mzsooz

I've seen a quilter's calculator at some of the quilt stores and I was wondering if anyone uses this and is it one of those tools that I absolutely must have? The math part of quilting escapes me. I've only used patterns someone else has designed but would love to do something of my very own.

maryb119

I have one and I don't use it much. I can figure the fabrics I need without it.

Pam

I won one of those and I have never opened the package. Too many buttons for me!

amma

They looked pretty complicated to me, too. Do you know anyone who has one that you could try out first? :D:D:D

MistyMarie

My husband bought me one for Christmas. I thought I would love it, but I end up using EQ6 to get an idea of what I need, instead. I figure one of these days when I am REALLY bored (as in probably never), I will read through the manual and try to figure it out.

bearisgray

I don't think it's a "must have" -

I do think a working knowledge of "basic arithmetic" is very useful - and a calculator that you allows the use of parantheses and converts fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions. I know there are Texas Instruments ones that will do that available for less than $20 - maybe less than $10.

fabric9patcher

I have one and never use it to complicated just like EQ6 I have never figured it out.

bearisgray

Texas Instruments TI-30 is a "big kids'" calculator with scientific functions - which you can ignore - and a nice display. Costs around $15.00

grammyj

I have one but haven't used it , can't figure it out .

Scissor Queen

I have one of those. I played with it a while and then put it away. I have a plain old printing calculator on my desk that I use for every thing. I can convert fractions to decimals in my head and do all the quilt math on that calculator. Quilt math is actually pretty simple. I like doing it on the printing calculator so that if I forget I can look on the tape and find my calculations.