Originally Posted by
sschick
A few months ago, I was poking around on Joann's website because I needed some backing material and batting. They were having a sale at the time so I bought a June Tailor slotted ruler (12 inch). Oh my gosh, I wish I had bought one sooner. I have looked at them before, but never purchased one. I wasn't sure how much use I'd get out of one. It definitely makes cutting squares so much quicker, especially when you need umpteen million of them (slight exaggeration here). I still screw up on some cuts where the ruler might slip a little and have to make some more, but not like when I was using my 6" x 24" ruler. The slotted ruler has become my go to tool now.
Shari
If you brace your fingers of your non cutting hand on the ruler, and then move across, re-setting where you brace each cut, it doens't slip. This is not as cumbersome as it sounds, after you get yourself used to doing this, it becomes second nature and doesn't slip.
A second solution - buy that non skid spray by Odif, do the backside of the ruler and it grips much better....