Here at Crafty Bev we love it when an opportunity comes along to work with shop owners, authors, and other creative people to develop specialty tools and rulers to accompany their books, classes, projects, or even stand-alone projects. These are just the most fun.

Recently Ellen, a friend of ours at the Tree City Quilters' Guild in Gainesville showed me a magazine article. All the members of Ellen's quilt group were making a particular block detailed in the magazine, but they were having a challenge squaring it up at the end.

These blocks finished at an uncommon 8 ½", or 9" unfinished. Could Crafty Bev make a squaring up template they could use for that purpose? First, we ensured that we would not violate anyone's patent or copyright if we made this item.