Am I the only one that enjoys the math?
04-07-2012, 09:14 AM
#33
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It is interesting to see how many of you don't mind the math. I have a degree in clothing and textiles and cant add without a calculator, I hate math and my father was a rocket scientist and my mother a statistician! But when it comes to fractions.. I can do them in my head! I use EQ7 and have since is was EQ3 and I let the program do the angles and geometry stuff, but when it comes to yardage, I do my own calculations.
Quilting math is not that hard and you don't need a single or double or master degree in anything to figure that one out. A cheep 10 key calculator with 4 basic functions or the Quilting Calculator or an app on your phone or tablet or computer .... doesn't matter, as long as you know what the correlation between the fraction, the dismal and the inches on the ruler are, you can figure anything out! (they make lists and charts for that, read this thread.. http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...s-t183214.html )
Quilting math is not that hard and you don't need a single or double or master degree in anything to figure that one out. A cheep 10 key calculator with 4 basic functions or the Quilting Calculator or an app on your phone or tablet or computer .... doesn't matter, as long as you know what the correlation between the fraction, the dismal and the inches on the ruler are, you can figure anything out! (they make lists and charts for that, read this thread.. http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...s-t183214.html )
04-07-2012, 09:24 AM
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AMEN and AMEN, Mickey!! If it doesn't have an existing pattern to follow, it's not in my quilting folder. I just barely made it through Geometry!!! I do WISH I had had a different attitude toward math back then, but my life has been just fine with grammar school math 
04-07-2012, 11:23 AM
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Many teachers are now using quilts to teach math.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/l...lt-square-math
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/l...lt-square-math
04-07-2012, 11:30 AM
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A cheep 10 key calculator with 4 basic functions or the Quilting Calculator or an app on your phone or tablet or computer .... doesn't matter, as long as you know what the correlation between the fraction, the dismal and the inches on the ruler are, you can figure anything out! (they make lists and charts for that, read this thread.. http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...s-t183214.html )
Well said, fabriclovr! (decimal, I know) 
Last edited by ghostrider; 04-07-2012 at 11:33 AM.
04-07-2012, 12:04 PM
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One of Quilt University's most popular classes is Math for Quilters taught by Dena Crain. (I had her for another class and she's terrific.) The next session of the class starts April 27th. It's $27 for a 3 lesson class. It covers everything...even guidance on how to set prices. Here's the supply list and outline.
http://www.quiltuniversity.com/w/MathForQuilters.htm
http://www.quiltuniversity.com/w/MathForQuilters.htm
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