I'm not planning to take up quilting, ... but I'm interested in this statement... Can anyone tell me why quilting is a cross between maths & art...?
H Martin, welcome to TSP
I don't think that quote came from me but it's right.
Patchwork has been the main use for what I remember of school geometry (part of maths), but I have also been known to resort to trigonometry occasionally when working out the length of one of the sides of a right angled triangle.
We did half a year needlework (to make a hymn book cover and an apron and cap). Said apron was then worn for the other half year in cookery classes. After that we had to choose between the two! When it came to 4th form (year 10) options we could only have one practical subject - it was a grammar school. I often said that they assumed we would marry rich husbands, but they never told us where to find the rich husband!