Need a short cut for baffles

[C King]

Trying to make 3" high 3" wide 30"length baffles for my quilt. I got chiffon… Its much lighter than bug net. But I am having problems cutting the baffles. Any tricks of the trade that might help? thanks in advance.

[Colin Krusor]

I'm working on a quilt right now, too, and it has 3" high by 3" wide baffles using a very light material (a 0.3 oz/yd nonwoven nylon). I find this material impossible to cut using a blade and a cutting mat. I drew lines with a sharpie and cut it with very sharp scissors. It isn't chiffon, though. What methods have you tried so far with the chiffon?

[Eric Lundquist]

I've read here or elsewhere that you can wrap the baffle material over a piece of cardboard or masonite cut to your baffle size 3" and then cut the material so that they are uniform in size.

[Roger Caffin]

One trick you can try is to put ordinary 'scotch tape' down over the fabric to define the cut lines, then cut it with scissors.

Cheers

[Mark Fowler]

In making my quilt I used this system:

1. Carefully fold the noseeum into 4 layers so that the length of baffle you want is now about 12" to 15" x 4 (48" to 60" baffles)

2. On a cutting mat align the cut edge carefully with one of the rulings on the mat.

3. Using a metal straight edge the required distance from the edge and cut with a rotary cutter.

Repeat step 3.

If the cut edge is uneven at first, cut just in from the edge to get a nice straight edge to work from. It took me no more than 10 minutes to cut all my baffles.

I have also used this system with silnylon although you need to far more careful due to the slipperiness.

Good luck with your quilt.

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