Sandpaper, using for holding fabric...
#12
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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I don't like the sandpaper dots for the bottom of a ruler. You can't move the ruler just a smidge you have to pick it up and then start all over. The dots snag on the fabric, collect threads, and just an all around hassle. There are better products for non slip rulers now.
#14
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: forest city nc
Posts: 299
I use an orphan vinyl floor (12") with the sticky back. Peel off the paper and place a sheet of fine sandpaper on the sticky side. Trim excess paper (if necessary). I use this for MARKING, not cutting. It lasts forever and is always ready when I need it. Takes up no (or very little) extra space in my sewing area.
#15
Back in the day before rotary cutting sandpaper was used on cardboard templates so they didn't slide around when you were marking your fabric before cutting with scissors. You would use a pencil to mark around your template then cut a 1/4" or so from that line to get your piece. You didn't have to be exact with the cutting since the pencil line was your stitching line. When I pieced by hand this was the method used. Maybe that's what people were referring to.
#16
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Michigan Thumb
Posts: 1,956
citruscountryquilter, those were the days of our early quilting days. My group did the same as you did, boy having the gridded mats, nice rulers and rotary cutters sure make things go much quicker. And now we prefer to do the piecing using our wonderful machines.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
#17
I have used it for marking HST but I never heard of using it for cutting. Interesting! I think I'll go read the other posts & see if anyone has done this. I was always afraid when using my ruler on the fine grit sandpaper though because of it scratching the ruler so I am really careful with it.
#19
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Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: California
Posts: 441
I don't like the sandpaper dots for the bottom of a ruler. You can't move the ruler just a smidge you have to pick it up and then start all over. The dots snag on the fabric, collect threads, and just an all around hassle. There are better products for non slip rulers now.
I dab a bit of clear nail polish on the edge of the ruler, then sprinkle with table salt while it's still wet. Works like a charm to grip the fabric, and it's transparent!
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