I'll Tumble for You ~ Accuquilt GO!

It's here! It's here!

The Accuquilt GO Cutter!

Just so you get the full experience,

the bubble packaging smells like vanilla ? ?

Nice touch :).

Yes, we've seen it everywhere;

now we can see it up close & personal.

The machine comes with one die set -- which has a 4.5" square, 2.5" square, and two 2.5" wide by 2.5" wide triangles. Also included is the cutting mat you place over the fabric; a fabric pick, and a dust cover for your machine.

Accuquilt kindly also sent along the Tumbler, Circles & Rose of Sharon dies for me to try out!

Let me at it.

I opened it up & sat down to read the instruction manual.

It was one page!

Doesn't get better than that.

You can be cutting almost immediately.

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Decided to try the tumbler die.

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I marked where the blade is with a Sharpie,

so I can see where to put the fabric.

Here's a tip,

let the marker dry a little bit

before putting your fabric on it. No fear it all worked out.

Cut 7.5" strips of your fabric. I chose Whimsy.

I've wanted to make something out of this fabric forever, but didn't know what. Just found the perfect pattern with this tumbler block.

Here are my strips ready to go.

I quickly became the most popular person in the room.

It is easy to turn, but Harry needed some help. You've got to have a little muscle. I stand up when I cut them out.

I layered my fabrics. I have 6 layers on there.

I put the die with the fabric (& the cutting mat) through the machine. And voila -- there are my tumblers.

Then I cut the excess off...

and flip the fabric stack over,
so that the angle of the die/tumbler matches

the angle of my fabric to minimize waste.

There's my stack, ready to sew.

Just flip one of the tumblers around. I really like that the GO! cuts the dogears/corners off for you. There is no guessing; you start at the point that's 1/4" in and sew down the tumbler with a 1/4" seam allowance to the point on the bottom.

I pressed my seams open.

The top & the bottom match.

Look at that -- perfect.

I'm making a twin size-ish quilt. I cut 225 tumblers this afternoon & got some rows sewn -- a 1/3 of it is finished. I could finish it tomorrow, but I think I'd like to take this project to our upcoming retreat. It's so portable and easy to pick up where I left off. At retreats, I need an easy project, I tend to get a little distracted with my sister, the food & Shelto's stories.

I love it.

The tumbler is so easy, I can see making this one A LOT. Perfect for wedding gifts, baby quilts, picnic blankets and more.

Accuquilt -- "better cuts make better quilts"

I'm a believer.

And if this wasn't enough Accuquilt has announced a smaller machine, called the GO! Baby Fabric Cutter. Super portable. If you are interested in ordering either machine, the GO! is in stock & the GO! Baby will be shipping soon, just contact me.