[quote=laurlync]I'm with you on the straight lines...I can't cut a straight line, I can't draw a straight line and I can't walk a straight line...and I don't drink!!!!
I have trouble with a regular ruler but bought a June Tailor Shape Cut ruler and love it so much, I bought her Exact Eighths and Perfect Half-Square & Quarter Square Triangles rulers. Once everything is lined up, I can make several cuts and the fabric and ruler both behave better for me. She also has a Quarter Cut ruler and, when I find it either on sale or where I can use a percent off coupon, I plan to invest in it as well.
HST's are the easiest squares to make. I use a Fons and Porter Quarter Inch Seam Marker for it - it is the one where you make your two squares, ie 3-1/2x3-1/2 and you use the marker, measure from point to point, draw a line on each side of the marker, pin the fabric down, sew down the middle, cut the drawn lines, finger press and VOILA!!! a half square triangle. Very simple, very easy. 1/4square triangles you do exactly the same way only you cut your completed half square triangle and draw the lines the same way, sew and cut, finger press and VOILA again!!!!! 1/4 square triangles. I also have an OmniEdge that fits against your cutting mat and doesn't wiggle around. Perfect straight lines. Don't ever let anything intimidate you. You'll never do it.
It is more fun to make a mistake, see your mistake and correct it. That is how you learn and that's what makes quilting quilting! Fun! Edie (I talk just like I write or write just like I talk. I sure hope you understood what I was trying to say/write!!!