Originally Posted by
MarLeClair
I think this was a great post. I never knew about the backing. I have a question: I have read on here where LAQ are doing "Ruler Work". Can you explain what that means?
When you are piecing you have something on your machine to show where your needle needs to be to give you a 1/4 inch seam. It may be a special foot or a piece of tape stuck on the needle plate, but something to show you where to stitch. A longarmer doing "ruler work" is using a "ruler" ,usually made of acrylic that she/he lays down on the quilt top next to the hopping foot to guide the needle to stitch a straight or curved line of stitching.