... are a great excuse...
... to play with a macro setting on a camera.
... to play with a macro setting on a camera.
There will be a new pattern finished (by hook or by crook) for the Stitches and Craft Show. I'll be launching it there with a special deal... but it's a secret, ok?
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PS. On a not-so-separate matter.... Can anyone please help me out with a conversion chart from millimeters to FRACTIONS (not decimals) of inches? All the online conversions I've tried just give me decimals... and who works in three decimal places of an inch?! I cannot get my head around fractions of inches, but it seems that a lot of you quite like them.
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a conversion chart
http://www.motorcontrol.com/formulae/decimal_metric.htm
hope it helps
oh- I just emailed you one too!
So excited about the new pattern, cant wait to see what it is. This covers the metric markings on the sewing machine.
6mm = 1/4 inch
10mm = 3/8 inch
13mm = 1/2 inch
16mm = 5/8 inch
18mm = 3/4 inch
22mm = 7/8 inch
25mm = 1 inch
oops - it should be
19mm = 3/4 inch (not 18mm)
Here's one that's easier to use than most - converts from mm to practical equivalent fractions, or the reverse - fractions to practical equivalent mm's. Might be just what you're looking for. Good luck!
http://www.edsebooks.com/paper/inchmetric.html
Love the pics. Intriguing .... guess all will be revealed at the craft show.
Looks like you are covered for conversions. Can't everyone else just do metric?? I like using a 1cm seam allowance (2cm for hems, of course!) and have just transferred that habit to my bag patterns.
I received a table of waddings, listing all their different properties including thickness. But I was baffled by one that said 3/32ths. I do love saying thirty-twoths though. Silly word.
three thirty-twoths.
Yummy chain stitch btw!
Cheers,
AJ
Very tantalising sneak pickies!
Oh, these sneak peeks are just so lovely. Mmmm... can't wait to see more!
I see you have plenty of mm conversions to help you now. I know LOTS of maths geeks like to sew as it's quite numerous & spatial, things we love doing for fun. Love Posie
Thanks for posting the question, Nikki, I'll try to use the links in the comments above too! 2 weeks ago I tried to use a ruler in inches to measure my items before listing them on Etsy, and double checked it on Google. I discovered that I never found the same result. And finally discovered too that an inch is divided in *16* parts and not in 10. Well, faaar too complicated for me, obviously! :)
I see you've got lots of suggestions, but her's one more.
http://www.hamuniverse.com/antfrac.html
Here's another one! You enter your measurement and it converts it automatically for you.
Oh dear, forgot to put the link:
http://www.efunda.com/units/fractions.cfm
you could type all your numbers with decimals in excel and then convert them all into fractions (right click on the cell > format cells > number tab > fraction > then select up to one digit :)
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