Quilts and gifts and the golden ratio

26 Sep

I have my sister Amanda for our family’s christmas gift exchange this year. Because she never reads blogs, I can talk about it all I want without fear of giving away the surprise. She is a Math professor at a college. She has taught English and Literature in the past and she is amazing at both. She is witty, intelligent, loves clothing and pretty smelling lotions. None of us in the family escaped from having a little Trekkie blood in us.

What do I get for Christmas for an amazing woman like this? My standard gift of Mary Kay products, although fabulous and always well recieved, just didn’t seem personal enough. I googled “Math gifts.” This brought up a large number of t-shirt and mug stores. Now I know that I don’t want to get her a T-shirt, even though it is her favorite gift to give others, so she must love them herself. But I looked through a few anyway. I found this amazing quote:

“The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.” (Euclid, 365 – 275 BC)”

Now what to do with it….. As my current crafting tends to quilting, I am thinking I will make a quilted wallhanging. I will base the design on either the Golden ratio sea shell or a sierpins Triangle (a fractal)

I am leaning toward the sea shell.
If any of you have some suggestions, I would welcome them. Those of you who know Amanda can tell me if my idea is good or if it would register a big ZERO on her “give-a-crap o-meter”

26 Sep

The second most important job in the world, second
only to being a good parent, is being a good teacher.”
— S.G. Ellis

My Blog name

26 Sep

My DH thinks I should explain the title of my blog. I don’t think I will, but I know all you Roald Dahl fans will get it.

Apology

21 Sep

Due to the unfortunate circumstance that I do not own a digital camera, picture posts will be few for the time being. Sadly, no fabulous tutorials from me. All my very cool friends have fabulous tutorials, though. Ccheck them out on my Other Marvelous Things links list.
My blog will remain a more literary endevor for now.

First sentences are doors to worlds~ Ursula LeGuin

21 Sep

I have always felt that there was a door to a secret world, just around the corner, out of sight, and that if I were to somehow catch it unawares, I would be able to pass through that door into another place. I loved the Chronicles of Narnia and The Secret Garden when I was growing up. But then, the place I live has its own sort of magic, which I must not forget.

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