Sorry, I guess I can't help myself when the drafter wants to come out and play. :wink:

and there are people that see no reason to learn fractions - there IS a use for knowing/understanding them

:)

DH has been messing up on some of his measurements. He has been cutting stuff too short. He even uses the old addage: Measure twice - cut once. I finally noticed that it depended on his tape measure. The old one was all in fractions. The new one has fractions on one side and decimals on the other. It still confuses him.

I have a friend that is from Japan. All the measuring drove her crazy when she first moved to America. She always used a ruler with metric on one side and standard American on the other. She always carried the ruler in her purse so she could get it out and compare the metric measurements she understood to the American.

Don't know where you live, I was at the San Diego Quilt Show last week and a vendor was there selling rick rack in all sizes. If you are close to any large cities, you might watch for quilt shows in your area, there is usually a vendor there. Good luck.

i m in NORWAY so i m pretty far away from the land of goodies and all sorts :wink:

My tape measure has metric on one side, inches on the other. I use that tape for conversion, close enough for me.

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