Unless you have a fabric cutting machine (like one of these), cutting fabric is one of the more challenging parts of quilting. I've heard countless tales of people slipping or misjudging with a rotary cutter and cutting off parts of their fingers. Grippers make it safer to cut fabric and, in some cases, also make it safer to do hand stitching. The Gypsy Quilter is a popular brand in the quilting aids industry, and they offer powerful grippers that many quilters swear by. There are three main models in the brand's line of grippers: The Original, the In-Between and the
