#was watching jan misali's video on the imperial measurement system and thinking.
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I know that the Imperial system is bad and all but I gotta say. I do really like how it works for sewing
#was watching jan misali's video on the imperial measurement system and thinking.#yes metric system is easier to multiply by 10. but you are not multiplying by 10 when sewing#you are dividing#specifically by two more than once#which gets Real ugly with 10#but is very nice with 36 and 12 and fractions of an inch#I like being able to divide inches when doing seams instead of having to work in arbitrary numbers of millimeters (too precise)#or numbers of centimeters (not precise enough).#like you got 1'' 5/8'' 1/2'' 3/8'' 1/4'' 1/8''. very directly related to each other. all the precision you need. easy to remember#also easy to standardize for different 'types' of things you're sewing#clothes are 5/8'' or 1/2'' seam. accessories like purses are 1/2'' or 3/8''. quilts are 1/4'' and French seams are 1/8''#and you can remember that and use it when you don't have a pattern to work directly off of#yards and fractional yards are also really nice to work off of when buying fabric. inches turn into fractional yards really really nicely#you can take a 5'4'' measurement for a cloak#which is 64'' just by remembering the multiples of 12 (remember your times tables? i learned those in 3rd grade)#which is 1 and 2/3 yards! very easy to remember and go to the fabric store and buy the right amount of fabric#(though i would round it up to 1 3/4 yards just to be safe)#good Lord 95 percent of this post is in the tags. anyway#my posts#sewing
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