favorite line/brand of rulers
 

My current favorite line of rulers is the Olfa brand because they are the easiest ones for me to read and they feel nice to handle.

I do wish they had a few more sizes avsilable.



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I like the frosted Olfa rulers. I really don't have a favorite brand though. I don't use regular rulers much, I use a lot of specialty rulers or die cut my fabric.

I wish I had started with Creative Grid rulers... Easy to read and they have built-in non-slip dots that really hold the ruler in place.

My personal favorite is the Fiskars Donna Dewberry line - not readily available anymore though. Treasuring the ones I have!

I really like Creative Grids. I collected a lot of rulers I don't use anymore now that I've found Creative Grids.

Cheers, K

My absolute, hands-down FAVORITE ruler is my "Wrights EZ" ruler, 6-1/2x24. I love that ruler and use it so much I bought a second one. It's really easy to read and the size is super handy. I also have a handful of square rulers made by this brand, in various sizes. I buy them at Joann's.

I also like Creative Grids, and the frosted Olfa rulers. Oh, and my June Tailor strip cut rulers. I think my triangle ruler is Fons & Porter and I use that one a lot too. In general, I like rulers that are clear or lightly frosted, with thin black marks.

I do NOT like Omingrid/Omnigrip - all that yellow and green makes it really hard to see where my fabric edge is. I also don't like the "Cutting Edge" rulers that are supposed to sharpen your blade as you cut - I bought one and it DULLS my blade. BOO!

I started buy back decades ago Omnigrid and that is what I still have. I can't afford to buy a ruler that I already have. I like the Omingrip ruler for not sliding but the the backing does wear off.

My favorite rulers are the Olfa Frosted Advantage because they don't slip (really!), the lines are narrow, they're easy to see through on both light and dark fabrics, they come with many different angle lines (the 6"x24" one has 15º, 30º, 45º, 60º, and 90º in a full arc), and they're pure pleasure to use. I have the long one and two square ones (4½" and 9½"). A large square is on my wish list.

I also love my O'lipfa lip edge 5"x24" ruler, but I know a lot of people don't like them at all. I use it mostly when I want to cut strips fast. I also have dedicated 60º and 45º triangle rulers, but no other 'specialty' rulers.

I'm a charter member of the 'Hate Omnigrip/Omnigrid Club' because they're so blessed busy that accuracy is impossible. I was so eager to get rid of the nasty thing, I mailed it all the way across the country, free of charge, to someone who said they'd love to have it. It was either that or 'frisbee' it into the woods! Wonder if they still have it??? :)

I feel that the Creative Grids rulers are very "busy" - and require serious concentration when I use them.

One of my very favorite small rulers is the Omnigrid 4x8 ruler that is gridded in 1/8 inch lines. I also like the Ominigrid 3x18 that is gridded in 1/8 inch lines.

I use the tiny rulers from Rhonda quite a bit, too.

When I was cutting I Spy squares, I had clear plexiglass cut into various sizes and then used 1/4 inch masking tape on the edges to "frame" the picture. Some hardware stores were better about doing that than others. I think the cutter of them was cussing at me when trying to cut some of the really small squares (1.25 inches, 1.50, 1.75, 2.00, 2.25).

If one uses a lot of a certain size that isn't commonly available - 7.5 inches, for example - I think it is worth it to get a piece of acrylic or plexiglass cut to that size - than I don't have to "think" when squaring up a unit or block. It's also a good idea to label the size on each square!

when i was new to quilting, i bought a fluorescent 6.5x24 ruler with laser markings at a quilt show. it is my absolute favorite.... i wish all my rulers were the same.

I agree. I have on one Creative Grid ruler and it doesn't slip. I bought some invisa grip to put on my olfas to see if that helps the slipping but need to use it instead of just letting it sit in a drawer.

Creative Grids..... hands down!

We also use Creative Grids. When we took a class the teacher recommended that we pick a brand and stick with it. Her favorite is CG, so we used hers and liked them, and that is what we still use. The markings are clear, and the no stick buttons on the back do help to stabilize them.

Darren

I like the Creatve Grid rulers a lot!

Optima by far, have others but alas you can't find the brand anymore, when they need to be replaced it will be with creative grids which is similar except for the dots

I started quilting with different types of rulers, whatever size I needed that the store I was carried, I bought. So all of them were different (Quilt in a day, Omnigrid, Olfa, and a few others).

Then I bought ONE Creative Grid.

I have since replaced every single ruler with a Creative Grid ruler. They're perfect for me.

Kay England's Nifty Notions rulers. Olfa's yellow lines are difficult for me to read. TruCut rulers and rotary cutter that rides on a rail for cutting strips and squares. And any ruler by Deb Tucker for cutting and trimming specific blocks.

My 6.5x24" is a Fiskars--I can see the lines best on that one. I do love my shape cut, too.

Creative Grids - absolutely, positively! For me.

As our prices are generally double those of the U.S.A. , one is inclined to stick with the one that is purchased first - whether a 'dud' or not. I still have my Salem rule, bought in 1982.

The first ruler I ever bought was a June Tailor 6x12 and it is still my favorite. I have several Omnigrip as they seem to be what's available at Joann's when I need a particular size but I find them more difficult to read than the June Tailor.

I prefer Omnigrip/Omnigrid rulers as all of the others just confuse me. They come in many different sizes and shapes.
I've been using them since 1992.

I so agree. Once I found Creative Grids rulers, I switched over completely ruler by ruler. I find that I can see without distortion and cut more accurately. Love Creative Grids.

This is an interesting site for Creative Grids rulers.

http://www.creativegridsusa.com/

Does anyone know when they became relatively easily available in the USA?

My favorite are Creative Grid. I have used them now for about 3-5 years and usually do not buy other brands, but of course when I go to quilt shows I always get suckered in with some new gotta have rulers!LOL

Susan

Ditto to this!

i bought skid grip dots from JoAnn's and put them in strategic areas on all my rulers. No more slippage, and best of all, just a couple bucks!

I think the creative grids rulers are the best.

My favorites are still the Creative Grid rulers, especially since they have added better gripping. I have tried Olfas and Omnis and keep going back to the Creative Grids. I have a few other specialty rulers for other things.

I have one CG and have the same problem with it. I never use it and have all Omnigrips. But one could argue that the Omnigrip could be improved with narrower lines.

hugs,
Charlotte

I am all about Omnigrid

I don't have a favorite brand. It is whatever I can see on the fabric at the time.

Fiskars has a 24" x 6" ruler with a rotary cutter built in. I love to use this when cutting strips. These were off the market for a while, but now I see them in the stores. LOVE IT.
Other than that I use the Omnigrid. I also like the guideline 4 quilting rulers.

I love Omnigrid rulers and have them in many sizes.

I like EZ but my favorite is june taylor shape cutter.

I have several different brands but my favorite, by far is Creative Grids!

I have a June Tailor ruler that I have had from my first quilting project (it came in a kit with a 28mm Olfa rotary cutter & a mat). I just added grip dots to it & am thrilled with it all over again.
My other ones (triangle & square) are Omnigrid & I like them. I find all the lines helpful to keep things lined up properly. That might change in another 30 years when I hit the senior years, though. :eek:

I like the frosted Olfa ruler. It's easy to read and stays put. I had a Fiskar ruler that had a 1/2" added to one side and I hated that ruler. You could flip it over to get the true cut or use the 1/2" added side to allow for seam allowances. I was forever cutting things wrong with it because I had it flipped to the wrong side.

I'm not a fan of the rulers with the bright neon green and yellow markings on them. Hard for me to see accurate measurements with them.

I like the nonslip omni grid. I have one right now and will eventually replace my others.