Originally Posted by Bamagal

I'm teaching a beginner quilter- one who has never used the rotary cutter.

A basic 12 inch churn dash block direction calls for one to cut a 4 7/8 strip then subcut a 4 7/8 block ( for half square part). Same directions for any basic block with a half square. Now how the heck do you teach this when no ruler has a 7/8 inch mark??

I really hate to teach shortcuts before basics.