Excuse me if this has been posted before. I tried a search to check, but there are a lot of posts about rotary cutters.

I learned something new to me the other day about rotary cutting, and it has made such a huge difference in my cuts.

I stopped at a quilt show demonstration and the first thing the lady said was "You all know you don't tighten your rotary blade all the way down, right?" There weren't many of us standing there, and we all looked at each other and then at her and said "Of course!"

Well no, I did not know that. I have always tightened my blade tight. This demonstrator talked about how you need a little wobble in the blade to get nice straight cuts. I came home and tried loosening up my blade just a little and didn't notice a difference, but then I loosened it just a bit more and I swear I have never cut such straight strips.

Did everyone else in the world know you don't tighten the blade all the way down? I know that was never discussed in any of the classes I attended.

Happy Quilting Everyone!