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Old 05-28-2017, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
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about her ruler getting worn down and then her strips had a curve in them.


I have had this happen with my rulers, too.

It took me a while to figure out why - when I moved my ruler - and had not moved the fabric - why the edge of the fabric was not "straight" on the measuring line.

Turns out that i had worn a curve into the edge of the ruler. When I finally set it on a straight surface - like my kitchen counter - I could see that my ruler was making a shallow arch.

Of course it caused me pain to discard the ruler - but it caused me more pain to have wonky strips.
Mine was really old, about 20yrs. I put a piece of masking tape on top of that side of the ruler and marked it ,
NO NO NO. The other three edges are still good.
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