Best quilting rulers
Friday, August 10, 2012
A few posts back I mentioned quilting rulers and what an improvement they have made to my piecing.
Lately I've been a little fixated with flying geese. An obsession traced back to this quilt.
I had a play around with a few blocks myself.
And then got sidetracked by the blue and white shirting quilt. These two blocks are draped over my airing rack and will possibly be added to when the urge strikes.
As well as a classic flying geese ruler for cutting the triangles, I invested in possibly my favourite ruler to date - the Wing Clipper. This ruler is used to trim down the little geese blocks after you've stitched them.
It works a treat and I love the perfect little blocks I end up with. They are much more satisfying to put together when they're this accurate.
I wish I'd known about these tools when I was inpsired to make this quilt years back. Unfortunately it hasn't progressed. I pulled out all the blocks to trim them down and they were a mess of odd sizes. As a result I'm not sure this quilt will make it any further.
Your flying geese are lovely. I've just discovered rulers too, in particular the dresden wedge. Very easy and super effective and accurate. I can see myself trying others.
Posted by: julie | Friday, August 10, 2012 at 10:59 AM
I absolutely love your shirting quilt. I have been saving my husbands English business shirts to make a quilt one day. They are all blues too!
Posted by: Amellia Grosser | Friday, August 10, 2012 at 11:06 AM
You could always sash the blocks on unfinished symphony to bring them up to the same size.
Posted by: Dolores @ A Labour of Love | Friday, August 10, 2012 at 01:07 PM
I love this...
Posted by: sharm's outlet | Friday, August 10, 2012 at 02:23 PM
I love the blues in the shirting quilt. I can't bring myself to throw out my husband's old business shirts, maybe I should repurpose them...
Posted by: CC | Friday, August 10, 2012 at 10:08 PM
love flying geese and they look great in the blue family will be a gorgeous quilt, happy stitching.
Posted by: lyn lindsay | Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 03:44 PM
very beautiful quilt dear Kristine!
have a good and creative we
simonetta
Posted by: aboutgarden | Sunday, August 12, 2012 at 05:55 AM
Love the blue - I used my husband's old work shirts to make a pin wheel quilt, my second quilt ever - see my blog for a not very good picture! Not as neat and beautiful as yours!
Posted by: Alison | Friday, August 17, 2012 at 02:00 AM
Oh Kristine! As always, your neatness and skills blow me away!
Posted by: Daniela | Friday, August 17, 2012 at 08:17 AM
Just saw your pickle dish blocks - beautiful!
I love these flying geese too. I'm going in absolutely the opposite direction from you - I'm spring cleaning by stitching every little scrap of unwanted fabric into a wonky, wobbly, colourful scrap quilt - but there will be shirting in the sashing.
Posted by: Alice | Saturday, August 18, 2012 at 06:57 AM