Attach Grip Strips all the way up to the edge of your rulers or templates so there is no space between the edge of the Grip Strips and the edge of your ruler.

You want Grip Strips to solidly grip your fabric while cutting so you want them all the way up to the edge.

If you don’t put them all the way to the edge, your fabric can shift and ripple a little as you cut.

Yes they are.

• If you don’t get them right on the edge the first time, they peel off easily without leaving any residue.
• If they aren’t all the way to the edge or a little beyond it, just peel and adjust.

The material, the Grip Strips themselves are made of, will last a lifetime,
but there are things that can cause the adhesive to wear out.

If you travel a lot, depending on how you pack them,
the Grip Strips may get shifted out of place by other objects.

It's easy to re-align them but eventually that can wear the adhesive out.

Also extreme heat, like being left directly in the sun, can wear the adhesive out.

One reason Grip Strips work so well is that they solidly grip your fabric right where you are cutting. If you cut them up, there will be space between them where your fabric is not being gripped and you might not get a clean, straight cut.

If Grip Strips make your ruler too thick to fit into the slot in your ruler rack, you can put the Grip Strips on the side you don’t cut on, in a little bit from the edge.

So if you cut on only one side of your rectangular rulers, you can put the Grip Strips on the opposite side, in far enough from the edge, so that it will still fit in the slot of your ruler rack.

Make sure Grip Strips are all the way to the edge of the side you’ll be cutting on.

You can put them far enough from the edge on the side you won’t be cutting on so you can still put your ruler in a rack.

This Is one time you may want to cut them up into smaller pieces.

If you are using them on a machine quilting ruler, the more edges the better, so cut them up and spread them out on machine quilting rulers.

Because Grip Strips concentrate the force on the edges of your ruler, half the pressure will be concentrated on your fabric right where you are cutting. You’ll find it’s much easier to hold your ruler in place and get clean cuts even with multiple layers of fabric.

Without Grip Strips, all the pressure is directly under your hand. It gets harder and harder, with each additional layer of fabric under your ruler, to keep it from slipping and get a clean cut.

Because with Grip Strips the pressure is all on the edges of your ruler or template, working over bulky seams is a breeze.

Without Grip Strips, a bulky seam can make the ruler even harder to hold in place.

Terry Chase - Winter Springs, FL
"Grip strips...help on ALL rulers, and are a godsend on square rulers where precision is everything. ... Also, since they raise the ruler slightly, you can easily work them over bulky seams that need to be cut...”

Peel crystal clear Grip Strips (11¾” long) off the brown backing paper.