Sizzix Fabric Cutter Tutorial

This summer I had fun playing around with a Sizzix Fabi Personal Die Cutter.

20140908_sizzix1Here’s what I did to test it out:

To use the die, you simply fold the fabric and place it on top of the cutting pad, then sandwich it between the two plastic safety plates.

20140908_sizzix2Hand crank it through the machine and voila! Perfect shapes every time!

20140908_sizzix3Comfortable that I knew how this machine worked, I was ready to try it out on some circles backed with fusible web. (This is for my upcoming Abacus Quilt Along which I mentioned in yesterday’s post.) I thought, if this can work for machine applique, I may never go back to using scissors!

20140908_sizzix4To make the job easier, I ironed strips of paper backed fusible web to the back of my chosen fabrics. I cut each strip about an inch wider than the die. I then rough cut them into squares before running them through the machine. There seemed to be less waste cutting this way.

20140908_sizzix5I stacked 3-4 layers of fusible backed squares and fed them through the machine. Oh. My. Gosh. That was so fast!

20140908_sizzix6Now I have a pile of perfect circles, all ready to be made into a quilt!

20140908_sizzix7Try It Out

20140908_sizzix8If you would like to use the Fabi Personal Fabric Cutters to make my Abacus quilt, click here for the tutorials.

 

331 thoughts on “Sizzix Fabric Cutter Tutorial”

  6. Kristy says:
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    FB done! wooohoooo!!!! Thanks for this super fun giveaway! I have been wanting to try out one of these cutters but don’t know anyone who has one. I have discovered that I love piecing and quilting and not so much the cutting. I think my bf is going to send me to the moon if I buy one more sewing related item, haha…he will never understand 🙂

  7. Dawn says:
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    Thanks for the opportunity to win! I just liked Sizzix on Facebook and am already thinking of all the possibilities for its use! Thanks again!

  11. searchfamilies says:
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    I have done that on Facebook, would love to win one especially as i have hand problems so would make it easier for me, Good Luck to all who have entered & thank you for the give-away
    Hugs Janice

  13. Judy Cinerari says:
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    I like Sizzix on Facebook. I can manage to cut and measure 4 pieces of fabric and they will still turn out different sizes. I really need the Fabian cutter!

  14. deborah Dyer says:
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    OH MY GOODNESS< I have liked Sizzix on F/B and this is the first time i have seen what they do AMAZING. life would be sooooooo much easier when cutting out things ready for those special occasions. I am a new quilter and struggle at the best of times and you site inspied me to make my first quilt…. wel havent finished it yet it seems to have grown !!!

  27. Marlyn Anderson says:
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    I made a comment on the Sizzix Facebook page. It would be great to have one of these magic cutters. I’ve been doing a lot of applique in the last year and using a Sizzix cutter would certainly speed up the process.

  44. Beth Curtis says:
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    I just liked Sizzix on Facebook. The Sizzix cutter would make cutting for quilting projects a lot faster. Thanks for the review and to Sizzix for sponsoring the giveaway.

  45. Kathie says:
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    How fun to win one of these . . . AND the circles for your quilt along would go so quickly! Thanks for the opportunity and I now follow Sizzix on Facebook.

  48. Jo Ann Moulds says:
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    Just checked out Sizzix on Facebook; some great ideas and will look forward to checking it out more often. I would love to try the Sizzix Fabric Cutter so put my name in the mix.
    thanks, Jo Ann

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