Originally Posted by
MadQuilter
Making 8 at a time sounds like the method where the bias is on the outer edge. I do not like that method at all. Too much stretchy.
Exactly! That's what I thought when I saw it on the blog a few months ago.
It's like that dreaded Missouri Quilts method that is all the rage - (two squares and sew a 1/4 around the perimeter, then cut twice diagonally). Ridiculous.
Also, it's not a cutting ruler, it's for marking purposes only.
Here's a better link for the how-to
http://www.ctpubblog.com/2012/05/29/...plus-giveaway/
You still have to sew and press correctly (and make sure that your original squares were cut spot-on).
It makes it so you don't have to deal with eighths on your ruler.
It's built into the seam allowance so you don't have to cut the squares an odd size like 3-7/8". You cut 4" and the extra is already built into the seam allowance when you mark the sewing lines.
That's the difference to the regular method - you're marking SEWING lines instead of CUTTING lines.
If someone doesn't understand the basics involved, this ruler isn't going to help them when the finished HST BLOCK doesn't come out to the expected perfect measurement.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know.
Everyone should cut and sew and press perfectly on each and every seam.
But that's not real life.
And when you take away putting the extra fudge factor at the beginning, there are no options to use to fix it at the end (like when you start with bigger squares and then trim down at the end).
I, too, am a gadget/ruler collector but I think, for me, my
old-fashioned way of doing it will work better.
eta: Sorry for all the editing. My brain was going faster than my fingers. Or was it the other way around?