[QUOTE=fatquarters;5925444]so, I'm curious, this is something I need for a straight line, are there other shapes that help with FMQ. I am new to FMQ and am just trying to learn, so any tricks are great. I know I need one of these![/QUOTEI find doing straight lines when doing FMQ very difficult. I can do most everything else fine but sometimes I want to outline a shape or block with a line of quilting and I wanted something I could see through and stitch along with the FMQ foot. You can buy thick rulers for ruler work on long arm machines but I wanted something for my regular sewing machine. They sell all kinds of shapes for long arm machines. I called it a ruler even though it has no numbers because the long armers call their straight edge work "ruler work".