Have you seen this?! SQUEAL! RED! I've been waiting for this color rotary cutter. This new color will not be out until February but you might be lucky enough to win one before then. OLFA is giving away two of these Ruby Red rotary cutters everyday over on Facebook. Click here. I love Olfa rotary cutters. I've tried other brands and have been disappointed every time.
My first Olfa rotary cutter was a gift from my parents way back in the early 90's. Back then I was a stay at home mom with 3 kids and very little extra money. I had been making quilted wall hangings and had expressed an interest in making larger quilts and purchasing a rotary cutter and mat when I could find the extra money in the budget. Well my dad is the best gift giver ever. He listens when people talk and makes mental notes. I didn't even remember telling him I wanted a rotary cutter and mat. But he remembered. I'm not sure if it was a birthday or Christmas gift but little did I know at the time how this one gift would alter the course of my life. The quilting bug seed was planted. The large yellow rotary cutter below has many miles on her and she's still going strong. Nowadays she rarely sees any action because she is now my paper cutter. Believe it or not the purple one(I don't like purple) is the one I use the most. It has an Endurance blade, which is worth the extra money. The rest of them just hang around looking pretty for the most part. I use them if the purple one is hiding or as props in blog pictures.
Olfa products stand up to the test of time. My first cutting mat was also an OLFA. It was still going strong when I gave it to a friend in 2011. She wanted to learn to quilt but did't want to put out a bunch of money for a hobby she wasn't sure she would like. I've had several cutting mats since. One or two a year! Well some of them never even seen my cutting table. They were purchased online. When they arrived they smelled so bad I couldn't even take them out of the packaging. Some I thought were great deals. Well great deals are not so great if they don't last. The mats I'm using now are okay. Not as good as OLFA but not as bad as others. When my current mats wear out I going back to OLFA.
I've also fallen in love with their new frosted rulers. These are awesome! I recently received this 6.5" frosted ruler as a gift. I was leery of the frosting, thinking it was going to be hard to see the fabric.
But much to my surprise I had no trouble seeing through the frosting. The frosting has a little texture and this stops the ruler from sliding. LOVE IT! The lines on the ruler are thin, which makes the cuts more accurate. I also love that the numbers are not covering up important lines on the ruler.
So on a scale of 1-10, 1 being the worst. I give this ruler a 9. The reason for the 9, there's always room for improvement, nothing is without flaws. I never give a perfect score on anything. How could it be improved? I really can't think of a thing that would make this ruler any better. But that doesn't mean someone else doesn't have a great idea.
Does anyone else share my love of OLFA?
