The TrueCut System

Quilters always ask, "What is the best cutting system?" "What is the best rotary cutter?" "What do I wanna select, because I have issues with my arm or my wrist, and cutting is always an issue?" So let's figure out a way to solve those problems with the TrueCut cutting system. We have a ruler that comes with that set. It also comes with a rotary cutter and some TrueGrips. Let's talk about each of these things. The ruler itself comes with a lip on each side. That lip is then used to improve the accuracy and the cutting of fabric. Now, a lot of times when we're cutting, we put our ruler down, and as we cut, either the ruler glides away or our rotary cutter kind of decides to take a right turn, therefore creating inaccuracy problem with our fabric. When we go to piece, those little nuances of being off 1/8 or so can be an issue. With an easy touch of a finger, we can remove the standard cutting, put on that guide system, snap it in place, Click. And now, there's a rim that will be apparent when we go to cut our fabric. Easy snap in place, less stress on our arm for cutting. The Comfort Cutter is shaped a little different than most rotary cutters. It is set up so that it takes the stress off our wrist and our arm during cutting. The last piece that comes with the system are the True Grips. Now, the True Grips are this little rubberized piece that has a stick on one side. They're donut-shaped, so they can be placed on the back of your ruler. No more having rulers slipping out of place. they can easily be adhered to the backside of our ruler. We'll put a couple in place here. These could be also be purchased and used on other rulers that you may have already in your system and you're comfortable with, so you can add those. That keeps the fabric from shifting out of place when we set that on there. It really stops the movement of the ruler against the fabric. That's always, can be an issue when it tends to glide away. Now, in order to cut nice, straight strips, which a lot of us in the quilt world're always trying to create. We will set our ruler. I've done a cleanup, so I know I have a straight line on my fabric underneath. I can then easily line up that blue line, just we're gonna cut a 2" strip. The clear ruler makes it easy, with the blue line, for me to line that right up on the cut edge of my fabric all the way across. Now, we switched the guide onto the rotary cutter. So there's a black rim that rides right near the blade. Now I can place that rim guide along the edge of the ruler, and simply push out and away for a perfect cut. Accuracy every time. It makes our patchwork perfect, it takes stress off our body, and stress out of quilting.