This is the first blog post for the Scientific Quilter. As a lover of math, science, crafts, and now quilting, the best way to put everything down is to put it into a new blog. With this blog, I hope to span the scope of both sides of the brain, the right side (the crafty) and the left side (the science).
While I have a degree in science, in no way do I ever claim to have all the scientific answers of the world, or know everything about science (more about that later), even in the field that I studied.
I am also a very 'brand new' quilter, and don't really have a ton of knowledge of quilting at this point, so I am no expert in that field as well. I have sewed a few projects and have made a few things, and am not even an expert 'crafter' - just someone who appreciates the craft of craftiness. I have decided to latch on to quilting at this time, I see plenty of order and structure to some forms of quilting.
I used to teach high school science and I found the making of the labs and worksheets very exciting part of my job. The place where the right brain comes in and says 'oh that drain pipe could make a very good ramp for a ball dropping". I had been known to go to a home repair store or a craft store and spend time searching down the aisles.
Things I want to achieve with this blog:
That's more than enough objectives. Thanks for viewing.
While I have a degree in science, in no way do I ever claim to have all the scientific answers of the world, or know everything about science (more about that later), even in the field that I studied.
I am also a very 'brand new' quilter, and don't really have a ton of knowledge of quilting at this point, so I am no expert in that field as well. I have sewed a few projects and have made a few things, and am not even an expert 'crafter' - just someone who appreciates the craft of craftiness. I have decided to latch on to quilting at this time, I see plenty of order and structure to some forms of quilting.
I used to teach high school science and I found the making of the labs and worksheets very exciting part of my job. The place where the right brain comes in and says 'oh that drain pipe could make a very good ramp for a ball dropping". I had been known to go to a home repair store or a craft store and spend time searching down the aisles.
Things I want to achieve with this blog:
- Promote quilting and craftiness
- Promote science and math as a non scary entity that doesn't make people go screaming the other direction in fear and anxiety.
- Figure out some of the science behind the crafts - what makes the dyes a specific color, and what exactly is tension and how do we quantify it?
- Provide a crafty solution to scientific labs that can be done either in classroom or at home. (This one may depend on my archive system - the shed and the quality time spent rummaging through to find my old materials)
- Come up with quilty experiments. How do you test what needles work, what different types of batting looks like?
- Provide an alternative way of looking at things, bringing creative minds to science, and scientific minds to creativity.
- (implied) Revisit my writing and editing skills and become a more confident individual.
That's more than enough objectives. Thanks for viewing.
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