I do a lot of things. I did learn from Donna Jordan to use the weight on the ruler. But she uses the lines on her mat and I recently watched a video where the quilter also does that. For my quilts which are mostly patchwork that seems to work fine. I also press seams open. Several quilters do that and have tested the process and it seems to last as forever it can. I don't stitch in the ditch so that isn't an issue for me. I also don't starch much.