Sewing Aunties, a ruler question....

[BrendaP]

I like @Acorn 's stash of quilters.  Or maybe an angle of quilters.

As for the ruler, I've got a 60 degree isosolese triangle ruler - which I've used once - the big 6" x 24" with it's 60 degree markings is much more useful and user friendly to me.

[Kwaaked]

Well, here they're the scary church ladies.

Whom I avoid.  I CAN sew, but I do not quilt. 

The guilt!  The guilt!!  DH is a vet AND I sew.  Oh Lord, you guys know how much tsking I get?

[Iminei]

@TP

First ruler to buy (all in inches) ... 6 x 24
concurrent with that ... 12 1/2 sq
then ... 6 x 12 (less wieldly)
than ... 6 1/2 sq

Anything smaller than that , you can get all sizes is in my opinion too fiddly to use and raises the chance of cutting yourself rather than the fabric exponentially as they get smaller

[Renegade Sewist]

....then, after you're really hooked you get the specialty rulers or template sets. I discovered I love doing the Drunkards Path block. A friend loaned me hers and it was  at first cut. I stumbled across a set, new in the blister wrap for $1 last year at a library fundraiser sale. When you get into funky shapes having the template adds a whole lot of joy into your life. They come in all sorts of sizes so you can let your imagination fly.

[Acorn]

@TP
...all in inches...

Oh yes!  Don't fall for anything that has centimetres.  Quilting happens in inches and it really won't work if you start off down the metric route.

[TartanPaint]

@Iminei @Kwaaked @Renegade Sewist @Acorn

Thank you all for your replies.

I have a nice colourway in mind so I'll look through my stash or buy the stuff in the colours I need.