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Quilt rulers are designed for rotary cutting, for the rulers are made of thick plastic, there will be measurements on the rulers. If you will use the quilt ruler, you should practice for serveral times to be used to using it. 
More Instructions
1), Place the ruler on a flat surface in front of you. Find the numbers marked on the surface of the ruler. 
2), Read the measurements on your ruler. Inch marks will likely be made by solid lines down the length and width of the ruler. Fractions may look like shorter lines that lessen in length as they decrease in numerical value. Expect to find fractional increments of 1/2 inch, 1/4 inch and 1/8 inch. Some manufacturers instead create grids over the surface of the ruler.
3), Use the markings to line up fabric for cutting. Most quilt rulers have numbers placed so they can be read from the left-hand edge or the right-hand edge, to accommodate left-handed or right-handed cutting. To make a 2 5/8-inch cut, for example, find the 2-inch mark and then move to the 5/8-inch mark after the 2, and line up the edge of your fabric at that spot. 


 
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If you want to teach your children how to read a ruler, then you can make a paper ruler for the first use, for it can court them to design their own rulers and then use them to measure the objects around the room. You can make this ruler with simple materials you already have. You can make a fairly accurate ruler if you can do it with patience and care for the details.
More Instructions
1), Place the sheet of paper on your work space. Be sure that it is placed vertically.
2), Place your standard English ruler in the middle of the paper. Use a pencil to draw all sides of the ruler. This is your ruler template.
3), Use a pair of scissors to cut out the template.
4), Swipe the back of the ruler template with a glue stick and press it onto a strip of cardboard. You can use any cardboard --- such as a cereal box --- from around your house.
5), Trim off the excess cardboard around your ruler template.
6), Place the Standard English ruler in front of your paper ruler. Use it as a guide to make the inch and 1/8-inch markings with a pen on the ruler. Add the numerical label for each inch.

 
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When we are designing patterns, we will usually use a ruler to draw even, identical elements. So if you want to draw a pattern design with equal parts, you can try to use a ruler to delicatedly design elements in your design. You can draw triangles or squares in any size if you like. Also you can play with your children to draw pictures by using a ruler and help them draw straight lines, which is also very interesting. Here are some tips for you to follow when drawing patterns with a ruler. 
Instructions
1), Put your piece of craft paper in a vertical line on your workspace.
2), Put your ruler across the top of the paper so that about an inch of the paper is showing on top.
3), Put your pencil against the ruler and draw a line from 1 to 3 inches, from 5 to 7 inches, and from 9 to 11 inches.
4), Move your ruler down the page about an inch and repeat the same process of drawing a line from 1 to 3 inches, from 5 to 7 inches, and from 9 to 11 inches.
5), Line the ruler up to these two set of lines by placing the ruler vertically between the lines. Draw a line on either side of each set of lines so that you can link the lines and form a square or rectangle pattern across your page.
After your first drawing, then you can have a look to find out the shortcomings which will help you improve your drawing in your next practice. 

 
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The stores are not the only choice for you to find rulers. You can find a lot of printable iamges of rulers on the Internet. The advantage of the online rulers is that it can offer various lengths and measuring systems. It's convenient for you to print the ruler you need when you want to measure something but has no rulers in hand. So how to print a ruler?
Instructions:
1), Download an image of a ruler in PDF format from the PrintARuler or Vendian Systems websites. Choose a metric or imperial ruler.
2), Use Adobe Reader to open the PDF file. If you don't have an Adobe Reader, download it from the Internet.
3), Turn on your printer and check whether it has enough paper. If not, add some paper first. Use A4 or Letter size paper, which relies on the dimensions of the PDF file you downloaded.
4), Select the "File" menu and click "Print..." in Adobe Reader. Change "Page Scaling" to "None" in the "Page Handling" section of the "Print" dialog box. If you don't deactivate pitch scaling, your ruler may not print to scale.
5), Click the icon of "Properties" in the "Printer" section of the "Print" dialog box. Change the paper size to either A4 or Letter under "Paper Sizes," according to your needs, then click "OK."
6), Press "OK" in the "Print" dialog box to print the PDF file.
7), Use scissors to cut out the ruler. If it is as long as a yard stick, cut out each section and stick them together.

 
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Printable rulers will solve your immediate needs when you are doing your latest craft projects. So here are some instructions on how to find a printable ruler.
1), Go to search the Vendian website or another website that provides printable rulers that can be printed from your desktop printer. Follow the instruction on the Internet in order to print rulers. For example, at the Vendian website, you just have to click on the ruler you need and click "Print" on your web browser.
2), Look at the different rulers for your different needs. The Vendian website provides a wide range of printable rulers. You can print a basic foot-long ruler in inches, a 25-centimeter ruler, metersticks, yardsticks or any of a variety of other types of rulers.
3), Check the ruler that you would use and decide that it is the one that you need for your project. Because it's very inexpensive to manufacture printable rulers, you can easily find printable rulers designed for each occasion.
4), Scroll down the Vendian website to locate odd rulers that you might need for educational purposes or for a special project you're doing.
5), Read the notes and other instructions that go along with any printable rulers, so you understand how to find the exact printable ruler you need. Some websites provide specific directions that help you find the suitable printable ruler.

 
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A printable ruler is a ruler that you print onto a piece of paper. Some of you may wonder what's the difference between the printable ruler and a standard English ruler. The truth is that there should be no difference between these two. Your paper ruler should read accurately, as long as the replica you print from the Internet is a standard English. Practice makes perfect, and it will be easy for you when you practice yourself with the ruler's markings.
1), Locate the main numbers on the ruler. A standard English ruler will have numerals 1-12 printed along the length of the ruler.
2), Count the dashes in between the numerals. If you count seven, then you have a 1/8-inch ruler, and each dash is equal to an eighth. If you count 15, then you have a 1/16-inch ruler, and each dash is equal to a sixteenth.
3), Add up the dashes to accomplish the incremental part of the measurement. Add this to the whole inch numeral to get the full measurement, such as 2 1/4 inches.