A while back, a quilter in Instagram posted a ling arm quilting tip about using skateboard tape as a gripper for her long arm templates and rulers. It was before the flood and I cannot remember now who suggested this. I have tried a number of things to help with rulers slipping and thought I would try this as well. I am SO glad I did! This is what it looks like:
This stuff is like a heavy sandpaper on one side and self adhesive on the back. I bought it on Amazon. It was around $8 for a 9″ x 34″ piece. It can but cut with scissors.
I cut small bits and put them on the back of a longer ruler like this:
What a difference this makes! I have seen sandpaper ruler grips marketed for quilters before but nothing that worked this well. I have a Fine Line Continuous Curve ruler I bought a while back and never had much success with it. It came with a strip of Velcro hook tape on the back to keep it from moving. This was thick and for me, only caused the ruler to rock. I took off the Velcro and added bits of the Mob Grip and now it works perfectly! I have enough that I will probably never need to order any more. Hope this is helpful for you!
Linking up with Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday.
KatyQuilts 
That would be an awesome idea for rotary cutting rulers as well! Thanks for the tip.
The skateboard gripper tape is indeed good stuff! Been using it for about 4 years now after I saw Renae Haddadin of Quilts on the Corner using it on a youtube.com video. I was able to purchase a 50′ roll of clear from a skateboard company and am now probably set for life, LOL!
What I really like is how easy it is to remove/re-use, since there are times I need my ruler to ‘slide along’ w/me during certain quilting applications. Course, I usually can ‘flip over’ the ruler and use the other non-gripped side, if the markings will allow I also like that it grips soooo well that if I need to ‘ease out’ some fullness in an area, I can push/pull the ruler just enough to help ease/stitch out that fullness – works great 😉
Happy Quilting!
~Deb
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing, Katy. I’ll drop into my local skateboard shop and see what they have.
I’ll be stealing some from my skateboarding neighbor today! THanks for the tip Katie!
Sounds like it would work well. I have tried so any other ideas and they haven’t worked. So I am always looking for a new idea. I will look into getting some of this.