I'll scratch my head and yours if it would help me understand math better! :lol:

Thanks for the link 2 Doods!

Another math lover here.

When I was homeschooling my sons (all graduated and grown up now), they saw me using math all the time for drafting patterns, so they never asked me "Will we really use this later on?"

7/8 ths comes naturally from working at a fabric shop for years.
also for those days you can not think, I have a yardstick that is marked 1/8 -1/4-1/3-1/2 etc.
it was given out years ago by Piece Goods fabric shop and also sold by them,
That is one yard stick my hubby knows he can not touch. :thumbdown: :hunf:

I usually buy 1 1/2 yards to make two pillow cases and 1/2 yard of a contrasting fabric. I cut my main fabric in half and the 1/2 yard into 9 inches each. I also use a 3rd color 2 1/2 inch strip full length of fabric from scraps for trim. Makes two nice pillow cases.

Do pillowcases have to be so exact? Even my purchased pillowcases are slightly different sizes. Shrinkage and all.
But I have a wonderful ruler that the BOM teacher suggested we buy. It has a yellow thing running the length of the ruler that you snap on and off and sets to exact measurements. Somehow this teacher likes the cut things in 1/8ths or 7/8ths. I haven't figured out why but I like her quilts so I bought the ruler and it really works and is so accurate. Can't waiting until February when the new BOM starts.

Anne

What os BOM?

Block of the Month

I love it and use it all the time. I didn't play the full price. I order from JoAnn's with my 40% coupon. I was never good in math so that is my helper. lol
jazs2

To find 7/8 on a ruler, count seven 1/8 marks from one inch to the next. Or fourteen 1/16 marks from inch to inch.

One thing I made sure of was my kids could read a ruler, down to the 1/64 inch, and know the gauge numbers sizes. It's something not taught in most schools anymore. I started teaching my grandbaby how to read a ruler when she started counting. It's a skill they will not forget.

me too. Figuring those parts out for a quilt is a great brain-teaser.