thanks for the advice toverly and Bree. that sounds to be the easiest way to do it. Right now, i'm having rotary cutter problems and tension problems on the FW machine. i guess i'm not to sew today. will try your method of doing the scallops when i get there. See, I knew there was an easy way of doing this. our grandmothers didn't have calculatores or fancy rulers, like a few of you said, and theirs turned out great.