...that uses blue painter's tape on my rulers?

It seems as I'm working on a project - I forget where I was measuring from - or am too involved in what I'm doing to write anything down.

Thus began my dependence on blue painter's tape.
It sticks great - peels off easily with no residue.

I never really thought about it much until my latest project.
When I was putting my ruler away I looked at it wondering.. how did this make sense?
Knowing perfectly well that at the time I was using it, it was quite rational.

I use purple painter tape. its just too easy to get on the wrong line. tape is an easy reminder.

Nope you are not alone!! I use it too and the next time I pull out that ruler I wonder how or why the position of my tape made sense !!

I have an orange static sticker thingy that I picked up somewhere.

they make a 1/4" tape in neon colors that adheres to the ruler without sticky residue.

That's what I have. It comes is several colors, in case you need more than one measurement.

I use these too, but the tape would work just as well.

I'm gonna have to remember this one. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for sharing had never heard of this handy trick!

Painter's tape is one of my favorite non-sewing notions. I use it to mark my rulers, sometimes to mark quilting lines, to tape a small brown bag to my sewing table for scraps, to pick up threads after ripping. And I keep a strip sticky side up next to the machine to catch clipped threads.