The Eleanor Burns method involves using her specialty rulers. It's fast, accurate and wonderful. However, you are limited to 4 sizes. I use her method most of the time, but sometimes I need another size. The Angler also works great for cheater corners and I do tons of those.[/QUOTE]
No you don't need the special ruler to do this....they are nice, but any square ruler will do. I have seen Eleanor herself do it this way on one of her older shows when the specialty rulers first came out. Just remember that there is a quarter inch seam allowance across the top and not on the sides....