Calibre Art Self Healing Rotating Cutting Mat, Perfect for Quilting & Art Projects, 18x18 (17" Grid)

This item is a replacement for their 12 X 12 unit. The first unit lasted for many hundreds if not thousand of cuts but eventually the surface got scoured too badly. The new unit looks identical except bigger. I expect to get many years of service but if the top self healing layer would be thicker I might get more.

This is an amazing product! A cutting mat on a turn-table? What? Who knew?I’m not a quilter, so I had never come across this, but Facebook thinks, because I sew, I must be a quilter, and advertised a product similar to this to me. It was too small & too expensive, so I turned to Amazon to find the largest one available, for the most affordable price, with the best reviews—and this one is a great value for its size and it works!I sew lingerie and all of my pattern pieces are fairly small, as are the fabrics I use.This cutting mat, on top of my cutting table, makes the cutting process so much easier and quicker! I am always cutting the right side of the pattern and don’t need to walk around my table or try to turn the non-turning cutting mat *or* my pattern & fabric! (A “lefty” would always be cutting the left side of their pattern!)It seems to be durable, but I’ve only been using it for a few short months—but it’s still wonderful & in good shape, just like the day it arrived. (I always use sharp, new, and nice rotary cutter blades, so I haven’t had to press very hard, which does extend the life of any self-healing mat.)It did smell a bit at first, but i just let it “off-gas” on my shaded porch for a few days. This is standard with any self-healing mat that has been protected in plastic & not just left out on a retail shelf (to off-gas before you buy it!)

It is exactly as described and a great addition to the sewing room. I have two sisters that ordered the smaller one and love it. Good quality, well made.

The Calibre Art Rotating Cutting Mat is wonderful. Besides being a well marked and rugged self healing cutting mat, it also rotates. The turntable mechanism is well manufactured. It moves easily when you want to rotate it, but stays put as you are measuring and cutting. I use mine mainly for quilting....cutting fabric with a rotary cutter. I've used mine daily for approximately a month and it is performing wonderfully. I love the 18x18 format. It's large enough for me to square up my quilting as well as do my fussy cutting, and I especially appreciate the quarter inch grid, the circle grid and the angles in the grid. With this cutting mat and my 18" x2.5" ruler I can cut just about anything accurately without having to "cross hand cut" or move around the table, I just rotate the mat never having to move my fabric, and make my next cut effortlessly. Great product and infinitely handy.

Really like the turn table part of the cutting board. Nice size. Not to small. I have not used it to square up my blocks yet, but feel it will be much easier to turn the board instead of the fabric. I have used it to cut my boarder strips. I’m sure this is going to be my go to cutting board. Board turns really smoothly. That is one thing I was worried about. Very good quality. Great purchase.