How to Cut Bias Strips with the Stripology XL Ruler | Gudrun from GE Designs | Fat Quarter Shop

[@SewMerri]

Wow! You make it look easy! Thanks for sharing!!

[@CALB2009]

EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!!! Your Stripology XL Ruler is hands down the BEST, most useful and versatile tool on the market and worth every penny! I have donated several of the individual rulers and templates I originally had in my collection, to beginner quilters, as I find myself reaching for the Stripology XL Ruler instead. I love that I can easily achieve multiple, accurate and repeatable cuts so quickly!! NO MORE STRUGGLE BUS! Ha Ha Ha ;-). Thank you for inventing this ruler Gudrun!

[@momgrandma5496]

Gudrun, thank you for going slowly, easy to follow and understand.

[@notesfromleisa-land]

Origami folding! Great Demo.

[@pamelacasey1699]

Wow! Game changer!

[@joycehermans7959]

You must be great at origami! I would have never thought of doing it this way. Thanks for sharing.

[@quiltybee]

I finally dis this for the first time today!! Yay it worked. bUT I had a half yard piece of fabric and I still had short steips like a fat quarter. I need to play around with the direction if fabric when I start folding so I can maximize my 42” width maybe???

[@Embroideryhoops1942]

My fabric is 21.5x21.5. Do I fold it as you did for fat -1/4, but without the little flap fold down….it looks like a big triangle. I just changed out all my rotary cutter blades & am anxious to get going!

[@cathinuferrous2336]

Great video... I will definitely refer to this in the future! Thanks 😊

[@tobythompson55]

Is there a FQS tutorial on sewing bias cut binding strips together without recurring the ends? Thanks!

[@tarastarzomski3144]

That’s genius!

[@wendykeyser6706]

Brilliant!

[@joydicksonquilts]

Perfect

[@The1952trouble]

Is bias strips what you use to make quilt binding?

[@roxannegodsey1261]

Yes but if your quilt edge has no curves they don't have to be bias, they can be straight cuts. Bias works best when curves are involved like with a scallop edge.

[@shadowmom]

Bias strips are stronger than straight cuts, so if going to use a quilt a lot, bias is better to use as last longer x

[@marilynjw1971]

I couldn't see what numbers the arrows are pointing to. The green cuts were fine, but totally lost me on the moving it over 1/4 inch. were the green cuts every 4 1/2 inches? would moving it over 1/4 inch, and then cutting at 2 (no idea where the next cut would be...) Well, I guess I can get the 1st cut of 2 1/4 inch...lol Do you have a video explaining that cutting math? I have this ruler and love it, but apparently I'm not using it to its fullest potential. Thanks!

[@sashapup0061]

Yeah, I got lost with the measurements as well.

[@cgmilleson]

I’m not a math person but essentially the chart she refers to has two set of cutting directions (essentially step 1 & step 2). In the longer tutorial she does for FQS they go into greater detail on the whole second cut process. When I saw it my brain clicked. It made total sense to me then.

[@FatQuarterShopTX]

Hello Marilyn! Here is the chart that Gudrun uses: cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2407/7723/files/Stripology_quarter_cuts_5929b506-db4f-4d1b-b08a-01559bdeace0.pdf?157

[@prank654]

Why are you making 2 different size cuts? why not cut them all at the 2.25 size

[@FatQuarterShopTX]

Hello Chris! Gudrun wanted to demonstrate making different cuts at the same time.

[@tzfatree]

@@FatQuarterShopTX That reply is not correct. Gudrun made two different cuts to accommodate the fact that the slits on the ruler are 1/2 inch apart, so she first cut at 4 1/2 inches ( twice as wide as the 2 1/4 inch binding she wanted) then moved the ruler over 1/4 inch and cut each of the wide strips in half.