And I said I would never need math when I grew up.......
#31
Originally Posted by stitchingmemories
I was a stupid kid!! Guess I didn't know I would be quilting! ;-)
#35
Originally Posted by DJ
DH thinks I'm the only one that keeps a calculator in the sewing room. I doubt that!
#37
I never appreciated that geometry was involved in the quilting process! I thought it was just fractions. Well I was hopeless at both, although I had no problem adding up, subtracting and multiplying, anything else just went over my head. Now I am over s...y, and a quilter I have at last grasped (a little) the science of geometry without even realising it. Perhaps schools should teach quilting first then the geometry and fractions will come naturally. Incidentally, I only achieved C's in my needlework class.
#38
I'm not very good at math, unfortunately. You should have seen me in JoAnn's the other day, counting on my fingers and trying to figure out what 30% of these two different fabrics were, then half that price 'cause I was only getting half a yard of each, then what that plus my other purchases would total (I buy on an allowance, so I gotta stay under $10).
So today when I dropped in again to pick up one last fabric - I brought my cell phone and did the math on the calculator function!
So today when I dropped in again to pick up one last fabric - I brought my cell phone and did the math on the calculator function!
#39
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What does that mean Martina? When studying IT in 1995 onwards (I was 55 then) I needed algebra, indices, and probabilities and statistics - they were all rude words to me and I couldn't understand why we needed to play with the dice - I found logic and bits and bytes much easier to understand, but I can figure out anything in quilting :lol: I do most sums in my head or on paper and don't like calculators. I can build a computer (older style now 286-486+ because today's pcs configure themselves) but don't like playing with the remote control on tv :roll: We can do whatever we think is worth knowing about :thumbup:
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