Product Review: Sew Tites Magnetic Ruler

 

After trying out the Sew Magnetic rotating cutting mat, I decided to try out one of the magnetic rulers. The 6.5" square one seemed like a good one to start with as it would fit on the surface of the rotating mat well. The ruler and mat and magnet boosters all fit inside the storage box which is nice. I can keep all this together.

Wow! This ruler goes down in place on the mat and there it stays. It's easy to move when you need to move it though. As I used the rotary cutter to cut the fabric, I only held my finger on the rotating mat to keep it steady. The ruler didn't budge at all. Pretty amazing. If you have thicker material, several layers, or even a quilted piece you're trimming you can use the boosters on top of the ruler to keep it all steady.

See? It made a great cut, all without gripping holding or steadying the ruler at all. 

Here's a closeup of the magnets that are embedded in the ruler. The ruler is a fairly thick and sturdy plastic to accommodate the weight of the magnets. 

There are four magnets in this 6.5" square ruler. They don't block too much of the view of your fabric or block as they're placed far enough away from the edges.

I'm now considering investing in the large mat and big ruler (the non-rotating version) to replace my usual cutting mat,  because this system really works well for me. Now to work on one of my project to really use this cool new tool.

Metro Twist Back

 

Yesterday at a very delightful and entertaining Sew Day, I buckled down and sewed this together to use for the back of Metro Twist. 

It turns out it's almost exactly the right size, even though I didn't measure it all as I was making it. Which is actually just a little bit weird! A bit too long, and just a bit not wide enough.

I started with this one curved pieced block left over from making the quilt top and just kept adding fabric scraps and pieces. All of these were the same fabrics used to make the quilt top.

November To-Do

 

November is underway and here's a look at what's on my design wall at the moment. The back I just started making for the Metro Twist quilt top, and the almost finished Running Out of Raincloud quilt. 

Begin Something New

Make a Cotton Candy pouch for the BAMQ swap.

Oxbow Tote - cut out and begin the assembly.

Toned-Down Circle Sampler - arrange and appliqué the circles, start embroidering.

AG Stamp Quilt - continue to make more blocks using cut out the cut out stamp block centers from Tula Pink fabrics.

Design a quilt for the Sister Artists 3 embroideries. 

Continue Assembly

Trim to size and then sew the 12 columns of the Temperature Quilt together.

Bohemian Wife -finish assembling the quilt back, sandwich and make the binding, take to long armer this month.

Pantone Project - work on a overall design, either in EQ8 or up on the design wall.

City Sampler -Put together a backing, make binding. - take to long armer this month.

Y.E.S. Coat - continue making pieces/blocks. assemble on foundation, cut out lining pieces from the fabric that I dyed.

Snake In The Garden - Finish hand stitching

Kawandii - Finish hand stitching/assembly

Quilting

Running Out of Raincloud -  finish quilting, binding or facing.

Trinket

Metro Twist (finish the backing)

Slopes

Final Steps

I'm so close to being to put Running Out of Raincloud in this category... 

However November

November is here and we hopefully will get some rain tonight. It feels like good stay inside and sew weather.

The monthly marker is made from this close-up picture of the quilting on the Running Out of Raincloud quilt. 

Edited in the Snapseed and Percolator apps.

Here's the 31 second long video from my one second everyday for October.

 The monthly I-Did List for October is as follows:

1. I made two donation Sunflower blocks.
2. I quilted and quilted and quilted and quilted my Ruby+Bee challenge quilt.
3. I worked on the borders for the City Sampler.
4. I reviewed a new rotating magnetic cutting mat.
5. I voted!
6. I made some Friendship Stars for a friend's quilt.

I posted here 27/31 days, I posted on Instagram 8 times, on Threads 14 times, on BlueSky 23 times and on Facebook 1 time. A lot more posting from me this month. I'm chalking that up to being "too online" because of the upcoming election.  I went to Sew Day for BAMQ, and I virtually attended meetings for a writing/quilting class a couple times until it ended. We traveled to Sacramento for a family birthday party and had several other family visits of differing configurations, as well as even more going to doctor visits with my Dad.  I'm honestly urprised I got as much done as I did.

This month, I hope that I'll have the time, energy and bandwidth to get some more sewing done.