Easiest Way to Square Up a Quilt
#11
I use my large square rulers and my cutting board underneath. I am intrigued by the new quilter's chalk line that uses the iron away powder. I am thinking of trying a regular carpenters chalk line with the white powder the next time I square up a quilt. Since I will be cutting along the snapped line it shouldn't matter if it is permanent or not because the binding will cover it.
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Just be careful you have a large enough surface when you use it. The quilt can slip and slide underneath the T-square. You want to position the quilt corner as flat as possible before placing the T-square on top of it.
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I will try a test before using Carpenter's white chalk on a quilt. I think if you carefully snap it that the chalk shouldn't fly further than what the binding will cover. I will post after I try it and tell everyone how it works but that won't be until September. I have my top ready but I still have to machine quilt it.
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I should mention that it's also possible to use laser level squares from the hardware store to square up a quilt. Here is a tutorial on using them to block a quilt, but they could also be used to mark a quilt for cutting:
http://www.dreamweavers-quilts.com/q...hort-tutorial/
It looks like a really neat method, and more accurate that just working on individual corners, but I don't have the space to try it out.
http://www.dreamweavers-quilts.com/q...hort-tutorial/
It looks like a really neat method, and more accurate that just working on individual corners, but I don't have the space to try it out.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6k1U6wAqz0 This is how I do mine. I'm afraid to use any ruler other than plastic in case you were to knick the blade of the rotary cuter.
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I should add that when I use the metal T-square, I don't like to use my rotary cutter. Instead, I mark the cutting lines using the T-square, then switch to my large plastic ruler and rotary cutter to actually cut on the lines. It's too easy to nick your rotary cutter blade on the metal.
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