The 60 mm ergonomic Olfa is my go-to cutter unless I'm rotary cutting curved patches. The white Clover seam ripper is the best thing since sliced bread. Both of these tools fit comfortably in my man hands. Looking forward to the blog entry on scissors, because I am yet to find patchwork scissors I love (and I have tons!)

I love my embroidery scissors. Those sharp little blades are wonderful for ripping. Especially if, like me, you have lots of practice!

LOVE my Clover seam ripper. I refuse to use any other brand it is so sharp and I love the handle. I own many so they are always handy.

I do the Eleanor Burns methods on a short piece if my seam ripper isn't laying right there. I have the old Fons and Porter and love it because the handle is bigger.

I like the fons and Porter cutter because it is pressure cutter. And it is RED.

After misplacing (how did that happen?!?) My rotary cutter after a late night cutting marathon, a back-up is on my shopping list, I was actually cutting with shears for a bit before it surfaced- horrors! Sometimes it is necessary to have multiples of certain notions and tools!

As far as seam ripping goes, I much prefer the clover ball pointed awl. You can pull out every few stitches easily (unless you are stitching micro mini size) and it leaves no little bits of thread hanging around. I have multiples of this tool because I am afraid they will stop making it. That happens often with things I love.

Several years ago I took a class and the teacher mentioned that you get more control with the 28mm rotary cutter and it is now my favorite. It seems to cut as many layers as the big ones. How many rotary cutters do I have??? LOTS! On the "very rare" occasions that I might use a seam ripper, I really like the white Clover.

I love my little brown Clover seam ripper, the one pictured up there on the right. It's the only one I use. It's just a perfect design. I have three. I also have three rotary cutters, a pink Olfa 45, an original Olfa 45 used only for cutting paper, and a 60 one that I plan on replacing, don't care for the design and the way it cuts, not an Olfa.

I have lots of seam rippers, well at least 5. One is a Hoechstmass I've had for years. That and the one that came with the Bernina sewing machine are my favorites.

I have several different rotary cutters but the one used most is my Martell because it's an ergonomic one and helps with arthritis. My favorite seam ripper (although I have a huge assortment ) is one that my daughter's father-in-law made be. It has a regular sized ripper on one end and a fine ripper on the other and when I'm not using it (or one or the other) the rippers reverse in the handle. It's really great to take with me places (no accidentally stabbing myself or others) and it's beautiful, hand turned from wood.

I have several of the blue Dritz rippers. Even tho they aren't the smallest,finest points, they are bigger (to find easier) and flat, so they don't roll away!

My favorite seam ripper is by Havel, it is stainless steel with replaceable blades, looks like a scalpel, can be used like one as well but that's for another story. I have named mine Jack. (The ripper).

I'm so, so glad that Moda has expanded from only notions! I honestly think that I could sew for the rest of my life using only Moda fabrics and designers. My favourite cutter is 45 Splash and my favourite ripper is the white Clover. The feel of it is perfect in my hand.

I have too many scissors and rotary cutters..just love them all but
have to say the big purple splash is my fav.
I received a seam ripper with an led
light and magnifyer attached. Its turned out to be useful to
older eyes.

Photo looks like the old JC Penney's fabric department in the 1950s-60s. Those were the days when I'd ask my dad for $5 to for a pattern, fabric, zipper, and thread to make myself a dress.

I use the Seam Fix seam ripper for small jobs... I love the rubber end that I can use to get all the little pieces of thread out of my seam. For larger problems, I use a mustache razor. It works like a champ for long seams. Unfortunately it does make a lot of noise and everyone around you at retreat knows when you have made an error. I have a purple Fiskars 45mm that I love for my rotary cutting needs.

I've seen Eleanor Burns do that - when I messed up something in a class I was taking from her. And it's slick, but I'm not quite as tricky as her.

Omnigrid is my favorite rotary cutter. No safety shield to open and close. I do not have small children, so safety is not such a big issue. The seam ripper (I never use) is a fold over type, I do not know the brand. I like it because of its small, thin point that easily fits between the layers. Some of the seam rippers are way to bulky and hard to insert between stitches. Thin is the goal!
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I love my aqua Splash cutter! Why? It's aqua (athough I don't like the yellow in it but I love, love the aqua) and it's so easy to change the blade.
Seam ripper? No, I don't own one. I'm always using a pin a trick my mom once showed me.
I love Sherri's and Chelsi's new collection the prints and the colors are great (okay not the yellow so much but that's because it's with purple one of my not so much loved colors). I'm currently using their Desert Bloom prints (the dots! I heart them) and it's so fun to sew with fabrics you love:-)

I bought the rotary cutter from Martinelli and I really like it. I never realized how much pressure I was putting on that arm and this one seems to help! I use a seam ripper constantly! I don't know why but I seem to sew most seams at least twice! I have the Clover ball point awl that I use most of the time! That way I cannot stab myself! Notions make sewing so fun!!!

Oh, polka dot rotary cutters, that would be awesome! Maybe you can talk to the people you know in the business and make a push for polka dots. Enjoy your blogs!

I love the Olfa that closes itself because I am clumsy and because I sew with four-footed helpers, two of which like to jump up on the cutting table. Wish those came in a variety of colors and designs.

I probably use my 60 mm. cutter 95% of the time. If this makes any sense, it goes farther faster. Cutting is my least favorite part of quilting so I try to cut multiple layers as often as I can and the 60 mm. cutter performs well every time. I am a huge fan of Buggy Barn and Karla Alexander's stack/slash/shuffle/sew patterns where lots of layers are cut at one time. I joke about being rotary cutter challenged. I teach quilting and cannot just pick up a student's cutter to demo something. I am not comfortable with the ergonomic cutters; my go-to 60 mm. cutter is one of the "original" yellow-gold Olfa ones. I'm also not a fan of seam rippers. I hate all the little thread fuzzies that are left behind. I use my trusty stiletto that I have worn the brass off of. I slip the tip under about every third or fourth stitch and pull the thread up. When I'm done I have one long thread on the top and one on the bottom. No mess to clean up! Yes, occasionally the top thread will break but usually I can take out a seam without that happening. I have used Eleanor Burn's method when the stitches are especially small - like when PPing.

Never aware that Eleanor Burns started frogging with a rotary cutter. Saw one of my friends do it, cringed, then became aware of how fast things were going. (She was taking off a long border strip.) I decided to try it. I use the 18 mm Olfa for just that purpose. The little rotary cutter fits my hand like a pencil and is easy to control. But, keep a sharp blade so you easily slice the thread and not push into the fabric. I have tried the huge Olfa and Fiskars cutters. Fiskars appears to be a waste in my opinion. It does travel longer around to possibly give you longer life on the blade, but it doesn't have any more exposed blade than the regular large. So, cutting thick things like batting is not easier with it. I used to love my big Olfa Mamu...but arm injuries prevent me from applying the kind of pressure necessary to cut with the larger blade. That one was great for plowing through thicker batting.

I use the Eleanor Burns method because it's SO fast, but I learned it from Judy Niemeyer a number of years ago. I was pretty nervous the first time I tried it, but it works like a charm.

I've had the Fiskars ergonomic rotary cutter you have pictured (except in dark gray) for around 25 years. I bought it long before I did any quilting and used it for crafts -- cutting fabric, yes, but also fome core and anything else where I wanted a straight line. Any other kind or shape of rotary cutter feels foreign and uncomfortable to me. I do have the Fiskars stick 28mm cutter as well, but I haven't used it much. Ref. that foreign feeling mentioned above. :-)

I have used Eleanor Burns' seam slicing method on many occasions. This year I learned that I've been seam-ripping the wrong way (picking and pulling rather than a cutting slide between the fabrics). I use my seam rippers as a stiletto, so need a nice flat point. I have found that the Seam Fix's rubber end is fantastic at getting batting trails off my cutting mat. My go-to rotary cutter is the Splash but I like to use the Martelli Ergo for strip cutting.