# Where's my rotary cutter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906 "2003-03-17T02:51:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/1 "2003-03-17T02:51:22Z")
And for that matter, where’s the foot pedal/power cord to my sewing machine? I just got my sewing machine serviced and tuned up. I bought thirty (30!) yards of muslin. I have umpteen pieces of 100% cotton scraps. I’m ready to make me a cathedral windows quilt! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/2 "2003-03-17T02:55:33Z")
I have your rotary cutter! Yeah. And if you want to see it alive again, you’ll send $50,000 in small unmarked bills to me. Yeah. _evil cackle_ Bwaaaahahahaha! [sub]Or give me some cool user category title. Yeah, that’ll work.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/3 "2003-03-17T03:00:39Z")
Q.E.D.'s right, be hes hiding out behind the shed and hes NOT that big a guy. You can take 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/4 "2003-03-17T03:03:29Z")
Oh crap! I’ll get you, **Unintentionally Blank**!! [sub]Pssst! I’ll split the loot with you if you shut up and distract her![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![flood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@flood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flood)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/5 "2003-03-17T03:05:59Z")
Can I have a hand in this? Perhaps, I could knock her out with a salami? Or a nice big trout? No? Ok, I’ll go now. _drops head_ ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/6 "2003-03-17T03:19:57Z")
Oh sorry, I was using your power cord to hold my pants up. You see, without a belt, they’ll fall down and then I’d be quite naked. Still want it back? ---
**Author:** ![BadBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@BadBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBaby)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/7 "2003-03-17T03:29:55Z")
Don’t listen to these guys, Lynn. They’ve gone and used your rotary cutter on some rough paper. They now realize they’ve jacked up an eight dollar blade and are just trying to get a little cash for your poor, sweet, abused rotary cutter. Don’t fall for this! Accept the loss, go on with your life, and maybe someday you’ll be able to have another cutter. Oh look! It was on the floor, under the edge of the sofa! Sorry y’all… um, no hard feelings, right? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/8 "2003-03-17T03:34:14Z")
Geeze, what’s a guy got to do to make a dishonest buck around here? Sheesh! Ok, Ok, you can all have a cut. Now, cheese it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/9 "2003-03-17T04:21:05Z")
Ohmanohmanohman, **Lynn**. I wanna see this quilt when it’s done. Whaddaya think…about eight years? I started my first quilt (a crazy) last summer, and I am STILL embroidering on it. I just know I’ll be old by the time it’s done. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/10 "2003-03-17T04:30:50Z")
[insert joke about LifeOnWry’s age here] (sorry!) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/11 "2003-03-17T06:49:15Z")
It wasn’t ME! It was the one-armed MAN! ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/12 "2003-03-17T06:58:57Z")
Are things getting so bad in the pit that the mass prunings require a rotary cutter? Enquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2003, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/13 "2003-03-17T08:06:01Z")
Have you checked your car? That’s where mine is. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/14 "2003-03-18T04:00:37Z")
_LifeOnWry glares at **samarm** , thinks about retaliating, then walks away, muttering, “damned kids.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/15 "2003-03-18T06:59:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LifeOnWry \* > \*\*Ohmanohmanohman, **Lynn**. I wanna see this quilt when it’s done. Whaddaya think…about eight years? > > I started my first quilt (a crazy) last summer, and I am STILL embroidering on it. I just know I’ll be old by the time it’s done. \*\* I have absolutely no idea how long it’ll take. I’ve never made ANY sort of quilt before. But the beauty of a cathedral windows quilt is that I can do the muslin windowframes by machine, and then take them along with me wherever I go, and put the windows in by hand. I don’t think I even HAVE enough material for the windows charms, but I expect that I can pick up stuff here and there. For those of you who have no idea of what I’m talking about: [http://www.sewing.com/projects/cathedralwindow/index.shtml](http://www.sewing.com/projects/cathedralwindow/index.shtml) [http://www.sewing.com/projects/cathedralwindow/index.shtml](http://www.sewing.com/projects/cathedralwindow/index.shtml) Aren’t they gorgeous? A traditional charm quilt is made of a variety of fabrics, no two alike, all cut in the same shape. I expect that I’ll have several windows made from the same fabric, as I do have quite a few large scraps of cotton. If I scatter the like fabrics, though, I’m sure that the quilt will have a nice random look to it. I still haven’t found my rotary cutter OR the power cord. However, I’m getting a lot of spring cleaning done, so it’s not a total loss. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/16 "2003-03-18T07:05:06Z")
That looks great! I’m going to learn to quilt; I want to make a big beautiful one for my parents’ 25th anniversary. ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/17 "2003-03-18T07:59:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > \*\*And for that matter, where’s the foot pedal/power cord to my sewing machine? I just got my sewing machine serviced and tuned up. I bought thirty (30!) yards of muslin. I have umpteen pieces of 100% cotton scraps. I’m ready to make me a cathedral windows quilt! \*\* How about in the Music Conservatory where Prof. Plum is about to use it on Ms. Scarlett? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/18 "2003-03-18T11:40:39Z")
**Lynn** - I just happen to have a lovely basket full of assorted calico bits (ranging in size from quarter yards to fat quarters to a few sizable chunks) that I’ve been picking up along the way. I’m doing my spring cleaning too, and I’ve abandoned cotton fabrics in favor of the velvets and silks for crazy quilts. If you can use some more fabric, email me and I’ll ship all this cotton to you. It’s probably about a pound and a half all told. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/19 "2003-03-18T13:47:44Z")
\*I \* have your rotary cutter. I’m selling it on ebay for $72.50…bidding ends in 3…2…there it goes… ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906/20 "2003-03-18T13:50:08Z")
FTR, I have two children’s quilts that I nearly completed in \*one day \* ( an new record for me and I 'm not quite sure exactly what my kids were doing that day, but they are still alive.) however, I cannot seem to remember to buy the stuffing. Feh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-my-rotary-cutter/161906.md?page=2)