I am the author of the Brown Bag Mystery. The BBM participants have some questions about how to use the Perfect Rectangle Ruler, so I thought I would offer some visual help here on my woefully neglected blog. If you are unfamiliar with the Brown Bag Mystery - it's tons of fun! You purchase a bag of fabric from a participating shop, join a private online group and share your progress as the clues are delivered. If you want to play along, leave a comment below and I will put you in touch with the participating shops.
The Perfect Rectangle Ruler makes it easy to create Half Square Rectangles. What makes the piece "perfect" is that the finished base measurement is one half the height. That means that 2 half square rectangles or 4 individual pieces sewn together will make a square.
Cut your fabric strips to the desired size. For this demo the strip is 4 1/2".
Brown Bag Mystery participants should make sure that all of the fabric strips are RIGHT SIDE UP.
Use any ruler to clean up one end of the strip to create a perfect 90 degree corner.
Place the 4 1/2" line on the base of the fabric strip and the left side against the trimmed edge.
Cut the right side and the tiny clipped corner on the upper left.
That tiny clip is important!
Before moving to the next cut, slide the ruler up and align the base
and right edge of the ruler with the fabric piece.
Trim the bottom right corner clip.
Rotate the ruler 180 degrees to make the next cut.
Creative Grids Rulers have a non-slip grip on the bottom of the ruler.
You ALWAYS rotate the ruler. You will NEVER use the ruler upside down.
.... except for the Quick Trim and Circle Ruler, but that's a different demo ; )
Repeat the process, trimming both corner clips, top and bottom on each cut.
When you stitch the Perfect Rectangles together, they will line up.... well... perfectly!
Try that without corner clips!
Brown Bag Mystery participants should NOT sew these together until told to do so!
Just an FYI.....
The Perfect Rectangle Ruler is the companion ruler to the Triangle In A Square Ruler
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These two rulers combine to make the triangle that fits inside a square.
It's all in having the right tools!
Very helpful, thank you.
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