ManiacQuilter2

I would use my 12.5" square ruler to cut an unusual square size of 10.25". I do use my 3.5" Omnigrid ruler when I need to add a 1/4" up to 3.5" to my 6"x24" ruler.

evelyn5269

thank you for the tip. I can't get a ruler the size I need so the add a quarter makes it the size I need.

gale

She just means don't cut against it if you're trying to add a quarter inch to a regular ruler. It just isn't made to work that way. The ruler itself is probably 1/2" wide. There is a very shallow lip-so shallow that it only catches a sheet or two of paper-in the center. So if you lined the lip up to the edge of the ruler, it would make the add-a-quarter ruler suspended above the fabric and not down against it. If you put it on the opposite end of the ruler and line up the lip with the edge of the fabric, then it will add the quarter but I honestly would not trust it to be 100% accurate using it this way. I use two rulers side by side if one isn't wide enough.

PaperPrincess

You can cut against it when you PP, but the lip is sized to ride over a fabric + paper seam and lay flat so you can safely cut with it. A rotary ruler is too thick to allow the ruler to sit flat. It will wobble. So you don't want to cut against it using it in this manner.

fivepaws

Duh!! Why didn't I think of that. Thank you.

danlynmartin

I use mine all the time but never for the use your talking about. Don' see why it wouldn't work but be careful of movemement when 2 rulers a together. You could draw a line at the ten mark and then use the quarter inch.

citruscountyquilter

I love my add 1/4 ruler and use it all the time. I have never used it as suggested against another ruler but what a great idea. It is my go to ruler in paper piecing and I use it as a small ruler when I just want to measure something. I lost mine and couldn't do without it so bought another and then of course I found the first one so now I have two!

SuziSew

I've not tried this myself but the reviews have been good...

http://www.guidelines4quilting.com/QR-SAA.html

Becky's Crafts

My add-a-quarter ruler is one of my most used tools! I'm sure you could find a way to make it work or tape a piece of cardboard to the opposite side of the ruler that you'd cut on. That would add the 1/4" without a lot of expense & still get the job done without a big lip like the add-a-quarter ruler has. I think my 10" square up ruler is actually 10-1/2". You may want to check that to be sure!

meanmom

Could you use a larger ruler and mark the line you need to use with painters tape. I keep a roll in my sewing room. I often mark my rulers with the tape when I need to make repeated cuts on the same line.