I love this thread! I'm also very much a quilting newbie and just by reading here, I've managed to add many things to my wishlist and must-have-right-this-minute!! list.
The measuring portion of any sewing is always the part I hate - I wish I would have known about more of these neat rulers (especially that shape-cutter one) before I cut and pieced my current quilt top. It would have saved a lot of frustration!
I also keep seeing a ruler to "square up" the quilt. Is this to help square up the fabric/yards or do you use it on the actual quilt? Because, forgive my ignorance, it seems like your quilt would already be fairly squared up in the corners? I struggle with getting my fabric yards/half yards/etc squared up, so if that ruler helps with that, I would love it!