Sara: Welcome to another episode of Using Rulers.
We are featuring the Angle Ruler today.
You’re going to find that you’re going to see different angles on each of the corners,
your traditional 90 degree, 135, 120, 60 and 135.
Now what we can use this for is binding.
Now there are a couple of great uses for this.
There are times where when you’re sewing binding on you get to a corner that is not
a 90 degree corner.
We have a great way to allow this to fold to the back side, eliminate bulk and not have
to fuss with it to get it stitched down in place.
You can use this for your regular 90 degree ruler or 90 degree corners.
This would allow so you never end up with one of those bulky seams in the corner because
what you’re going to do is when you stitch from edge to edge wherever your corners are,
you’re going to stitch a separate piece so that can be smaller sections.
They don’t have to be all sewed together.
Just leave a little extra off the end.
We’re going to start off with this one here where it is a little bit different type of
corner than you’re used to.
You’re going to stitch right up to about 1/4-inch from the distance of each piece here
leaving it so they kind of come right together.
This would be fun if you wanted these to be two different colors you could have each piece
be a different color and look how fun that would be.
That’s how they get different colored bindings on say all four sides of the quilt.
Okay, so we’re going to start off by using the ruler to find out the angle of this inside
corner here and it is 135 degrees.
Okay, so we’ll make a little mental note of that.
Next, you’re going to just take one of the pieces and you’re going to start by folding
it in half.
Now this is just your traditional 2-1/2 inch binding folded in half stitched a 1/4-inch
in and we we do like to leave a little 1/4-inch of the batting extra so when you do fold this
over that kind of helps fill that in.
It makes it nice and full so you don’t have like wimpy edges along that.
First off you’re going to use the 90 degree edge.
We’ve placed that little crease line in the middle of our fold just for a visual point.
Take the 90 degree corner here, even it up with the edge of your binding and draw a perpendicular
line right at the end of your seam.
So that’s the first line that’s drawn on here.
You use it with a fabric marker, it will go away, it won’t ever be seen.
Next, take your degrees, we said this was the 135 and you’re going to take and lineup
that corner, there is a line on the ruler, we’re going to line that up on the 90 degree
line you just drew and you’re going to draw one extra little point to that.
When you put these together the next part is actually to go to your sewing machine.
You’re going to fold these together and you’re going to stitch with short stitches
and with matching thread right along that new corner that you made.
So you’re going to stitch and stitch.
Next you’re going to trim super close to that edge to get rid of all the little tails
there.
When you’re done this is what it’s going to look like.
So you have a really closely stitched seam but now that is the exact angle that needs
to go around to the other side.
Look how perfect that turns it and back here there is no bulk whatsoever, just that simple
seam that’s come around that edge.
Isn't that awesome?
You can do that of course with your 90 degree corners, get perfect corners there and any
other angle that you see along the way.
Now sometimes our quilts do find themselves going on the inside corners.
You can use the ruler in the exact same way.
Do your separate pieces right up to edge stop in a 1/4 inch in so your pieces are going
to come together.
But this is that one that’s kind of a little tricky.
It always ends up with way too much fabric on the backside when you’re trying to machine
or hand stitch that down.
You’re going to use the ruler exactly the same up to the point of when you draw that
little extra triangle, so fold it in half.
Crease it.
Get that center mark.
Draw your line.
That’s right here.
We’ll use the 90 degree.
We always use the 90 degree one because we need a straight line perpendicular to the
last stitch we sewed along there.
But this time we have measured, once again, this is the 135 degree angle.
Instead of going this way and point it out, it is an inside curve so we’re going to
point to the inside.
We’ll line up the dotted line here along the crease that you’ve made and then draw
your line so it angles in so you’re going to have an inside point.
Put your pieces together once again and when you stitch them you’re stitching into that
seam, trim down and out and then when you turn that to the other side you will have,
once again, that’s what it’s going to look like, kind of have a little V in there.
It will turn beautifully again with no bulk.
And that is the Angle Finder Ruler.