Tri-Recs Rulers/Tool
 

I think it would be useful/helpful if the rulers/tool or the packaging had something on them/it saying that this is NOT a 30-60-90 or 60-60-60 ruler.

or

This tool is NOT suitable for hexagons.

I think, to the casual observer, that they might look like they could be interchangeably used - but that does not work out well.

I've always had trouble with the Tri-Recs ruler set. I cut and sewed a ton of blocks using the patches cut with the ruler and they never came out to the size they were supposed to be. I ended up using Eleanor Burns' method to create that triangle in a square block that is so cool.

I tried the Tri Recs and it worked ok, but the Deb Tucker is my favorite for TIS units. You make them a tad oversized, then trim them down. She calls it the V-block trimmer. I'm in the process of making Liz Porter's "Emily's Wedding Quilt" for our oldest niece and have used the V-block trimmer A LOT. Every unit comes out the right size with the perfect quarter inch seam allowance.

Well poo, I have this set, but I'm a beginner so I am terrible at seeing a video or tutorial and thinking "hey that will help me", I have as yet to open the package I purchased 6 months ago :o

It would be very helpful if it was properly label. It is a 57* triangle. I want one someday so I can make a storm at sea.

I was wondering WHY my Tri rec which has always been my go to ruler when making EB's 8 pointed stars. It matched the template in her book perfectly but I have had another triangle ruler that I have never used because it was different. Will have to see if that one is a perfect 60 degree ruler. How frustrating !!

I used the Tri Rec tools to make Emily's Wedding Quit and it turned great. I had no trouble using the tools suggested in the pattern.

I used the Tri-recs making my last Bonnie Hunter - worked out fine for me, she does such a great job on instructing us how to use the different rulers, if she hadn't, I'm sure I would never have used any of the specialty rulers! As you say, packaging isn't that helpful.

The whole point of this post is:

The triangle in a square unit (where the unit ends up being a SQUARE) can not be made with a 30-60-90 and 60-60-60 degree triangles.

Nor can a hexagon unit be made with triangles that make a triangle in a square unit.

At least, not if one wants the unit to lay flat.

I have this ruler too and have never used it-I will go see what Bonnie does with it,thanks

I thought about getting it - and then decided I could draw my own templates easily enough.

I love mine; perfect for Tennessee Waltz that am doing; much better than Eleanor Burns templates for me. And I have recommended it to other quilters who used it successfully.

I bought a Tri-Recs set for a class I took at my guild's quilt college last spring. We made the 54-40 or Fight block which was very quick and easy. She also showed us pictures of several more to make using the Tri-Recs. According to my teacher who has used hers many times, the earlier version of the ruler set came with better detailed instructions, my new one did not. She had copied the ones from hers and distributed to the class, it helps a lot. There are some instructions available from the manufacturer online here: http://www.simplicity.com/t-tutorial...lic-Tools.aspx There are a lot of others on you tube, ect. too.

I find it to be a most useful tool, and it performs well for the purpose it was designed for.

It would seem silly to mark every tool with what it is *not*. Shall we have icepicks marked "not a screw driver"? Can openers labeled with "not a blender"?

While the printed directions with the tool may be somewhat spare, there are certainly many instructionals on the world wide web available for free and with the greatest of ease.

Too funny! Sorta like hot coffee cautions on fast food coffees!

But seriously, I'm making a storm-at-sea for my daughter, have the ruler, but would lovesome instruction on how to use it for this pattern--have used it on Bonnie Hunter' Celtic Solstice (ok,still working on it!)

I will be trying the Tennessee Waltz with mine as suggested by a kind Quilt Board Member. When I get the time to play instead of quilting for my kids.

Once I learned how to use them, I think they are great. I had to get Bonnie to show me how at one of her workshops.