MommaDorian

I always say I'm geometrically challenged. I'm definitely one of those that has to measure twice, cut once. :)

sosewcrazy

I teach third grade, and I can't believe what I am teaching those 8-year-olds! We just adopted a new math series, and you're right. I learned it in college, or high school geometry. But the kids love to look at quilt blocks when we're doing geometry, and have used paper to "piece" quilts to learn patterns, fractions, and geometry.

Annz

It's all Greek to me. :P

golfer

Tying quilting to math is the subject of a presentation our quilt guild will make to a high school geometry class. Several of us are going to prepare this and I would like to know in what way can we tie it to math other than using rulers, creating blocks, etc. Any help would be appreciated. I am not a math teacher.

trisha

I realize now, about 100 years later, that I should have paid more attention in math. I was looking at a quilt book today that calls for make trapazoids???? Give me a break!!!!. I will stick with the triangle and squares. Gives my brain too much pain to think about all that high faluting stuff!

Arleners

I teach a class and call quilting geometry for girls :wink:

grammyp

I knew there was a reason I loved geometry in school.

cooper

where 1+1=2, i can do the math, i bucked algebra, never did geomytry, and here i am, unable to figure out how to use the quilt calculator. i do it all by hand now. lol, i feel like i am definately not with it anymore

mar32428

I'm with you. A student in math all my life but you can't believe how messed up I can get trying to figure out quilt math. Could it be age? Naaaahhhhh!

marlene tarzwell

I totally agree. Sure wish I had paid more attention in math>