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GrannieAnnie 11-06-2012 06:53 AM
Originally Posted by dunster (Post 5638623)
GrannieAnnie, none of my quilting rulers have metric. That would be very confusing, since there's enough markings on them already. Where are you finding ones that do? (Not that I need or want them, just wondering.)

The ruler I used just this morning--------my favorite.
OLFA

I'm so used to seeing both on measuring instruments that I don't even pay attention most of the time.

dreamer2009 11-06-2012 06:54 AM
none of my rulers or yardsticks have metrics.
I did however order 2 tape measures off ebay last night.
they have both sides which is good because this is
not the first time I have turned away from a pattern for not understanding.
Thanks everyone for your help and advice :)

dunster 11-06-2012 07:07 AM
Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie (Post 5638644)
The ruler I used just this morning--------my favorite.
OLFA

I'm so used to seeing both on measuring instruments that I don't even pay attention most of the time.
That's strange. I've seen centimeters marked on yardsticks frequently, but not on quilting rulers. My Olfa mats don't have metric. None of the Olfa products I can find online have both inches and centimeters. They do have a mat that has metric on one side and inches on the other, and they have rulers that are metric only. Did you buy your Olfa rulers in another country?

jlm5419 11-06-2012 08:26 AM
I use a unit converter to get inches or yards, and round to nearest measure that makes sense.

GrannieAnnie 11-06-2012 07:16 PM
Okay, I'm confused! Why do you need to convert from one to the other to start with? Use the ruler that matches the pattern! Either inches/feet/yards or metric. Why take a chance to screwing up a conversion.


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