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05-01-2011, 02:58 AM

#21

dljennings

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Location: North Oxford MA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gramie bj

I use purple painter tape. its just too easy to get on the wrong line. tape is an easy reminder.

i use the purple, but only because it is my favorite color...

05-01-2011, 03:04 AM

#22

mjsylvstr

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Location: Spring Lake, NJ

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Yes I have used it when I was making a chenille quilt...

could have done it without the tape but that blue stuff really made life a whole lot easier..

05-01-2011, 03:10 AM

#23

LivelyLady

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Location: Western MA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by smitty

they make a 1/4" tape in neon colors that adheres to the ruler without sticky residue.

that's what I use, too.

05-01-2011, 03:13 AM

#24

piepatch

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I use it often when making quilts, and for other things as well.

05-01-2011, 03:13 AM

#25

Becky Crafts

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Location: Florida

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I have a roll of blue painters tape in the trunk of our car for when I sandwich quilts at the community center and another at home near my machine at all times.

05-01-2011, 03:32 AM

#26

grann of 6

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Location: Glenmoore, PA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by incoming2me

...that uses blue painter's tape on my rulers?

It seems as I'm working on a project - I forget where I was measuring from - or am too involved in what I'm doing to write anything down.

Thus began my dependence on blue painter's tape.
It sticks great - peels off easily with no residue.

I never really thought about it much until my latest project.
When I was putting my ruler away I looked at it wondering.. how did this make sense?
Knowing perfectly well that at the time I was using it, it was quite rational.

Your ruler looks like all mine do. Love the blue stuff; just enough stick-um to hold in place, but easy to pull off and move around. A friend was over one day and saw a ruler with the blue tape on it and said, "Do you know you have painters tape on your ruler?" I said, "Yes." She was a little puzzled but made no further comments.

05-01-2011, 04:17 AM

#27

carolaug

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I do the smae...LOL Great minds think a like.

05-01-2011, 04:24 AM

#28

bisseau

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Great idea....I've used painter's tape for all sorts of things over the years.

05-01-2011, 04:29 AM

#29

fabric lover

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Location: netherlands

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Oh yes, I use it all the time. I made some mistakes cutting before I used it, but not any more.

05-01-2011, 04:31 AM

#30

teacherbailey

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Location: Tucker, GA

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I use Sharpies. They clean off easily with alcohol or hand sanitizer. I tried tape but it seemed....maybe too wide or something....I kept getting confused by which side of the 1" tape I was supposed to follow.