Newish Quilting Tool

I've been reading about the Bloc-Loc tool. I'm thinking about ordering one
or two or a set. Just wondering if anyone has used this tool & if so, do
you think ordering the 6 1/2" tool is all you really need or is it best to
get the whole set? It sounds like a great tool & I can't wait to give it a
try! http://www.planetpatchwork.com/blocloc.htm NAYY

Pauline
Northern California

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"Pauline" wrote:

I've been reading about the Bloc-Loc tool. I'm thinking about ordering one
or two or a set. Just wondering if anyone has used this tool & if so, do
you think ordering the 6 1/2" tool is all you really need or is it best to
get the whole set? It sounds like a great tool & I can't wait to give it a
try! http://www.planetpatchwork.com/blocloc.htm NAYY

Pauline
Northern California

I played with them a little bit at PIQF. They do work well for what
they do - I just couldn't justify the price for how infrequently I trim
up half square triangle blocks.

It comes in different sizes and you can just buy the size you use most
frequently. Maybe it's worth looking at your projects to see what size
that is and start there?

marcella

I do a lot of squaring up of HSTs and have had no problem with the
plain old square ruler. Maybe there's somewhere you could try one out
before buying?

I like using the same ruler for squaring up that I use for cutting
things like background squares.
Roberta in D

On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 21:51:40 -0700, "Pauline"
wrote:

I've been reading about the Bloc-Loc tool. I'm thinking about ordering one
or two or a set. Just wondering if anyone has used this tool & if so, do
you think ordering the 6 1/2" tool is all you really need or is it best to
get the whole set? It sounds like a great tool & I can't wait to give it a
try! http://www.planetpatchwork.com/blocloc.htm NAYY

Pauline
Northern California

I had a look at them online. I bet you could adapt any square ruler by
putting a couple of layers of clear mactac on the back, leaving a 1/4"
gap in the middle to mimic the groove they talk about.

Allison


On 02/04/2012 11:07 AM, Marcella Peek wrote:
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wrote:

I've been reading about the Bloc-Loc tool. I'm thinking about ordering one
or two or a set. Just wondering if anyone has used this tool& if so, do
you think ordering the 6 1/2" tool is all you really need or is it best to
get the whole set? It sounds like a great tool& I can't wait to give it a
try! http://www.planetpatchwork.com/blocloc.htm NAYY

Pauline
Northern California

I played with them a little bit at PIQF. They do work well for what
they do - I just couldn't justify the price for how infrequently I trim
up half square triangle blocks.

It comes in different sizes and you can just buy the size you use most
frequently. Maybe it's worth looking at your projects to see what size
that is and start there?

marcella

It does sound like a great tool, but it sounds a little limited in its
use (not that I've never bought something designed to do just one
thing!). I've always used just a regular 6-1/2" square ruler for
squaring up my half-quarter triangles.

Something that I got that helped me with my quarter-square triangle
blocks and combination blocks (1/2 square triangle on one half and
quarter square on the other) was the Tucker Trimmer.
https://studio180design.danemcoweb.c...ols-notions-1/
I can use it on half-square triangles, too.

I also got their Wing Clipper, but that's another story! NAYY, but a
VERY satisfied customer.

Louise in Iowa
nieland1390@mchsidotcom

On 4/1/2012 11:51 PM, Pauline wrote:
I've been reading about the Bloc-Loc tool. I'm thinking about ordering
one or two or a set. Just wondering if anyone has used this tool & if
so, do you think ordering the 6 1/2" tool is all you really need or is
it best to get the whole set? It sounds like a great tool & I can't wait
to give it a try! http://www.planetpatchwork.com/blocloc.htm NAYY

Pauline
Northern California

That device just shot to the top of my 'things I wish I had' list. Wow ... what a boon.

Sunny

I haven't bought a new gadget in awhile, so I think I owe it to myself & to
RCTQ to buy it & test it out. I was thinking that the 6 1/2" ruler probably
works for 6 1/2" blocks & anything smaller. It looks like it has lines on
the ruler. There is an on-line store in Santa Rosa (CA) that is offering
20% for any orders she receives by Wednesday, so again, how can I pass that
up I did call my LQS to see if they had it, but they don't & they asked
me to bring it in, if I buy it. So - I can't disappoint them, right?

Pauline
Northern California

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That device just shot to the top of my 'things I wish I had' list. Wow ...
what a boon.

Sunny

I also got their Wing Clipper, but that's another story! NAYY, but a
VERY satisfied customer.

Louise in Iowa


PLEASE keep that Wing Clipper away from me. Sounds scary!

Butterfly

I promise it only likes to clip fabric - doesn't touch gossamer or huggy
or comforting wings!

Louise in Iowa
nieland1390@mchsidotcom

On 4/2/2012 11:11 PM, Butterfly-Wings wrote:
I also got their Wing Clipper, but that's another story! NAYY, but a
VERY satisfied customer.

Louise in Iowa


PLEASE keep that Wing Clipper away from me. Sounds scary!

Butterfly

Some years ago, I bought a template set for what's generally (maybe) known
as peaky and something, spike? A block with two tall triangles pointing up
and the center one pointing down. Quilt in a Day calls the set "Shining
Stars". Yesterday, Quiltmaker May/June '12 came in and Judy Laquidara's
"Star Gazing" called to me.
The magazine's pattern offers paper-piecing (not going to happen here)
and cutting out little pieces and trying to accurately stitch them together
(also not going to happen).
I remembered the template set and have been having a whale of a good
time with it. My point, if I ever get around to it, is that special rulers
and templates can be such a wonderful help. I vote in favor of anything
that will help us enjoy quilting. If we need tedium, we can always go scrub
the tile in the shower. Polly