Originally Posted by
briskgo
have completed my shoo fly blocks with fussy cut center. just spent a tedious couple of hours squaring them up. Yes I needed a bigger ruler. My question, is there any reason I can't cut a clear plastic template, mark the middle, and if it's heavy enough plastic use the rotary cutter, or mark and use the appropriate ruler and square up? staples seem to have all weights of clear plastic.
geraldine
I have found the value of "Glo tape" used on my larger rulers helps when squaring things up. I just use a larger ruler, and put the tape on the right size lines, and trim two edges at once, flip the ruler and do it again. Cheap and repositionable for a few times.