Originally Posted by Sandra Craig
I don't have a favorite brand but I like my cutting mat with the measurement numbers the same on the opposite side it makes lining up your ruler much easier if you can see your ruler is on the same number on both sides (hope this makes sense. Sandie
I've read many quilt sites and on TV that we shouldn't be using the grid lines on our mats but to use our rulers and squares instead.
I know that when I first started I used the grid lines just cuz they were there. But when the 'right side' of my mat got chewed up over time I flipped it to the back where there were no grid lines and found that I really do like using the rulers best for using to measure.
The new mat I got today has markings on one side only. I might just start out using the side with no markings first. It is what I've become used to over the last several years.