KathyPhillips

Me, too. I have always loved math! Like figuring things out.

Hemlock Tea

I love math. I sometimes solve polynomial equations in my head for fun.

simpsonfs

yuk is all I can say...not me...

kaylfordsollimo

Not sure what you mean by "the derivative" for HSTs. Derivative is a calculus function. Also, the "formulas" quoted only apply to right triangles in which the "legs" are labeled "a" and "b" and the hypotenuse is labeled "c". A more general version would state that the "sum of the squares of the legs is equal to the square of the hypotenuse". I, too, am a retired math and computer science teacher. I spent a lot of years teaching AP calculus to great kids (both in high school and college).

kaylfordsollimo

I'm a retired math teacher, so "yes!" I do like math - it's second nature to me. I also feel that lots of "math haters" just didn't have good math teachers to let them in on the secret delights. One of the biggest hits in a geometry class I taught was the day that I invited one of our school secretaries in as a guest presenter. When I asked her to come and talk to my class about her quilting hobby she thought I was crazy. Well, guess what? She came and brought lots of samples, told the kids about the block names, let them touch and see all of the geometric shapes involved. Turned that lady into a "rock star"! The kids had a new-found respect for that "lady in the office". She was delighted with their response to her "little hobby".

nanna-up-north

I find myself calculating 'how much fabric needed' for friends' quilts. I love getting my friends started on my love of quilting but I'm always the one they call when they start a new quilt...... and I've always loved math.... my husband had me figure the area for the bulldozer to dig the basement for our son's new house..... he'd spent a couple of days trying and couldn't get it right...... Yeah for math!

I know people like to make fun of the nerds and nerdettes out there but I always say, nerds and nerdettes RULE!! Literally, they do rule!! I'm proud to be a nerdette!

WMUTeach

I do not particularly "enjoy" the math but I am learning to enjoy the intrigue of planning a quilt and calculating proficiently enough to make the final product measure what my plan was. I guess I am on the road to enjoying the math. Triangles still catch me off guard often, particularly when enlarging or shrinking a pattern to fit my needs.

I know the lead of my quilt quilt just LOVES!!!!! the math. We all go to her when we get stuck. I have learned a lot from her. Board members find the one who love the math and sit close them to learn that the math is not as hard as you fear it may be.

Roberta

In one word, YES.

crafty pat

I hate the math, but I do it anyway. The outcome is worth the frustration.

tjradj

I enjoy the math. I also make sure I let my 11 yr old son see me using math in my quilting as well as in cooking, paying the bills, etc. He's not as keen for math as me, so it takes this to show him that "Yes" he will need his math skills for "real life" after school.

I love it when the absolutes of math work out in quilting . For instance, no matter how wide you cut your double fold binding, when you get to the part where you need to join it to finish it - the amount of overlap will be exactly the widlth of your binding - unfolded! If you cut it that way, you just join the ends on an angle and it fits perfectly.