it's been my experience that when i iron (or press) two fabrics together, they cling to each other. i think the cotton fibres hold on to each other, like little elves. i've never had them slip away from each other. however i've never tried this with yardage, only with strips or other shapes.

oh, i think you're asking a different question. how does she keep the freezer paper from shifting on the fabric?

i line up the very top edge and iron very carefully down from there. the paper can't shift and makes a good template against which to line up the fabric.

Like little elves, huh??? That's good!

Thanks for explaining -- I sure didn't see any pins in what she was sewing...
I've seen this continuous strip thingie before but whoever did it, just marked all the lines. But I can see the advantage to only marking it once on freezer paper :roll: :roll:

The instruction sheet for El Burns ruler is for printing out.
It comes with the ruler and with a coupon at Joanns the ruler is cheap.
To use it you place the triangle size on the ruler on the stitch line then make two cuts ^ . Perfect half sqs and the ruler is for quarter sqs also.

Go to the Quilt in a Day website and click on Television and videos in the bar across the sceen.
You can watch her using the square up ruler in the second half of the video.

I was wondering -

the original fabric was cut + 7/8 inch finished size
the stitching lines were drawn on
the stitching was on the stitching lines

she's squaring up the blocks -

with the other three steps, why aren't they coming out "perfect" after the sewing?

I didn't see dunster's post before I wrote mine -

great minds think the same???

i've never had a problem when i did the above steps correctly.

i think the error comes from being aggressive during the ironing process and then they need to square things up because it was stretched out of shape.

actually, if the idea of oversizing and then trimming down appeals to you, going for an additional 1/8" makes the measuring a lot easier. cut an extra 8/8th's, so to speak ( 1") and trim the excess away. it's much easier to measure 1" than 7/8".

We also have to remember that this could be just the tool for a newbie that is still learning the tricks of the trades.

I picked up one of these at Wal-mart yesterday for $11 and change. I mainly bought so would be easier for my mom. Easier for her to sew on lines than to mark the center line and then hope that she is getting the 1/4 or less from the line and then square up.

I can see where this could be a senseless tool in some people's minds, but not everyone grasps the other "easy" methods. And yes, I agree in theory should square up if sewing on lines, but some people can't always sew directly on lines.