auntmarie

I am amazed how helpful and kind all the quilters are on this site!!!!!!!!!!!
God bless you all!!!!!!!!

dallen4350

All these suggestions are good. I didn't use starch, but did use a square. Aligned opposite points on the seam and cut. I did put "The Steady Betty" (little adhesive anti-slip pieces) to the back of all my rulers. Also put a new blade in the rotary cutter. I didn't have any problems. I've attached a picture so you can see. I had a half of a Bali pop, so I added strips of white. This is just a large lap quilt. Still need to add boarders.

krafty14

I guess I chickened out and bought the ruler. Makes it easy. Ann

ssnare

This is a pretty quilt. Thank you all for your help. It is the Missouri sewing that I have watched on u tube. What do you mean when you say, "Aligned opposite points on the seam and cut."? I use a square ruler too. And the only angle that is marked on the ruler is a 45 degree angle.

ssnare

What ruler do I need to buy?

Zephyr

I use the tape on my ruler, but also the top of the ruler only goes to the sewed line, not the top of the fabric, if I remember correctly.

Steady Stiching

When making this be sure to go heavy on the starch, the thing about the tube is that it creates bias edges on the outside. Be careful not to stretch...handle the fabric like a newborn baby.
I didn't buy any special rulers, I used my degrees mark on my long ruler, using painters tape to mark where you need is helpful.

dallen4350

I used a square. The 45 degree line runs from one corner to the opposite corner. So I just aligned the points on the seam. The 45 degree line would run along the seam, but mostly I made sure the two points were on the line (until the strip was too short, then I used the 45 degree line).

Also, after the 1st cut, make sure that the cut edge of the quarter inch seam allowance runs along the edge of the square. That sounds confusing, but basically be sure that the point of the square or the edge of the ruler is aligned to the cut edge of the seam. If it is off even a little, then your pieces would come out different sizes. I have attached pictures.

Hope this helps.

gemladi

When you cut using this method, try spray starching the fabric first. I reccomend either starching or sizing fabrics when you are going to be cutting on the bias. Hope this helps.

JanieH

Great suggestions!