Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Math

As a kid, I loved math. There was only one answer and sometimes it was a challenge finding the solution, the answer. Math was logical. Math was pretty easy (don't ask me about physics though!) I liked it so much, I took math right through high school and went on to take a year of calculus in college.

Then it dawned on me... what was I going to do with math???

Help my kids with their homework some day... maybe ...(hey last year I was able to dig into my brain cells and help my then-9th grader understand something her math teacher couldn't manage to explain to her!) But unless I was going to be an actuarial scientist, there wasn't any reason to continue with math... so I dropped it!

Little did I know how much math I would come to need in quilting!!!

I mean...

I am constantly adding this block ....

and this block...


to other blocks....
My creation
(and how many blocks will I need to make a quilt....???)


and this number of blocks ....
seems to increase somehow to these many blocks....
And how quickly this block ...

is multiplied....even further...
and then, you could even try to throw in a little geometry into the mix...

(still working on this one... angles.....OY!)


But how can this....

cutting table
become this????

Definitely not a linear equation!!!!! (Paper piecing can be quite a mess- no math needed!)

Back to the numbers!

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13 comments:

  1. HelenNovember 11, 2008 at 9:41 PM

    Lisa, I HATED maths with a passion at school, thought it was so stupid and wouldn't need it in real life. But...... now! Wish I'd paid attention!

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  2. audreypawdreyNovember 11, 2008 at 9:55 PM

    I love your colorful, scrappy log cabins! They are awesome, as is your red and white blocks! I have also used math a lot more than I thought I would.

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  3. jacquieNovember 11, 2008 at 10:49 PM

    i'm having block envy....math is everywhere (as my mathy friend tells me) i do my best to avoid it!

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  4. AndiNovember 11, 2008 at 10:53 PM

    I have partnered up with a doctor of mathematics.
    He's so helpful in the sewing room!
    Andi :-)

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  5. SarahNovember 11, 2008 at 11:29 PM

    oooh, i love math and i'm passing that love on to my kids. i love your log cabins and your houses. hey, haven't we've had this conversation before?!

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  6. BarbBNovember 12, 2008 at 9:11 AM

    That would be thermodynamics. Entropy - measure of the disorganization or degredation of the universe resulting in a decrease in available energy. Which kind of make sense because when you look at your room and it is disorganized, you feel a sudden decrease in energy.

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  7. Nanette MerrillNovember 12, 2008 at 2:32 PM

    I was never good at math or paper piecing! Your work is so lovely though.

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  8. periwinkleNovember 12, 2008 at 3:15 PM

    I can't say I was ever that fond of maths - I was more English. You have so many blocks wow - looking forward to seeing them as quilts
    lisa x

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  9. TineNovember 12, 2008 at 4:51 PM

    LOL! Thanks for making me laugh! I like math too....and really, there's a lot of math in quilting -or, there can be!
    I love the houses, and the scrappy log cabins are so beautiful!

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  10. Red Geranium CottageNovember 12, 2008 at 7:45 PM

    Love those house blocks. And the red ones too. Ok I like all of them!! But hate math. LOL!!

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  11. Red Geranium CottageNovember 12, 2008 at 7:45 PM

    Love those house blocks. And the red ones too. Ok I like all of them!! But hate math. LOL!!

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  12. AmyNovember 13, 2008 at 5:27 AM

    I find myself throwing log cabin variations together all the time! I just love them! I think i've even thought of MAYBE making something for the log cabin entry for wings falls... gotta go look up the rules and requirements first.c

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  13. RebekahNovember 19, 2008 at 9:00 AM

    your scrappy log cabin quilt is gorgeous!

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