Creative Grids® Striplogy Squared - CGRGE2

the creative grids topology squared is the second ruler from creative grids designer Goodwin Adler of GE designs the strip ology squared ruler functions as a smaller and more portable version of the original strip ology ruler for cutting strips squares and rectangles it also has special markings for squaring up blocks from the smallest sizes up to 12 and a half inches square in a more easy accurate and efficient manner topology squared has all the basic features as the original strip ology ruler has but in a smaller package which makes it easier to travel with and maneuver the slits art half inch apart with the exclusive creative grits grip in between each and every slit which securely holds the ruler in place while cutting it has shortcuts for cutting one-and-a-half inch strips with the marked little black stars at the bottom and two and a half inch strips with the squares black squares at the bottom of each slit it also has directions to cut in order inch increments using the quarter inch line to the left of the zero slit the serology squared has specific lines on it to square up and fussy cut blocks of any size up to 12 and a half inches square the slits are longer than the original strip ology ruler to allow for cutting the larger blocks the black squares going outwards from the bottom left corner are for trimming blocks at whole inch sizes like 4 inch 5 inch and 6 inch and so on the white squares starting in the centre of the ruler and extending outwards are for trimming block at half inch sizes like four and a half five and a half six and a half and so on each of the squares have a diagonal line either with the white or with the black going through each and every square which helps you line up with the scenes or your blocks let's look at some samples of how to use the ruler first I'm going to demonstrate trimming a block into whole inch sizes and that's what we're going to use the black squares rotating out from the bottom-left of the ruler 1/2 1/2 square triangle that needs to be trimmed down to 9 inches so I'm going to find the nine inch square on the ruler and Center it right on top of my block and I'm going to use the diagonal black dotted line to line that up with my seam and I know if that gets lined up my block will be perfectly straight and then I'm just going to go ahead and go through the 9 inch slit zero and I'm going to remove these trimmings rotate my block it does help to have a rotating mat but it's not necessary you can just rotate your block and cut again again I'm going to line up the diagonal line on the seam and now I have a straight cut edge on the bottom and top so I'm just going to line that with the bottom of the with the block and then again make my cuts through the nine and through the zero and I have a perfectly trimmed up nine inch half square triangle now I'm going to demonstrate trimming a block down to a half inch size I have a pinwheel block that needs to be trimmed down to seven and a half inches so I'm going to go ahead and find my seven and a half inch square white square and I'm going to place that centered right onto the block and I'm going to make sure that the diagonal dotted white lines land right in the center of my block so it lines up with all the seams you also notice that the white wide lines go straight through center of the block lining up the horizontal and vertical seams as well now if you've ever had to trim down a block similar to the pinwheel block where you have a lot of seams in the middle coming together you probably had the trouble of your ruler kind of either tottering on the seams as you try to trim it up the strip ology squared rulers with the little slits what it does is the slits give in to all the seams or your block so your block is going to stay stable underneath the ruler as you trim it so now as I have it all centered and it's looking good for me I'm going to go ahead and find that seven and a half inch line which means I'm going to trim through the 10 inch slit and then on the other side it would be the two when it happened slit my slide my putter righted trim those two and turn my block and repeat the process on the other side find my Center line it up with my seams until everything is looking good and then I do the same exact thing I cut through the ten and through the two and a half and we have a perfectly squared up and we'll block that seven and happened the strip ology squared works great for fuzzy cutting on fabrics all you have to do is find your motif and find the corresponding size that you want on the ruler in this case I'm going to cut this down to a six and a half inch square so I just place the center of the square kind of approximately in the middle of the motif I want to cut out and then I kind of check my margins and my equally away from the motif on all sides and when it's looking good to me I go ahead and cut six and a half inches means I cut through the nine and a half and then the three-inch slip and then all we do is turn our piece of fabric or rotate our mat and then place a six inch square again just centering that Center right on the motif and in our second cuts after we're happy with the placement for the same slits as it be four and a half and three and we have our perfect little little as it had more teeth ready to be pieced use the strip ology squared roller to trim your units and blocks for all your projects here are a few specifically designed using the ruler the strip ology squared book has ten patterns that use either the original strip ology ruler or the strip ology squared ruler there are also five individual patterns that go with this topology squared alberta Nellie Katie Valerie and Amelie look for the book and patterns wherever creative grids rulers are sold

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Length: 7min 9sec (429 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 25 2016