Today I was cutting some strips of fabric with my rotary cutter and a ruler. My ruler kept slipping, causing my cutting line to go crooked. This has happened to me so many times. It drives me nuts! Then a light bulb went off in my brain. My husband uses painters tape for a zillion things, so why not try taping each end of the ruler so it will stay in place while I am cutting. It worked! Why hadn't I thought of this before?
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What a wonderful idea. I am just learning to quilt and get quite frustrated when I make a cut piece off and not usable. I am going to go to Wal-mart and purchase some of this. Thanks a million for sharing.
Another way is to put those round felt pieces that are used on chair legs to keep from scratching the floor. Stick one on each end about two to three inches from the end. Works great!
I use Medical tape by 3M..YOu put it on the back of your cutting tool/ruler etc. Its clear, has a textured surface for grip and is easily attached to rulers and templates of all sizes and types. It will stop your ruler from sliding around.
A lot of us quilters just stick a strip of sand paper on the bottom of the ruler. That keeps it in place.
good idea! I used the small plasticy rubbery dots used for projets that you don't banging (like my wooden garbage can lid into the wall), you can find them in the same aisle you find those little felt green dots.
There is an item that you buy where you bought your templates & rulers. It's called 'ClearGrip' by Sew Easy(TM) - 12.5" X 1yd. It comes on a role & is clear, removable & reusable. It was only AUD$10, so probabaly around USD$8.00.
Great post. We all have our ways of dealing with "non problems". I discovered quite by accident at least 40 years ago that my tailor's chalk wasn't washable. Ever since then I have been using soap scraps to mark all my work.
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