Kari Carr of New Leaf Stitches is a QM 100 Blocks designer. In Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Volume 5, Kari designed Block #424, Blooming Bias Baskets.
Blooming Bias Baskets by Kari Carr of New Leaf Stitches
Not long ago, Kari sent me a product to try. It’s her Clearly Perfect Angles tool (also known as CPA) and I love it!
Clearly Perfect Angles is a clear piece of specially marked vinyl that sticks to the bed of a sewing machine/acrylic sewing table with static cling. There is nothing sticky—no adhesive or residue.
This cool tool eliminates the need to ever mark a line when sewing a 45º angle. What a time saver! Clearly Perfect Angles works with three different 45º angle techniques.
• Sewing diagonally from corner to corner across a square (above) OR
• Sewing 1/4″ from both sides of an (imaginary) diagonal line across a square (above) OR
• Sewing diagonally from corner to corner across a square that is larger than the Clearly Perfect Angles vinyl
Kari calls herself a recycled home ec teacher, and it’s clear she’s a teacher at heart. She has several helpful ways you can see how the CPA works.
• Download a CPA tutorial pdf with techniques for beginners and pros alike
• Watch one of Kari’s videos:
Overview Alignment Techniques
Clearly Perfect Angles retails for $10 and you may find it at your local quilt shop. There are also specials on her website: Buy two CPAs for $18 or three for $24. You could get one for each of your machines or go together with some quilty friends to save a little.
This is a great tool and and great time saver. And now to the giveaway! I have one brand new Clearly Perfect Angles to give to a lucky Quilty Pleasures reader. Leave a comment here by midnight Friday, June 22 and we’ll pick a random winner. This giveaway is open to all readers no matter where they live!
You might also enjoy Kari’s book Just Around the Corner: Quilts with Easy Mitered Borders, published by Martingale.
This would be a great tool to win as it would save a lot of time.
Looks like a very useful tool. Thanks for showing it to us.
I love using HSTs, but hate drawing the lines, so this looks brilliant.
What a time saver! Why didn’t I think of that??
I’d love to win this great tool. Thanks for the chance ^^
Looks like a great tool. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win one!
I always love ways ways that I don’t have to mark lines!!!!
What a GREAT tool! I’m one who always draws those lines, no matter ow small because I just can’t eyeball it and get it straight.
Oh, please, yes, save a beginner from deep 45° angle frustration. I like the idea of such an easy to use toy…
This would be a very useful tool.
looks like a great tool!
I would love to win this tool! It would be so handy for me as I have trouble with 45 degree angles!!
Maybe I’ll be able to sew a straight line now!
What a time saver! Would love one! If I don’t win I will definitely be looking for it in the store.
Looks like the perfect solution for HST’s. Thanks for the chance to win one.
A cool tool indeed! Would certainly make half-square triangles a breeze to do.
I have always wanted to try this tool! Thanks for the opportunity to win one!
Judy W
I would love this tool!
Great idea!
Wow! This is an amazing concept and must-need tool for any quilt maker! What a great idea (now why didn’t I think of that????).
This is a cool tool! I like that it can help joining strips for binding as well as the HST & QST. I liked the tips in the PDF. Thanks for the give-away!
I have the plastic tool similar to this one that I have to tape down and then reset every time I take my sewing machine to class. This tool would be great to have.
I love the fact that it is self sticking. It looks like it would be wonderful to use. My machine has a top load bobbin so I would need to remove it every time I put in a new bobbin so the self sticking part would really be nice. Sounds like it’s a winner of an idea.
It is sooo tiresome to have to mark the diagonal lines on the back of tiny squares (and big ones too!) What a great help this tool would be! And I love the fact that it is not permanent and can be removed easily!
What a time saver!!! Would love to have this — working on a quilt with a lot of HST!
This would be great! I have a piece of cardboard taped to my machine to help.. I’d love to get rid of that…
I would love this! I use a sticky note and they don’t always stick.
Oh wow, what a wicked tool. This would save so much time. I stay away from HSTs because of all the line drawing lol.
What a wonderful idea!!! Love gadgets to make things go easier!!
Wonderful invention to help with our seams. I sure need quide lines as I have often been teased for my crooked seams. Thanks.
I always love new gadgets!
What a time saver! Thanks for the information!
I love cool looks and this appears to be something to be used every time you sew, definitely not just a drawer filler.
When I first started quilting, a friend gaveme a tool similar to this one and I found it to be valuable. I have looked for one for another friend and have not been able to find one. Thank you for creating this tool.
I love gadgets and tools. This one looks very useful!
KAT
WOW…. great idea !!!!
great for those half square triangles
What a great idea! I would love to get this for all of my quilting friends! Of course, I want one for myself too.
Looks like just the tool I need!
Clearly Perfect Angles would speed up and improve my sewing!
What a time saver just what I need
A great tool!
I am a very new beginner (just finishing my second quilt), and this would really help make accurate angles!!
What a time saver this is! With so much fabric & patterns & so little time, this would be wonderful! Thanks for the chance!
This has been on my wish list for a long time. Thank you for a chance to win one. Janita
Thanks for the chance to win – looks amazing!
What if you don’t have an acrylic table? Would you then tape it down – similar to the Angler tool by Pam Bono?
WOW!! This is a wonderful tool and I would love to win it. It’s most certainly the next thing I must have for my sewing and quilting. Thanks for the opportunity to enter this giveaway.
Would love to win this!! I love triangles, but drawing lines takes up a lot of time, so this would be great!
Looks like a great tool to have!!
CPA sounds like a great tool. It would fit nicely in my sewing room if I win. Wow never t have to draw another angle sounds great!!!!! Happy giveway and thanks for letting me participate.
I want this!!
I am always up for new tools…they are like surprise gifts.
cool! thanks for the chance to win!
Well I’d just LOVE to try that little tool out! I’ve tried others and always go back to just marking my angles. Too much set up and take down and set back up again…. Thanks for the opportunity to win one :*)
Terrific time saver!
I do struggle with trying to get the diagonal correct. What a great tool!
This is terrific! I can’t wait to share the information with a friend of mine that owns a quilt store. She is always on the lookout for cool new gadgets!
Thank you Diane for writing such a nice review of my notion, the Clearly Perfect Angles. I see some people have a few questions…
Jo (and others with a drop-in bobbin): There is no need to remove the CPA to change bobbins. Simply lift and roll the front edge back under the needle to expose the bobbin case and when you are done, smooth it back in place. It will be perfect since the back of it wasn’t removed. (The QNN.tv video shows this the best).
Bonnie: The CPA will “stick” to any smooth surface. It even conforms to curved machine beds and by learning all three techniques you don’t need to have the whole length available (short machine beds). The color-coding really helps for this.
I’d invite anyone with other questions to please email me! Enjoy! Kari
Looks like a great tool. Thanks for the chance to win it.
It looks like a cool tool for those 45 degree angles. I would love to try it.
I can hardly wait to try this angler. Hope I am lucky
What a great tool! Love that it can be left on the machine all the time and nothing to tape down aslo wonderful that it can be used for so many different techniques too! If I don’t win one I’m going to have to look into ordering one for sure!! Thanks for the giveaway!!
Would love one of these. It would be a great time savor. Thanks for the opportunity to win one!
I use a similar tool that is one of my favorites but it needs to be taped to my table. This looks like a great improvement.
Wow, I need one of these for sure, thanks for the chance to win one!
You captured my attention with the “static cling no residue” comment. Thanks for the chance to win a CPA.
The CPA is just what I need. I spend so much time drawing diagonal lines!
Hope I win.
I’d love to win this. It’s a great idea.
Wow, what a time saver that tool would be! Would love to win it.
I REALLY need this!!
That sounds like a wonderful tool. I love that I don’t need to use pins. Thanks for the chance to win!
I just taught five little girls how to make half square triangles by sewing on either side of a drawn diagonal line. This tool would have made it so much easier!!
This would help to cut down on my stash by making a lot of hst faster. Then I could go buy some more fabric…hehe
I know this would be helpful to me as many HSTs projects that I work on. Thanks for a chance to win. Sandi
Would love to win one of these. I’ve never tried it but it looks like it would save me lots of time and make my quilt block sewing so much easier. I seem to make lots of half square triangles for so many different blocks that this would definitely make my life easier. Thanks for the chance to win.
With so many HST to make this would be a welcome addition. Thanks for the giveaway.
Very interesting tool! That is certainly one part of quilting that could be easier, thank you for the giveaway!
Boy this would sure get a workout from me! I make jillions of HST’s and have always drawn the lines~ ugh!! Thanks for the chance!!
What a neat tool. I would love to have one. Thank you for a wonderful giveaway.
That tool would probably help a lot with making flying geese also. Something that I need to finish off for one of my next quilts! Thanks
Thanls for the chance to win a very useful tool!
Such a clever tool to make it easier for the rest of us as we make quilts. A great time saver not to have to do all the drawing of lines. Thanks for showing how to use it!
This would be great for my half-square triangle quilts.
I struggle with straight lines in HSTs, so, I’d love to try this tool.
I could really use this tool!
thanks for the chance to win.
I love HST blocks…this would be a great tool!
Cool tool to win! Saving time by eliminating the marking step? Awesome!
Thanks for a chance to win and try this new tool!
What a nice giveaway!
Great tool! I like that it clings instead of being a stiff plastic.
Sounds as if it would be useful and simple to use.
I like that this tool does not need tape (which leaves residue) to hold it to the sewing machine. It will save so much time by not drawing lines!
Smart tool! Maybe I’ll get to be friends with triangles …
What a GREAT idea! I have been working on a design for a quilt that this would be just the perfect tool to help create it.
What a great tool. I’d love to try it out. Thanks for the great giveaway.
I’d love to win this tool. Thanks.
I have been looking at the Clearly Perfect Angle tool for a while and wondered if it worked. Glad to know it is a time saver for stitching.
Such a cool tool!
Kari’s book looks wonderful and I’d love to try her CPA! Any tool that saves time in quilting is a great invention. See ‘About’ on my profile for contact info. Thanks for a great giveaway!
This looks like an awesome tool! Thanks for a chance to win!
I’d like to try the CPA tool. I have Kari’s book and it’s terrific.
I’d love to try this tool – thanks for the chance to win one!
what a great tool to have to save time.
I have trouble sewing half-square triangles so this tool would be great to have. Thanks for the chance to win it.
Clearly Perfect Angles – I love the name! And what a great tool! Thanks for the opportunity to win this giveaway.
I would so love to win this Perfect Angles tool. I have MS and it’s so hard to use the other rulers, I always slip or don’t cut quite right. I would love to have a chance to win. Thanks for the FABULOUS Giveaway.
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Aren’t we quilters always amazed at any new tool that can help us out…would love to win this one!!!!
I usually cut the triangles before sewing because I don’t like taking time to draw lines for diagonal stitching. Clearly Perfect Angles could make piece half square triangles much easier.
This tool looks like a fabulous time saver.
This does look like a cool tool! Thanks for the giveaway!
Way cool a new tool. This would save me lots of time and i like that. Would love to win it, thanks for the chance to win . Happy quilting
Once again, necessity is the mother of invention. Great idea. I’d love to try this and will share with my sewing friends.
Now I know what I’m going to need to buy to work on a project with my girlfriend and my cousin this summer. What a great idea! I wouldn’t have to do all those crazy lines. I can see I’ll be spending some money now.
all right! i love using new gadgets and this is one gadget that would be really useful! thanx for the opportunity to wn it.
Awesome tool! I totally need one of these
What a great tool! I would so love to win it. Thank you for the copportunity to enter.
Looks like a fantastic tool!
Oh, I am always looking for ways to be more accurate. This would be outstanding. Thank you!
Now that is just GREAT!! I would love to win it….Thank you for the chance to win it!
Would be awesome to win this. Thanks so much!
This could save sooooooo much time! I hate how long it takes to mark a bunch of squares……and if ya don’t do it, the hst’s come out wonky! I’m positive that this tool is one of the best inventions. If I don’t win it, I’ll be in line to buy one, that is for sure!!
Who doesn’t love notions! Thanks for the giveaway and the review
I just discovered Quiltmaker magazine, saw it at a friend’s house and went home and ordered a subscription. I didn’t know there would be all this extra info online. Thank you for a great review. This is a tool I would use often!
Looks like a handy tool. Thanks for the chance to win.
Simple, but effective–very clever idea!
I’ve been wanting to try something like this for a while now. Thanks for the chance to win one!
What a cool tool. I would use this all the time because my favorite square is the half square triangle. With this making them would be soo much faster. Please let me be the winner.
What a great idea – would be handy for a project I’m working on now! Thanks!
Wow! I would love this! Thanks for the chance. This would be great!
This would be a great tool to win. Thank you for having a great giveaway.
would love to have this tool !
I can see where this would be a great tool to have and use. I love Triangles, Half-Sq. Triangles, geometrics, etc. SO, Yes, I would Love to win this tool!
Wow this looks like a great tool! I would love to win it!
This would be an awesome tool, especially because I hate to make angle pieces and this would be the solution to my problem.
Love new tools and gadgets!
Clearly Perfect Angles would surely be great to win.I need all the help I can get sewing streight lines. Thanks
I need this!
any time you don’t have to pin you can definitely save a lot of time and accuracy always pays off with the finished quilt looks like a much needed notion to me thanks for developing a very useful tool