Monkeyin' Around — Quilters Select

Hello, monkey house quilters! We're back with our second installment in the WTH Do I Do With This? 18" Square Quilters Select Ruler series: Trimming a Panel to Size.  In our first installment, we reviewed how I use the Quilters Select 18" Square Ruler to square up and begin cutting a large panel. If you haven't read that post, go there first to see how we started this journey!  So, to continue: Tool We're Talking About: The Quilters Select 18" Square Ruler How We're Using It: Trimming a Panel to Size In today's post, we'll cover marking and measuring a...

  I go to lots of quilting shows, and the number one question I get from people has to do with big rulers. Mainly: what the heck do I do with this?!? Quilters see a big, long ruler and can't imagine when they might need to use it. I get it. I once was you, before I tried to do something that couldn't be done without a big, long ruler.  So to prevent you from ever being in a situation where you're starting a project without the ruler you need (the worst possible scenario, right?), I'm going to break down...