Accessories for Quilting Rulers

Have you ever gotten frustrated especially with your small rulers at how they slip and slide on your fabric when you're getting ready to cut? Well, I've got a couple of little accessories that I wanna show you that will prevent your rulers from slipping and also help you be more accurate with your rulers. The first thing I wanna show you are these clear fabric grippers. And the nice thing is when you have them on, I've got them in the corners here, you can still see through the grippers to your fabric and you can also read your measurements on the ruler. And the nice thing is, your ruler doesn't move, it just stays right there on the fabric where you put it. So let me show you how you do this. They're very, very simple and they are so worth the investment. They are a good safety thing so that you will have less chance of cutting your finger with rotary cutter. You just peel this off, they just pop out like that out of the package and you put one in each corner and they stick and grip and they also will come back up if you need to replace or replace the positioning or if you decide you don't wanna use it on that ruler anymore, you just put them on and then quickly your problem is solved and you won't be having the issue of a sliding ruler anymore. So I highly recommend those, those have just been a godsend. Second thing I want to show you is a product called a static stickers and I love these, static stickers come on a grid like this, and they're bright pink. And so you cut them off for whatever size you want and then you simply peel back and that's probably the hardest part. And let's say, you need to cut three inch strips. You just lay this on the ruler at the three inch mark and go ahead and trim it. And if you get it on there crooked, guess what? You can simply replace it and push it down. And now when I want to cut rapidly my three inch strips, I know exactly where I need to put it so that I know that that's three inches and I just, oops, keep coming in and I'm all set to go. Now another way that I like to use this is especially when I'm doing an angle, there are many, many markings, let me put this on some fabric so you can see. On a ruler you will usually have a 60 inch angle, you'll have the 60 going this way and the 45 sometimes you'll have a 30 inch and sometimes it can be a little confusing which way you need to put your ruler. So I find if I just put this on the angle mark, line it up nice and neat, that then when I'm coming along and I need to cut an angle, I could either have it this way so that I know which edge to lay down. I'm just all set to go. And then if I need to come along and have my 60 degree going the other way, that's very simple too. I'm all set. So this is a wonderful little gizmo and as soon as you're done cutting, you take it off and you're all set for the next time. You can hang onto your strips and use them again and again and again. The nice thing is with the grid on the back, you know exactly where to cut you can either cut with scissors, or if you have an old blade in your rotary cutter, take your ruler and cut it with that and hopefully you will find these two accessories to be a good tool to add to your ruler and make your quilting safer and more efficient.