Frequently Asked Questions:
1) How does Guidelines Ruler compare with conventional quilting rulers?
2) Is Guidelines Ruler for both right and left handers?3) What is Scant Quarter Inch Seam Allowance and Why do I need to use it?
4) How can I make traditional quilt blocks more easily without worrying about quilt math?
6)How much seam allowance do I need to add to make squares, half square triangles or quarter square triangles, using a quilting ruler?
1) How does the Guidelines Ruler compare with other quilting rulers?
Every successful quilt starts with accurately cut pieces. The Guidelines Ruler is a great quilting tool for any quilter who wants to achieve accuracy in quilt piece cutting. Just like the Rotary Cutter, every quilter will benefit from using it.
-
The Guidelines Ruler is one of the best Non Slip Quilting Rulers on the market. Built-in non slip strips underneath the ruler guarantee less arm, hand and shoulder strain.
Click here for testimonials.
- Every Guidelines Ruler comes with an adjustable Fabric Guide. Simply snap it onto the measurement line you need and it locks on. You don't need to mark or try to find the line. Better yet, its edge catches the edge of your fabric. You can instantly align your ruler to the fabric's edge. Accurate cutting is guaranteed.
- The Guidelines Ruler is the only ruler you can connect together. Join two 6"x12" Guidelines Ruler to make a 12" Square or 6"x24" Ruler. Great for Easy Storage and Transportation.
- Made of Polycarbonate, it is 25 times stronger than acrylic rulers and comes with a lifetime replacement guarantee.
2) Is the Guidelines Ruler for both right and left handers?
Yes. The Guidelines is designed for both left and right handed quilters. The angle lines also run in both directions. Right handers will be cutting on the right side of the Ruler, left handers on the left.
3) What is a Scant Quarter Inch and why do I need to use it?
A Scant Quarter Inch is a measurement that is 1 to 2 thread-width narrower than an exact Quarter Inch.
Don't we need an exact Quarter
Inch Seam Allowance?
Why should it be a Scant
Quarter Inch?
Just like any lines have some width, a seam line has 1 to 2 thread width. So, if you measure the exact quarter inch around quilt piece and sew them together, you will be sewing into the finished piece by 1 to 2 thread width too much. This may sound insignificant, but when you put together quilt pieces in this manner, a little adds up to the major inaccuracy in the entire quilt.
When you sew a Scant Quarter Inch, combined with the seam line, you end up with a perfect quarter inch seam allowance.
Guidelines4Quilting's Prep-Tool™ is scant quarter inch wide. You can set a scant quarter inch seam guide on your sewing machine.
You can also trim triangle points precisely with the Prep-Tool.
Click here to learn more about the Prep-Tool.
4) How can I make traditional quilt blocks more easily without worrying about quilt math?
Using Finished Size Quilting techniques, you can make traditional blocks any size you want
with no math, patterns or templates. Click here to learn more.
The Ultimate Stashbuster - A Fun Way to turn your stash into finished blocks.
Click
here to learn more.
5) Half and Quarter Square Triangles are identical in shape. How can I tell them apart when I see them in quilt blocks?
Section 1:
Section 2:
6) How much seam allowance do I need to add to make squares, half square triangles or quarter square triangles, using a quilting ruler?
Read the next section for the Solution -- Seam Allowance Additions™.
7) How can I make half square triangles and quarter square triangles that fit perfectly with each other or with squares in the same block?
Using a quilt ruler alone, it's impossible to add the precise seam allowance amounts: 0.854" for half square triangles and 1.207" for quarter square triangles. Use Seam Allowance Additions, and your
half and quarter square triangles will fit with each other and with squares in the same block.Click here to learn how to use the Seam Allowance Additions.
8) Can I use Seam Allowance Additions for my acrylic rulers, such as Omnigrid, Olfa or Creative Grids' Rulers?
Seam Allowance Additions work with Guidelines Rulers only.
If you want to add accurate seam allowances to your regular acrylic rulers, use Quilt Ruler Additions.
The Guidelines Ruler:
Non-Slip, Un-nickable, Unchippable, Self-Aligning Ruler.
Quilting Ruler with Adjustable Fabric Guide that self-aligns to the fabric's edge:
Made of Polycarbonate, the Guidelines Ruler is 25 times stronger than acrylic rulers
and comes with a lifetime replacement guarantee.
No nicking the edge of the Guidelines Ruler's edge with a rotary cutter's blade or No Chipping its corners guaranteed.
9) What are the steps to square up fabric?
The goal is to cut just inside of the raw edge of the fabric, so that the newly cut edge is aligned with the crosswise grain line of the fabric. Click here for Step-by-Step Instructions.
