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 going to take apart a few completed squares that I am not happy with..then hopefully finish this baby quilt before the baby is born!
I will be using a bias binder to get a quilt ready for a friend in Florida.
I “intend” to get 1 quilt top cut out for a relaxed evening of piecing and another top ripped apart to put it back together right. Yeah… I am turning off the phone.
Starting a new crazy quilt. In the foraging and gathering design state lol. Thanks for the chance to win!
I plan to work on a couple UFOs and making nursing covers for my daughter who is 35 weeks pregnant. Have to start my new granddaughter’s first quilt from Mamaw!!
Hoping to get started on my cathedral window quilt.
Going to finish a Christmas quilt for my Mom!!!
I am working on a pinwheel wall hanging for my mom’s birthday. I am finishing up the binding now. I did it in a variety of batiks and have had a lot of fun making it.
This weekend I am handquilting an heirloom quilt for someone. It is so old and beautiful I love quilting it.
This weekend, I am working on a t-shirt quilt made from some worn shirts from the high school I work at AND, hopefully, finish a pillow I’m crocheting. ✂️
I am a late starter–I want to get started on the Delightful Stars blocks
I’m finishing up some quilt projects
I plan to finish my labyrinth quilt this weekend. If i do that and have extra time, I’ll finish a purse I have started.
I plan on finishing a quilt for our King bed. It is a Stack and Whack.
I’ll be quilting up a storm, making some new one-of-a-kind tote bags and lap quilts
I plan on starting one of seven quilts I am making for Christmas gifts. I love to play around with the different colors of fabric
I am vacationing on Beaver Island, Michigan, but my niece is going to her first year in college and her college quilt isn’t done. So I packed up my machine and already cut pieces, and brought it all to the island. My sister-in-law and I are going to make her quilt on the back deck looking out over Paradise Bay!
I’ll be working on my Prairie Rose botm.
Get the binding on my bow tie quilt!
I am going to work on a quilt I am making for my own bed.
Thanks for the opertunety. You never can tell. Thanks.
My weekend plans are to cut out and sew a “Take 5” quilt for my Grandson.
I hope to work on my son’s graduation quilt .
I’m hoping to use this weekend to cut out several begin some birthday quilts for our grandchildren. As well as to start cutting out a Christmas wall quilt.
Finish quilting my 1st quilt.
Teach the August row of Seasons in a Row quilt and sew more pinwheels for my scrappy quilt.
I would love rto do more work on my cathedral window quilt, all done by hand.
Work on my cathedral window quilt I AM DOING ALL by hand.
Work on quilt projects this weekend.
Adding a border to a baby quilt cause the baby us now a toddler. At least I’ll be able to say I finished one of my UFOs.
I am excited to get back to quilting. I have been in Alaska for 2 months for vacation. I didn’t get to do any quilting but I did check out all the quilt shops and brought back lots of fabric. Ready to start on my Northwest Indian quilt. Been wanting to do this one for several years but not enough of the right fabric. I now have all the fabric and really neat designs to make my next quilt. Sewing machine get ready cause here I come.
Plan to get my boarder laid out for my New York Beauty quilt.
I’ll be putting one quilt on the longarm and cutting the dashing and cornerstones for a T-Shirt quilt.
Continue working on my 2 BOMS so I can catch up to the current month!
Working on finishing dinasaur baby quilt for grandson, and a butterfly quilt for a baby girl. All should be done. Blessings to the winner!
My weekend sewing plans are to work on an UFO that is about 3 years in the making.
I planning to start a charity quilt. I can not wait.
Finishing a scrap quilt. And helping my daughter learn to make a quilt…..
Working on finishing a purse that was started a few years ago.
I plan on getting a couple more quilt tops quilted that have been completed for more that a year.
I will be working on a t-shirt quilt. My 23 year old nephew passed away in May, two months before he was to be married. I am making the quilt (from his shirts) for his fiancée.
I plan on going Shop Hopping for more MI Row by Row rows!!! I have 32 but would like about 50!!
I will be binding a quilt and working on U.F.O.’s!
I will be working on my Wizard of Oz quilt. It’s going to be awesome.
I plan on machine quilting a blog tour quilt from Intrepid Thread.
I will be quilting some placemats and a table center mat for Halloween for the great-grand children!
Sewing and Quilting
Hoping to finish my remaining 4 rows from my row by row experience quilt.
I sew want to finish and be the first to turn in my quilt at one of the closest shops to me.
This weekend, I’m going to my friend’s house to sew with her and another friend. It has been a long time since we’ve gotten together! I’m going to either arrange quilt blocks or I’m going to start a new quilt. Either way, I’m going to have fun!
I plan on finishing the binding on my Aiming for Accuracy quilt. Then if I have enough time start the machine quilting on my granddaughters quilt.