If you decide to do patchwork, you can’t do without even a couple of special basic rulers. In our review - a story about the main features of such rulers and videos on how to use them.
Starting to patchwork, it is better to immediately get some of the necessary tools. Among them, for example, a substrate for needlework, a roller knife and basic rulers for patchwork. These special rulers differ significantly from the usual rulers used in everyday life or for sewing. If for simple rulers their length and quality are of primary importance, then when choosing rulers for a patchwork, it’s worth paying attention to a few more points.
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Rulers for patchwork: features
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The patchwork rulers are designed to work with a roller knife on a cutting mat. Rulers are made of durable transparent acrylic of sufficient thickness (usually about 3 mm). Because of their transparency, you can see your work well when cutting and take into account, for example, the pattern of the fabric and its individual details. Due to the strength of the material from which the rulers are made, and their thickness, you can not worry about damaging them with a sharp knife during the cutting process.
The edges of a good line are laser-treated - so they allow you to make very even and precise cut lines.
Choosing a basic ruler, pay attention to the fact that its surface is anti-slip - this will work much more convenient.
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Inches or centimeters?
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The patchwork rulers are marked with a special marking that allows you to cut parts without the use of patterns and patterns. As a rule, rulers are marked either in inches or in centimeters. Even if you are used to measuring everything with centimeters, experienced craftsmen advise you to pay attention to rulers with markings in inches. The fact is that most of the sources that give ideas and inspiration for creating works in the patchwork technique manipulate exactly inches. In any case, you can buy a ruler in centimeters, and a ruler in inches, or find an option with double marking.
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Patchwork rulers, as a rule, have a large number of lines and markings designed to help in their work. On them are marked, for example, square blocks, allowances of different widths, angles of different values (for example, 30, 45, 60 degrees).
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Choosing the basic rulers
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The basic rulers for the patchwork in shape are a rectangle or square. Sizes may vary. When choosing a ruler size, masters recommend focusing on the convenience, size of your cutting mat and, of course, the size of the fabric parts that you most often plan to work with. For starters, you can limit yourself to two basic rulers, for example, 15x15 cm and 15x60 cm.Using a square will be convenient to work with small parts, a long one will help to work with long or large parts. To make the rulers convenient to store, you can use a special stand.
Buy a basic square ruler for patchwork at the BurdaStyle store
Buy a basic rectangular ruler for patchwork at the BurdaStyle store
Buy ruler stand in BurdaStyle store
How to use the basic rulers for patchwork?
Using the basic rulers, you can cut the fabric, cut out the details of various shapes - stripes, squares, rectangles, various triangles, rhombuses, trim the blocks, cut the oblique trim. For more details, see the video.
