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Would love to know how to square up a piece- particularly why videos show trimming a square and then turning it 180 to trim other 2 sides. Δ 21 Responses to “How to Use Quilting Rulers Properly” Mail (required) (will not be published).Once you figure out what type of quilting ruler you are most comfortable using, you will find that you can do most of your cuts with just that one ruler. Selecting the right quilting ruler for what you are making can help save you time and money. While you can have a different square ruler of each different size if you want, Heather shows how you can quickly and easily cut many different sizes of squares with one larger ruler by utilizing the center diagonal line on a square ruler. These rulers come in all different sizes, depending on what size of square you are wanting to cut.

Square RulersĪnother common type of quilting ruler is a square ruler. Heather shows how to line up your fabric along these lines to give you the angle that you want. These lines can be used to cut 30º, 45º, and 60º angles. Heather also shows that there are diagonal lines on long rulers as well. While some of those increments might be labeled, like the ½” mark, others will not be, so it is important to either be able to visualize what the other marks are or be able to count them.

Heather explains that the grid lines on the ruler mark an inch, while all of the smaller hash marks are for other increments. No matter what width your long ruler is, it will still have the same markings. They now make this type of quilting ruler up to 6 ½” wide, making it much easier to cut both strips and blocks. Previously, they were made anywhere from 3 ½” to 6” wide and in several different lengths. One of the common types of quilting rulers is the long ruler. Heather Thomas will teach you how to use them properly by explaining what all of the different hash lines on them are for as well as the diagonal lines. The ruler has a blunt corner which is placed at the top of the fabric strip with the corresponding line at the bottom for the finished size of the block.Quilting rulers come in all different sizes and shapes. This shape is cut from strips of fabric whether it be a single piece of fabric or a fabric run made up of different fabric strips like in the Spider Web Kaleidoscope design. This is the main pie shape or triangle of the block. How does the ruler workĮach ruler works in the same way and is used to cut three different shapes for the kaleidoscope blocks. For those of us who like to work miniature or jumbo and everything in-between. They certainly offer a huge range of block sizes to choose from. The Kaleido ruler comes two sizes, small and large with the small ruler making 2″ to 8″ blocks and the large ruler making 6″ to 16″ blocks. I really like these two rulers from Marti Michell and I find them very easy to use. Well, soon has finally arrived and here it is. Way back when in the spring I featured this ruler on Cool Tool Thursday and mentioned at the end of it that a Technique Tuesday post would be coming soon.

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