The Long and Short of Quilting Rulers

I have always wondered which size of quilting ruler is best. Originally, it seemed to me that a longer ruler would be better because you wouldn’t have to reposition it as often.

However, I have changed my mine about that!!

In this video, I try quilting curves using two rulers….one 12-inch and one 6-inch.

Check out the results….

If you are reading on email, you can use this link to go directly to the video….. https://youtu.be/TULU6XvNFkk

What are your thoughts…..

Have you tried using a longer ruler?

Did it work??

Inquiring minds want to know!!

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Quarter Inch Quilting made easy

Last week I talked about using a ruler to stitch in the ditch.

This week I have been doing a LOT of 1/4-inch quilting…..

(550 yards of thread worth) and, believe it or not, it has been SO much fun.

Today I want to show you how to easily quilt 1/4-inch lines……

So, grab your ruler and start quilting those lines!!!!

A Little Ditch Stitching

This week I have been doing a lot of quilting and a fair amount of stitching in the ditch.

I remember when I first started using rulers for FMQ, everybody said that using a straight-edge ruler would make Stitching in the Ditch a breeze!!

I just couldn’t see how it would work!!

But, amazingly it does……

So…..get out there and start stitching!!!!

Another challenge….this time with rulers!!!

Since I have had so much fun working on Angela Walters Flora and Foliage challenge AND because I learned SO much from it, I have been excited to start one of her older challenges. This one uses rulers and I am looking forward to learning more about my rulers and find new ways to use them!!!

The first week features straight edge rulers and using them to quilt line designs. The first design looked complicated but was amazingly simple to do.

It is worked in sections but ends up looking like a cohesive unit.

I quilted it using Angela’s “Slim” ruler…..

I will say that this design is fairly time-consuming and I would have to REALLY love someone to do this in a large area!!!

Secondly, we did a swirl design…..

I did cheat a bit on this one because I have done it before!! It was one of the first designs that I tried when I bought my rulers this time last year. I posted some fairly detailed instructions for this design and you can check it out HERE.

One of the things that Angela encouraged us to do was to quilt several lines along the edge of the blocks to make the square a bit smaller and easier to work on. I chose to add 1/2 inch of quilting on two sides of the square…..

Getting back to quilting

Now that we are home, it is time for me to focus on MY pursuits for a while!!! There are so many fun, quilty things coming up in the next 3 months and I am excitedly making plans!!

The first order of business is to get back to my free-motion quilting practice.

I have almost finished the Angela Walters quilt-a-long……

I am really struggling with the last two designs….the elongated swirl and the swirl chain. Hopefully, I can do some practice this weekend and finish up this piece.

This challenge has been fun to work on and have learned so much from it. As a matter of fact, I have enjoyed it so much that I have purchased two other of her challenges!!

The first one that I am going to work on is the “Free Motion Quilting with Rulers” challenge…….