June Tailor Shape Cut Plus Ruler

Worked well. Don't know how it will hold up in the long term as the plastic chips easily if you are not very careful when you cut. It does make it quick and easy to cut squares and strips.

It's a great concept, but when I attempted two layers of fleece for one inch by five inch fringes (a no sew double layer fleece fringed blanket)--it didn't perform. None of my cuts were clean, and I took care to use sharp new blades. When I used my conventional quilting grid and edge: all cuts were clean. I think the slots prevented my blades from biting both layers. Unfortunate, as I have a 60 by 72 inch rectangle to fringe. That's going to be a lot of cuts with a conventional ruler. . .oh well, my bad.Two days later: updating my review. I thought, why not a larger diameter rotary cutter--is there one? ( I was using my usual 45 mm cutter. Don't laugh, experienced quilters. I didn't know). Well, there are 60 mm rotary cutters, and I now have one, and that has solved the problem of double fleece layers and slotted ruler. I still have to apply some muscle on the cut, and pull it both ways through the slot, but I am getting consistent cuts with very few moves of the ruler. And could slice pizza on the side. Five stars for the ruler. I recommend a 60 mm rotary cutter to use with it.

I've sewed for most of my life but started quilting 3 years ago. Over the past year, I started having problems getting straight cuts on some of my strips. They weren't off much, but enough to make the finished quilt top a bit wonky and hard to square up. I saw that this ruler was highly reviewed and recommended, so I bought it with high expectations. So far, I haven't had the positive results everyone else raves about. I still get cuts that are slightly bowed or curved. Actually more of the cuts are off now than when I used the regular ruler & rotary cutter. I pre-wash my fabric, press it and do the hanging and straightening the grain lines thing then fold it so the grain lines are as true as I can get them. And then fold it again so it fits under the ruler. And the cuts are still off. I've watched Youtube videos and followed the directions and still get wonky strips. It's possible that it's user error, but I haven't been able to figure what I'm doing wrong. Would prefer that they make this ruler wider so you don't have to fold the fabric twice. Maybe that would help. I gave this 3 stars because it's a great concept, the ruler is sturdy and heavy enough to hold the fabric down so it doesn't shift, and because it's easy to make that first cut and then just zip, zip, zip, cut a bunch of strips. Bummer that the strips are not straight.

I bought this ruler on the recommendation of a quilting blogger (can't remember which one right now). It arrived very promptly as all Amazon purchases do in a HUGE box - which, since it is over 18" square is understandable. I've used it several times since receiving it a couple of weeks ago and while it does cut accurately as promised it also seems to eat my rotary blades. I don't understand why but after a couple of swipes, all of a sudden I have to repeatedly make the same cuts and it seems as though my cutter develops flat spots????where it bumps along the cutting slot. I will continue to use it but I just make 3-4 swipes along the same opening to get all the cuts and them do a couple more "misses" once I remove the ruler. Would I recommend it? I'm not sure. Like I say it does what it's supposed to but blades are expensive!

Works like magic for cutting strips, as long as I'm careful in getting both folds aligned. Align folded edge of fabric with line close to me on cutting mat. Then carefully lift selvages and bring toward me to create second fold, aligning with cutting mat line. With Shape Cut upside down, align "top" line of Shape Cut with fabric fold nearest to me. Starting at the right side at 0, I spread my hand flat to keep the Shape Cut in place, cutting and moving my hand across with my index finger "near" the next slot to cut. If you start at the left and cut toward the right, the fabric fold has a tendency to creep out of alignment, which is no different than regular rotary cut rulers. The Shape Cut just lets you cut more at a time without moving the ruler, and they're all the same size!

This is a game changer for any quilter! Cuts binding strips and blocks in a flash. Was able to cut and entire quilts worth of blocked in a matter of minutes and everything comes out perfectly square. It does come with instructions but I’m a visual learner and was abler to find a tutorial on YouTube.

I make star quilts and this ruler allows me to accurately zip through cutting out strips for the star and borders in no time at all. It's great for cutting squares too and has markings for angles. Best addition to my sewing tools ever!

This ruler was recommended to me by a quilting teacher. I love it! I am making a log cabin quilt and the rulerallows me to cut strips in just a fraction of the time that it used to take. It is a real time saver. It's very simpleand easy to use...and the price at Amazon was half the price of the retail stores in my area. The fabric is doubled and layered under the ruler (I cut 4 layers at a time)..so that it is possible to cut a 48 inch strip with just one swipe of the rotary cutter. I have not tried it for making squares, triangles, diamonds, etc. but expect that it will be great for that too. I would recommend this ruler to anyone who is a serious quilter or to someone just getting started....it takes the chore out of cutting yards and yards of strips.