I lurve my rotary cutters. I use them for almost every project. But I do worry about disposal of the used blades. They are still wicked sharp (as we say in Boston), after all. I used to wrap them in lots of masking tape (think of being wrapped up like a rotary mummy). Then one day I had an "aha" moment. Rather than disposing of each blade as it is used, I save my old plastic cases in which the blades are packed. With a Sharpie marker, I write "Used" in large, friendly letters on the front, and I keep used blades in that. Once it's filled up, I tape it shut and put it in the recycling bin.
Hope this helps, and Happy Sewing!
3 days ago
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Great minds think alike - I do the same thing!
Ah! I'm honored to be in such good company...so do I ;)
It's a good thing people like me listen to smart people like you.
For old needles and bent pins I keep an old film canister(some younger readers may never have seen them!). The lid stays on safely and they take ages to fill up.
That's gotta look better than a washed and recycled plastic yogurt container (raspberry).
same here - I also use the marker to draw a squiggle around the blade so it's clearly a used one. I think I started that because at first I only had a container that had an extra new blade in it.
How often do you replace your blades??
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