Do you see the scan tag in the upper left hand corner of this ruler?
Checker now prints a Microsoft Tag on each ruler so you can scan it with your iPhone ir iPad to watch a video demonstrating how to use the ruler. You can get this free mobile app at
http://gettag.mobi. Some of the older stock of CG rulers have this tag on the printed instructions for specialty rulers, but now all of the newly manufactured rulers have the tag printed directly on the ruler surface! This is great if you just can't remember exactly how to use a particular tool.
If you don’t have an iPhone or iPad, you can visit the Creative Grids website at:
http://www.creativegridsusa.com/ to view the videos. You can also print instructions for any ruler and see quilts made with them. Simply select 'Find Products" from the homepage, and search for your particular ruler.
Julie Herman (of
Jaybird Quilts) has begun designing patterns to use with the
Lazy Angle Ruler as well as her new
Hex N More Ruler, both manufactured by Creative Grids. Julie is now including scan tags on her patterns which link to tutorials on her blog! So now you have instructional support for not only the ruler, but for the pattern as well!
I think it's great that technology that was once intended for personal communication is now being used to assist me in a craft that I love!