EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!!! Your Stripology XL Ruler is hands down the BEST, most useful and versatile tool on the market and worth every penny! I have donated several of the individual rulers and templates I originally had in my collection, to beginner quilters, as I find myself reaching for the Stripology XL Ruler instead. I love that I can easily achieve multiple, accurate and repeatable cuts so quickly!! NO MORE STRUGGLE BUS! Ha Ha Ha ;-). Thank you for inventing this ruler Gudrun!
My fabric is 21.5x21.5. Do I fold it as you did for fat -1/4, but without the little flap fold down….it looks like a big triangle. I just changed out all my rotary cutter blades & am anxious to get going!
I finally dis this for the first time today!! Yay it worked. bUT I had a half yard piece of fabric and I still had short steips like a fat quarter. I need to play around with the direction if fabric when I start folding so I can maximize my 42” width maybe???
Yes but if your quilt edge has no curves they don't have to be bias, they can be straight cuts. Bias works best when curves are involved like with a scallop edge.
I couldn't see what numbers the arrows are pointing to. The green cuts were fine, but totally lost me on the moving it over 1/4 inch. were the green cuts every 4 1/2 inches? would moving it over 1/4 inch, and then cutting at 2 (no idea where the next cut would be...) Well, I guess I can get the 1st cut of 2 1/4 inch...lol Do you have a video explaining that cutting math? I have this ruler and love it, but apparently I'm not using it to its fullest potential. Thanks!
I’m not a math person but essentially the chart she refers to has two set of cutting directions (essentially step 1 & step 2). In the longer tutorial she does for FQS they go into greater detail on the whole second cut process. When I saw it my brain clicked. It made total sense to me then.
Hello Marilyn! Here is the chart that Gudrun uses: cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2407/7723/files/Stripology_quarter_cuts_5929b506-db4f-4d1b-b08a-01559bdeace0.pdf?157
@@FatQuarterShopTX That reply is not correct. Gudrun made two different cuts to accommodate the fact that the slits on the ruler are 1/2 inch apart, so she first cut at 4 1/2 inches ( twice as wide as the 2 1/4 inch binding she wanted) then moved the ruler over 1/4 inch and cut each of the wide strips in half.
Wow! You make it look easy! Thanks for sharing!!
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!!! Your Stripology XL Ruler is hands down the BEST, most useful and versatile tool on the market and worth every penny! I have donated several of the individual rulers and templates I originally had in my collection, to beginner quilters, as I find myself reaching for the Stripology XL Ruler instead. I love that I can easily achieve multiple, accurate and repeatable cuts so quickly!! NO MORE STRUGGLE BUS! Ha Ha Ha ;-). Thank you for inventing this ruler Gudrun!
Origami folding! Great Demo.
Wow! Game changer!
Gudrun, thank you for going slowly, easy to follow and understand.
Great video... I will definitely refer to this in the future! Thanks 😊
You must be great at origami! I would have never thought of doing it this way. Thanks for sharing.
My fabric is 21.5x21.5. Do I fold it as you did for fat -1/4, but without the little flap fold down….it looks like a big triangle. I just changed out all my rotary cutter blades & am anxious to get going!
I finally dis this for the first time today!! Yay it worked. bUT I had a half yard piece of fabric and I still had short steips like a fat quarter. I need to play around with the direction if fabric when I start folding so I can maximize my 42” width maybe???
That’s genius!
Brilliant!
Is there a FQS tutorial on sewing bias cut binding strips together without recurring the ends? Thanks!
Perfect
Is bias strips what you use to make quilt binding?
Yes but if your quilt edge has no curves they don't have to be bias, they can be straight cuts. Bias works best when curves are involved like with a scallop edge.
Bias strips are stronger than straight cuts, so if going to use a quilt a lot, bias is better to use as last longer x
I couldn't see what numbers the arrows are pointing to. The green cuts were fine, but totally lost me on the moving it over 1/4 inch. were the green cuts every 4 1/2 inches? would moving it over 1/4 inch, and then cutting at 2 (no idea where the next cut would be...) Well, I guess I can get the 1st cut of 2 1/4 inch...lol Do you have a video explaining that cutting math? I have this ruler and love it, but apparently I'm not using it to its fullest potential.
Thanks!
Yeah, I got lost with the measurements as well.
I’m not a math person but essentially the chart she refers to has two set of cutting directions (essentially step 1 & step 2). In the longer tutorial she does for FQS they go into greater detail on the whole second cut process. When I saw it my brain clicked. It made total sense to me then.
Hello Marilyn! Here is the chart that Gudrun uses: cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2407/7723/files/Stripology_quarter_cuts_5929b506-db4f-4d1b-b08a-01559bdeace0.pdf?157
Why are you making 2 different size cuts? why not cut them all at the 2.25 size
Hello Chris! Gudrun wanted to demonstrate making different cuts at the same time.
@@FatQuarterShopTX That reply is not correct. Gudrun made two different cuts to accommodate the fact that the slits on the ruler are 1/2 inch apart, so she first cut at 4 1/2 inches ( twice as wide as the 2 1/4 inch binding she wanted) then moved the ruler over 1/4 inch and cut each of the wide strips in half.