A Brief History
Rulersmith, Inc. has
been making quality rulers since 1985. Originally named Omnigrid it was
founded by Randy and Peggy Schafer, the inventors of the Omnigrid
ruler. They decided to create the Omnigrid ruler when Peggy was having
a hard time seeing the lines on the quilting ruler that she
had purchased. So Randy experimented with some cans of ink and pieces
of acrylic and came up with a ruler that was
easy to see on light and dark fabric by utilizing
superimposed lines. Thus the Omnigrid ruler was born.
Omnigrid became very successful over the
next few years and in
1999 they sold the company
to Prym-Dritz, in South Carolina. Six months later the plant
in
Burlington, WA closed and operations moved to Wisconsin. In 2001, after
several unsuccesful months in Wisconsin, the Schafer's reopened the
plant in Burlington under the name Rulersmith and have continued making
quality acrylic rulers for a variety of uses ever since.
