How to Cut Fabric Yardage: Right & Left Hand Tips
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In this video I share with you my tips for cutting fabric yardage accurately for your sewing & quilting projects. These are tips for using a rotary cutter, mat and quilting rulers. I will show you how you can apply my two-ruler trick for both right-hand and left-hand cuts. Hope you enjoy these tips and can use them in your next project!
Happy quilting!
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I came looking for fabric cutting help, as a very frustrated lefty. Your two ruler idea, and showing a left handed perspective, have literally saved my quilt project. THANK YOU!!!
Glad to help! 🙏🏽❤️
I love the 2 rulers and your “the fabric you’re keeping should be under” it saved me
Thank you for this tutorial. This is the best tutorial I have seen about cutting fabric as a lefty.
This is the best video for cutting and sub cutting with the 2 ruler method. I can get more accurate cuts doing it this way by not moving fabric!!!! Thank you for showing this
Thank you for showing left handed cutting! I’m new to quilting and I was struggling to figure it out and my friends are all right handed!
Glad it was helpful!
This left handed newbie really appreciates your explanation and demonstration. Thank you.
this is simply G.E.N.I.U.S! wish I would have found this earlier.
Loved the two ruler trick, never thought of that before. Thank you 🙏
Best tips for cutting I have seen! Thanks!
So Simple & So Ingenious!
This is the best tut for cutting and subcutting that I have ever seen online. Thank you, Vanessa.
Glad to hear it! :)
I’m a leftie and was glad to see someone cared about us, thank you so much.
Your videos are always so clear and concise, really appreciate that! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
I'd like to suggest using a cut resistant glove on your ruler holding hand. I've started doing this after a couple close calls with the rotary cutter. Yeah, we always think it's not gonna happen to us, but it can. (check out your fellow TH-camr Whitney Sews video about this...ouch!) Maybe you could carry some cute gloves in your new shop. Some of them also have grip fingertips to help grip the ruler. Gotta protect those creative hands! :-)
Thank you so very much, excellent tips for this newbie!! I enjoy your videos.
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Have always appreciated your teaching style!
Thank you Vanessa for always looking out for us left handers!
2 ruler cutting... brilliant!!!! Thanks for the tips!!!
Thank you. This is very helpful since I am a lefty!!!
Thanks, Vanessa!! I love the way you explain tips and tricks. So glad I signed up for the CGQC.
From this lefty, I thank you Vanessa! 💚
This was an excellent video. You are a great teacher.
Thanks for the Left Hand tips and your help today!
Wow this really makes cutting so much easier and precise! Ty!!
You are an amazing instructor. You are actually teaching with the thought that some of us are actually are beginners and know nothing. So many of the videos presume that we know how hold down a ruler and cut. I organized everything to begin a project and gave up because I could not make clean cuts even though my blade was sharp. I learned what I was doing wrong in your rotary cutting how to video. . Now you showed me how I was cutting incorrectly - when I would get half way up my ruler it would move and I ruined the piece of yardage. But, a more important problem is that I am on blood thinners and could have really sliced my fingers. Thank you
Thanks a million. I learned so much in just a few minutes.
She is quick precise such a professional work !
Thank you for the tips. I'm a lefty and recently tried th 2 rulers, helps alot with control and accuracy.
I really like this tutorial on cutting as a left or right handed quilter. Thank you very much this will be very useful. Roseline, Québec
You are so awesome. Thanks for the tips especially because I m a leftie
Thank you for all your tips.
This video is really helpful. I just finished your raglan T-shirt class and learned several new techniques. I just signed up for the quilt club and this will be my first experience with quilting. I have both of these rulers but had no idea that they are used together for cutting. Your great tutorials are why I signed up for the club. Excited to get started! I
Thank you thank you thank you for showing how to do the 2 ruler method for lefties too!!! I can’t tell you how much I appreciate it!
Thank you Vanessa! I have never quilted, but am plucking up the courage to start with my first project. I thoroughly enjoy your inspiring videos, and have watched them all - quilting and others. Off to a well-informed start to my quilting phase. Thank you once again!
amazing tips can't wait to try it. thanks Vanessa
I rarely do quilting but this will help in other sewing areas. Thanks Vanessa.
Thank you, I'm a Lefty I very rarely see people showing us how to do things left-handed. I must congratulate you with cutting left-handed when you are right handed well done 😀 Your tips and tricks are very useful thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much. I’m new to sewing and a leftie so this is really helpful
Very helpful! Excited about the quilt club and loving these video tips. This old dog is learning some great new tricks!!! Lol
I followed this method today for the Sarah block from the women of the Bible quilt. It worked perfectly and much, much more accurate than left to my own devices. Thank you, Vanessa.
Those tips are very helpful.
Makes so much sense! Thanks!
I'm so new to this & this most brilliant! Than you D
As a LEFTIE I appreciate this tutorial so much! Thank you for teaching me how to cut correctly! My sister cringed watching me cross my arm over to cut the wrong way! She said it looked dangerous! Well duh! 💡light bulb just turned on!
As a lefty I have problems with this. Thank you so much for this video. It cleared the confusion as to how to hold and cut my fabric. You are a great teacher. I appreciate you
Glad to help!
@mrsfabersham another lefty here, too. This really helped!
The best as always 👍🏼
Wow - that is such a fabulous idea. I could have used this recently because I made my first quilt and it was not as exact as I thought it would be. I have joined your Quilt Club because I need more "training" exposure to work on more quilts. You are a great teacher. Thank you.
Great tips! Thank you!
Brilliant! I measure 10xs before I cut. This will give me so much more confidence. Thank you!
Great information...thank you.
Very helpful! Thanks
great tip, going to try it next quilt
Excellent video. I'm new to sewing; one of my struggles has been cutting with a rotary cutter. This will help a lot!
Great teacher
Vey good tutorial CG!
Very helpful! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome 👏
I’m a leftie, thank you so much, I really have been struggling with this problem.
Lov d the tips!
Great tutorial as usual! After cutting to straighten the edges, rather than flip the fabric over (sometimes it flips unevenly), look at what you trimmed off. If it's two layers, you're good!
Another tip relates to you mentioning wasting fabric by trimming too much when squaring it up. In your example, you needed 4 pieces measuring 5" x 5" and 4 pieces measuring 3 1/2" x 5". Typically, you can get 8 cuts of 5" out of a width of fabric cut. So why not cut out the 5" x 5" pieces first (they are the largest) then cut the 3 1/2" x 5" pieces from the remainder. I noticed you cut two 5" strips. If the pattern only needs one cut, you'll save yourself that other strip :)
Super Tutorial!
THANK you🦄
Thank you. I use two rulers sometimes.
Thank you
Good video.
Great tips, thanks///!
I cut like this for years and I seemed to be the on,y one at the time, 😊
Excellent tutorial! Thank you, I think I had gotten a bit sloppy in my cutting, BUT I have been doing much better lately, went back to doing what I was taught! LOVE YOUR FABRIC CHOICE! Do you do web orders, minimum cut?
Thank you for showing us . Xleft-hand
Hi Vanessa. Thanks for all of the informative videos. Is there any particular reason you don’t use the measuring lines on the cutting mat? I haven’t had any issues with that method but was wondering about you thoughts.
I do know that she has said in the past that she doesn't trust the lines on the mat because they're not very accurate, that's why she never uses them, also she said that if she could she would have a mat that was completely plain no grid lines on at all. Vanessa did say she would turn the mat over and use the Plain Side if she had one like that. She just uses the rule's nothing more, that was the way she was taught.
Thankyou, very helpful. Could you please do one for cutting larger pieces I.e. for a Tote Bag? Many thanks 🙏
Yes, this is very helpful. I am left handed. I would like to see how you handle larger pieces like 10 yards. I need to straighten the edges and cut 2 1/2 yards off. It has been washed and is wrinkled . I find this much yardage overwhelming to work with. I am a newbie.
Do you ever use the lines on the cutting mat to measure? Is that not as accurate as the two-ruler method?
Loved ur two ruler trick... Thanks.... Where can I get that rotary cutter from. I m fron India.
Thanks for teaching us where did get this rule and please tell me this need to wash
swooning on the fabric behind you
Carla Lissa yes, the fabrics are beautiful! I was by there today and got what I need for our first quilt! I’m so excited and Vanessa is so helpful. This is going to be so much fun. I have learned so much already from these little tips.
Thank you for sharing this. I just am wondering why you are not using the cutting mat to measure out the long strips? Is it not good to use the grid lines on the cutting mat to line up your long straight edge ruler to cut the strips? I am still learning..
I purchase your curve running ruler could be show how to use it. I'm new at sewing
Hi Vanessa
Nice tips .
Already sign for the quilt club. Will it be possible to add all these free video in our quilt club so that we all have it directly in our account too?
Thanks
Yup! I'm doing that today. :) Thanks for stopping by and joining the club! Can't wait to see what you make from our upcoming projects!
I love your videos, Vanessa... thanks for sharing these tips!
Glad to help!
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Since you're not using a grippy ruler, how do you keep the ruler under your hand from slipping around? I find that even when I am putting firm pressure on it, it slides slightly, leaving me with wonky widths.
Cutting with the left hand, are there left and right hand rotary cutters? does it make a difference? (I use both left and right hand)
You can change the blade to the opposite side, Olfa rotary cutters give this facility!
Hi I have a question for you. I was sewing with my Serger sewing machine and my needle came out. This happened to me twice. I put the needle back in and then the needle hit the needle plate. was wondering if you can help me figure out what I'm doing wrong.thank you
I will be working with my granddaughter teaching her to sew this summer. At what age is it ok for a kid to use a rotary cutter? I realize it depends on the kid and not only their age number. So how do you know they are ready?
Will this way make sure we dont get an elbow in our strips?
I'm super new. I get the small square ruler technique but how the heck do I cut for 18" and 12" squares. I just want to make simple bandanas for dif size dogs. Thank
Hola Vanessa!!. Me encantan tus videos. Pero me gustaría que hicieras más en español. Yo sé un poco inglés paro me cuesta mucho seguirte ya que hablas muy deprisa. Thanks y un beso.
What kind of starch do you use
Whet do you get such large cutting mats?
I put 24" x 36" mats together. I use these ones: amzn.to/2W27h8d Hope that helps!
Amazon, for one!
Hola, porque no volvió hacer vídeos en español 😥
Be sure to close the blade on your rotary cutter EVERY time you set it down for safety!!
What is a "patrick" piece?
Patchwork piece
Hi what’s your canals an speaking Spanish
Hi Vanessa, since you only need 4 of the 3-1/2” x 5” rectangles, why wouldn’t you cut a 3-1/2” strip? Seems like you’re wasting fabric!
4 was just an example. Typically you’re cutting a lot more so I like to cut the larger number for the width of the strip so I can get more of the smaller dimension (in this case 3.5”) cuts when I sub cut it.
I understand, I do the same thing. But new quilters might not understand (or think of) the difference if you’re cutting a bunch or just a few. You might want to mention this, in your inimitable style! (Just MHO...)
Is it just me or does she have a strange way of pronouncing the word "patchwork"? It sounds like "patrick"....