when I hear the terms new and improved I'm often skeptical yet with my sixth most favorite notion I'm using the term myself to describe an easy foolproof chenille cutting tool its Ava's chenille cutter this is quite a compact notion you'll see that it uses one rotary blade and the blade is encased around the plastic housing and then along the edge are four different sized feet we should don't think of a cutter as having a feet their little feet or shoes that we're going to stitch or is cut between layers of fabric creating scarves chenille scarves or blankets shawls we've done that on in sewing with Nancy series called so chic chenille it's a simple technique with a lot of stitching and working with Rand fabrics or cotton fabrics and then after doing the stitching and cutting washing to have the fabric bloom you do the cutting before you do the washing and you all before the step you do the sewing now here's some fabric that's going to could possibly be used as a sample for a blanket I have three different layers of fabric stacked onto a base fabric and then stitched various rows about a presser foot apart when working with the chenille cutter you find the shoe that fits the width that you're working with get it started and slide it down and quickly it cuts like butter cutting through all the layers just cut row after row giving a little start at first and then cut now this is a cotton fabric you can use the same tool to cut on different fabrics this is ran like the scarf sample that I have and it has the rose stitch closer together you turn the gauge the dial to the left to select a different shoe size and I'm going to select the smaller size and then sometimes you may want to start cutting just a snip with the scissors to get a jump start on cutting the chenille and then just slide it through you may find that you would like to change the blade if the blade is becomes dull then you turn the edge clockwise to get a new clique to the blade there are 24 different cliques to use the entire blade so that you can use either the shoe sizes or the blade around the edge and the instructions are very clear so for creating quilting or garments like a scarf or baby items the chenille cutting tool by Ophir is a perfect addition for your sewing room