This year, OLFA is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the rotary cutter. Can you remember quilting without the rotary cutter? I’ve always used one and can’t imagine having to cut everything by scissors. That would be tedious and boring. I’ve only created one pattern that needed to be cut by hand and vowed never again.
To help celebrate, OLFA asked me if I’d like to design a block for their celebratory quilt. Here is my original design, CUT.
I’m really happy with how it turned out. There were only two requirements: the block had to finish at 6″ square and include some yellow. You might recognize the fabrics from my Delightful Stars quilt.
Accuracy is key as some of the pieces are only 1″ wide when cut and the squares are cut at 1.5″. It’s small, so you only need a tiny amount of fabric too.
Free Tutorial
I know you’ll want to make CUT too, so I’ve created a free tutorial. It’s super easy to follow and this block goes together very quickly. Download the tutorial here.
OLFA Give-Away
OLFA has generously offered a couple of gifts for one of my lucky readers to win. Inlcuded is a small self-healing cutting mat, perfect for paper piecing or squaring up blocks at your machine, and a 28mm rotary cutter that makes cutting curves a breeze.
To enter the give-away, leave a comment below answering: “What are your weekend sewing plans?”. I’ll choose one random winner next Wednesday, July 30th. The winner will be notified via email.
Winner
Congratulations to the winner, #15 Nicole. An email has been sent to her. Thanks everyone for participating.
I am just going into the sewing room to tidy so that I can get started on a baby car seat cover. Thanks for giveaway.
I am working on my double wedding ring quilt.
Starting on a couple of quilts for 2 boys for Christmas.
It was my birthday on the 24 th…
This weekend I am perusing patterns & ideas for projects to do over the long winter. This is one of my favorite things to do while hiding from the heat.
I am working on a baby quilt for a coworker
This weekend i am hoping to finish this quilt top that is trying to give me trouble.
making 300 triangle blocks for a new quilt i am working on
I’ll be working on 2 grandbabies quilt who are due 16 and 17 Sep!!
I’m hoping to work on an art quilt for our state fair.
I need to get started on a bag for my daughter!
Working on making a bag this weekend!
I will be working on my next embroidery Christmas project
I am going to be working on a baby quilt for a little boy that will soon arrive.
I will be working on a baby quilt for a little boy that will arrive soon.
I’m working on receiving blankets for my very first great grandbaby, Sophia Rose, who is due in late October.
На выходные буду дошивать внучке одеяло! Сегодня и вчера с утра до ночи собирала,а на выходные хочу закончить.
По вашему проекту начну догонять вас после 4 августа.Ткани батик заказала в США и к 4 августа они прилетят в Украину.Буду вас догонять.Правда у меня еще нет ткани для фона.
I will be finishing some blocks for a block exchange I entered.
I will be making patchwork western style curtains for my living room. .
Working on a baby quilt
I’ll be quilting my grandson’s blue and white quilt
I’m completing a quilted bedspread order and taking my sewing to a table top sale. Hope they like the design….they left it up to me to decide, so long as it had purple
I am in the process of moving back into my sewing room for my son to move back in briefly. SO…..I’m organizing and drooling to get back to work on the Delightful Stars.
This weekend I am going to assemble my embroidered Jacobean quilt top and send it out for quilting. Have to plan the boarders and the fabric strips between the embroidered panels. Alittle scary for a newish quilter but that is my goal for this weekend. A challenge makes you learn more. :-)
I am cleaning my sewing room to get ready for the new project.
I am doing a quilting workshop this weekend and plan to get one quilt well started and another one spray basted so that I can quilt it. It will be a terrific weekend. I love the Olfa cutters best..
Regards,
Anna
Work on UFO’s.
I am looking for a pattern to start on my granddaughters quilts
Hoping to start a quilt for grand daughter that is due in December. Working 50 plus hours a week makes it difficult to have time. ….bit it will be done by arrival date.
I will be sewing baby onsies and finger puppets.
making my first g/b quilt due in feb
I’m going to start a quit top.
I would love to finish my binding of the snowmanquilt….
I will be working on finishing a quilt for my husband. His alma mater is University of Oklahoma and I’ve promised him an OU quilt before the first game on Sept 2.
I’m making a pair of pajamas for my grandson.
love Olfa!!!!!!
Love to set aside three hours this weekend to quilt a pink quilt for a friend battling breast cancer. Though she need a comfy warm quilt for chemo days…
I’m hoping to make a little cushion for my granddaughters play table and chair and a tote shopping bag for me xx
I have just retired, so will be able to do plenty of quilting. This weekend I will be trying to finish off some UFO.
I couldn’t quilt or live without my rotary cutters!
I’m going to work on finishing the quilt top for the first quilt I plan to keep for myself!
I am hopping to get a job sewing, I am meeting with the person on Friday, so crossing my fingers, I will be sewing this weekend
I am putting together a signature quilt from the 2014 Navy reunion for the USS SEMMES
Am working on 4 Baby blankets at once. Love to have so many choices. what a blessing to be a Quilter. Thank you for the give away. have a very Blessed day today and always.
Hopefully I will be finishing a table topper.
I love Olfa and it is the only cutters I buy. I would love to win this as I am working on 5 different Christmas gifts right now. It would be a godsend. Thanks.
I plan to finish the top of my very first patchwork bed cover quilt for my new home in a smaller city – Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil.
I will be working on a quilt top for my son’s girlfriend, a Christmas gift.
I will be finishing a border on my Grandmothers Flower Garden quilt.