Originally Posted by spiffy
I was just watching Eleanor Burns Quilt in a Day program. She was putting together her American Barns quilt with a checkerboard border. She was using a wonderful strip quilting tool that I love. I've spent a lot of time online looking for it, but can't find it anywhere.
It was a large sheet with slots 2 1/2 inches apart. You could cut accurate 2 1/2 in strips in just seconds with this ruler, template, cutting tool or whatever it's called. It looked like the measurements were 24x24.
I found something similar on the Quilt in Day website:
http://www.quiltinaday.com/shoponlin...lay.asp?i=1884
but I know what Eleanor used was larger because she folded her fabric in half and was able to cut the entire length of fabric and it was also square.
While I was looking I also found this great resource:
http://www.softexpressions.com/softw...ndexRulers.php
I hope someone knows where to find this because it would certainly save a lot of time while ensuring accuracy. Thanks for any help you can give me.
I just purchased it on-line from JoAnn's using a 50% off coupon. I still paid 30 something, but it was worth it to me to be able to cut perfect 2 1/2" strips. I love the June Taylor rulers and have several of them. This ruler is really large and comes in a cardboard container which is great for storing it. I highly recommend getting it.
I was wasting so much fabric because the regular rulers always slipped on me. It should pay for itself in no time at all (possibly in less than two projects).