Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday.

So today’s tool is a really cool tool because I am now the proud owner of a Brother ScanNCut and I also have my very first sponsor.

Last fall I was telling the Brother rep in my class at CreativFest all about the mug rug challenge I had planned for 2015. She thought it was a great idea and that I should talk to her company about getting a ScanNCut for the challenge. She said she would pass along my name and contact details.

A few weeks later I heard from Brother, a few questions were asked and she said she would get back to me. Just before Christmas I had an e-mail saying they would be happy to supply me with a ScanNCut.

The ScanNCut arrived at my door and now I have a wonderful new tool in my studio to help me create fantastic appliqué pieces.

The box with a ScanNCut

The ScanNCut is 6 inches high, 6 inches wide and 19 inches long. It is not that big but I do need to go shopping for another table for it to sit on as right now it is taking up precious real-estate on my cutting table. Plus it needs to be close to a power point.

The ScanNCut

What’s Included

Along with the physical accessories there are 702 built-in designs, 140 quilting designs and 5 built-in fonts and the best part is it is a stand-alone machine that does not require extra software or to be hooked up to a computer.

The manual is a must read before I take my first test drive. I’ve never been good at reading manuals but this time there is no exception – it is a must read.

Mats

The mats

Pen & Blade Holders

Pen & blade holders

Pens, Stylet & Spatula

The array of tools that come with the ScanNCut

Pens, holders, stylet & spatula

Thanks Brother. I am so very excited about having the ScanNCut in my studio and I can’t wait to create mug rugs and other cool quilts with it.

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Happy Quilting!

judy on 22 January 2015 at 05:12

Congratulstions on the Scan n Cut. I got one for Christmas and am having so much fun learning to use it. Have fun.
- Jen on 23 January 2015 at 08:17
  
  Thanks Judy. I am looking forward to learning all about mine and creating wonderful projects with it.
Renata on 22 January 2015 at 13:23

I am considering one. I want to hear all about the pros and cons of this machine.
- Jen on 23 January 2015 at 08:16
  
  Renanta, I will be doing several posts about the ScanNCut over the next few months and a review as well.
Lori on 23 January 2015 at 08:28

Such an interesting idea. It will be interesting to see how useful you find it.
- Jen on 23 January 2015 at 08:39
  
  Lori, I am looking forward to creating with it. Will keep you posted on my adventures in creating with it.
Janine on 18 January 2017 at 22:03

I know the scan n cut has built in quilt patterns but how do you make it cut a square into two half square triangles? If I had a 7″ piece of fabric I should get 4 3 1/2″ squares or 8 3 1/2″ half square triangles. I can get either squares or half square triangles but it won’t cut 8 3 1/2″ hst as i can’t get it to cut the square diagonally. Have you found a way to do that?