sizzix quilting dies?

[Hockeyrabbit]

Ok-

Can someone please tell me I am NOT crazy..I swear a few weeks ago I was looking on the sizzix.com website and they had all these different kinds of shape dies specifically geared towards cutting fabric to create quilts. Well I can't seem to find them on the site anymore..can someone provide a link or at least confirm that they saw the same things I did??

Thanks!

[cardsbynikki]

I don't know if they have been released yet but here is an article about them on the Sizzix Website.

http://www.sizzix.com/news

And then on European website they have some:
http://www.cuttingedgecrafts.co.uk/c...ategory_id=558

[Boss]

I saw a large end-cap display of these at our JoAnn's last week and since I didn't know they even existed before this, I was totally baffled as to why cutting dies were in the sewing section of the store. If I recall correctly they were a really fun color (maybe lime green?) and they looked yummy! However, if I was a quilter with no scrapbooking/stamping knowledge I wouldn't even know how they were used. There were no die cutting machines displayed with them, which I thought was really strange...how would the novice even know what they needed to use them? :???:

They looked like a cool product and if I was still quilting I would be sorry tempted to try them....of course, I may be sorely tempted to try them with paper. :cool:

[airbornewife]

Thanks for sharing the link.. I'm off to see what new products they have.

I wanted to get to JoAnn's tonight, but wasn't able to make it.. glad that I read this, so I can look into these as well.

~ Pam

[Boss]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gale

The ones at Joann's that are green are for the Accuquilt Go machine. Supposedly they don't fit in the big shot but they are supposed to fit in the big shot pro. They won't fit in the cuttlebug at all-they are too wide. Someone posted a link to some quilting type dies recently that are for the sizzix big shot but I can't remember which thread.

Wow, that is good to know! I just "assumed" the dies I spotted were a sizzix product and would fit in any machine a sizzix original fits in. Thanks for sharing this info.

I guess it makes sense that they would want to sell a different machine to quilters so it could accomodate the larger projects that they work with. How very exciting to see a scrapbook/stamping product repurposed for another art/craft -- it's usually the other way around! I can't tell you how many of my quilting tools have found a place of importance in my stamp room, they are too numerous to mention.

[airbornewife]

thanks for the info Gale.

~ Pam

[sempermom]

i too noticed they are not on the sizzix site any more and wondered what happened!

[michellesscrap]

I have the old sizzix dies that I believe were discontiued several months ago, they were quilt type dies, they are down in my room but I think they are purple, but they are the same size as the large red original dies used in the oldest version of the sizzix.
I didn't realize they had new ones, I will have to check those out

[ChloeGM]

I found the quilting dies on the Sizzix site but the one I want: the 5x5 square: is not available on their site and I can't find anyone who sells it. Anyone having any better luck?

[Poppydoodle]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChloeGM

I found the quilting dies on the Sizzix site but the one I want: the 5x5 square: is not available on their site and I can't find anyone who sells it. Anyone having any better luck?

Joannes has them online. They also have a 50% coupong for an online item so you can get the 5 inch square for like 15.00.

[TheOtherMeg]

The Sizzix machines being marketed to quilters are called Westminsters. There's a Big Shot-size one and a Big Shot Pro-size one. The only difference between the standard BS/BSP and the Westminster BS/BSP is the color -- and the Westminster BSP comes with extended accessories to use the extended quilting dies. (The blue BSP has accessories for the 12x12 dies.)

http://www.sizzix.com/catalog?per_page=24&w=westminster

[Cetree]

Quote:

Originally Posted by gale

The ones at Joann's that are green are for the Accuquilt Go machine. Supposedly they don't fit in the big shot but they are supposed to fit in the big shot pro.

They *can* fit a Big Shot if you cut them down. I saw a video on You Tube by someone who had cut them down by about 1/2 inch so they would fit through the Big Shot. They're made of wood so you can just use a jigsaw to cut them. Then she showed you how to sandwich them for the Big Shot so they'd work.