]

Thank you!