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As a Patchwork husband
Anna seems to give very high level statements about what she does with very little detail - more like bullet points of what she is doing. I have got used to clothing terms during the year and can quite happily talk about blocks, bias, etc. Now of course patchwork has another realm of terms.So in Anna’s catching up on course work, I can illustrate what I have learnt from her working. Anna has been working with half squares and quarter squares. From a mathematician’s point of view - they are the same - both are right angled triangles with 45 degree angles, it is just a matter of size. Of course this is not mathematics this is the world of patchwork. So instead of the logical approach you need to remember that these are fabric - and fabric is not an even material. It has a grain (or weave direction as I would see it- going across and along the length of fabric). It appears in patchowork world - on quarter squares the two equal sides (non hypotenuse side) runs across the grain, while on the half square, the hypotenuse runs diagonal to the grain. (Or to think of it another way if you cut a square of material out logically (sides along the grain) then if you cut it diagonally you get a half square (and hypotenuse is diagonal to the grain) if ou cut it into 4 (across the diagonals) you have guarter triangles - the hypotenuse along the grain)So you see, unfortunately when you are not even in the world of patch you still have to still an listen to all this - and I do listen.
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06/02/2009 at 01:40 pm
I received an email from Hazel - which I have posted in here
Congratulations on understanding ‘your’ City & Guilds homework! These are very subtle tests we teachers insert into our programmes to ensure the whole family take part in and understand fully what the world of patchwork is all about. I know you husbands find it to be one of life’s biggest mysteries as to why we buy perfectly good fabric, cut it up into very small pieces just to sew it back together again. To us, it makes perfect sense, especially when we can also cut it up into both half square and quarter square triangles. We also like to use equilateral triangles too, this is a good web site that describes how to rotary cut them: http://quilting.about.com/od/rotarycuttingskills/ss/cutting_shapes_5.htm , consider this your homework for this week!
Anna’s enthusiasm for all things patchwork is one of the greatest joys of my teaching and knowing that she’ll cheerfully arrive in class despite whatever else is going on in her life makes all the late nights preparing teaching materials worthwhile. - Hazel
06/02/2009 at 01:43 pm
Hmmm - much to my embarrassment- it was the wrong way around - I blame Anna’s explanation ;o) It is now suitably corrected. Thanks to Terry who sent me the following email pointing this out.
Very impressive, but he’s got it back to front - in 1/4 square triangles the hypotenuse runs along the grain, but it’s on the bias for half square triangles!
But brownie points for taking such an active interest (or should that be a tick?!)