Square Up Ruler
#11
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 540
I use the Block Maker ruler.
http://www.nancysnotions.com/product...marker+tool.do
There is a video on the page how to use it.
http://www.nancysnotions.com/product...marker+tool.do
There is a video on the page how to use it.
#14
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Heart of Colorado's majestic mountains!
Posts: 6,026
I have one called Quilter's Rule-Square Block Lapboard. It is very easy to read and is "non slip". One of its real advantages is that it has a diagonal line that really helps with the squaring up process. The markings are clear but sometimes I use small pieces of masking tape to mark the lines I want to use. I have used it for years.
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: The Deep South near Cajun Country, USA
Posts: 5,434
Literally any ruler can be a square up ruler. I have several I use all the time. As long as you understand the basics of squaring up, you will be fine with whatever square you have. The website gives the method I use, except that I never pull or push the fabrics to make them be square. I find they always want to go back to what they were before. I will rip the block apart and make some smaller seams if the block is too wonky.
http://justquilty.com/2012/08/how-to...sewing-series/
http://justquilty.com/2012/08/how-to...sewing-series/
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Texas
Posts: 512
I use the Block Maker ruler.
http://www.nancysnotions.com/product...marker+tool.do
There is a video on the page how to use it.
http://www.nancysnotions.com/product...marker+tool.do
There is a video on the page how to use it.
#18
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 4,299
I don't use any particular ruler; I use the marks on my cutting mat to figure out the square and cut accordingly. My mat has a zero line in the middle of the mat and numbers counting outwards from it to the left and to the right, so I can make sure I'm not trimming too much from one side and not enough from the other.
Exception is half square triangles - I use my Bloc Loc rulers to get good corners on those, I butt them against a longer ruler, adjust to proper position, remove the Bloc Loc ruler and cut against the other ruler.
Exception is half square triangles - I use my Bloc Loc rulers to get good corners on those, I butt them against a longer ruler, adjust to proper position, remove the Bloc Loc ruler and cut against the other ruler.
#19
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,427
Squaring up a pieced block is tricky. It's not a matter of cutting the block to the size square you want. To keep the points if any you have to have 1/4" past the point. The outside pieces need to be 1/4" wider then the inside pieces on each side.
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