quilter's calculator
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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.
#5
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.
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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.
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.
#10
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.
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