Anyone who has a Big Lots store - I just bought a 6" x 24" ruler from them - it is a Martha Stewart ruler for scrap booking or quilting. The best part is that it has a giant clip on pne end so you can clip it to your cutting mat and keep it in place at one end while you hold the other down (it clips from the bottom or top) and it has a raised lip on one edge so that you can't jump the edge and cut your fingers. the markings on it aren't as good as a true quilters ruler but for $4 I thought it was worth trying. I'm taking it to a retreat this weekend and see what my guild members think.