How Do You Measure Up?

Today kicks off our month long Ruler Extravaganza 
in celebration of National Sewing Month! 

To appreciate the present we must take a look at the past with a little... 
(*The facts contained in the following document have NOT been approved by anyone of any importance.*)

The Egyptians were known to term the first common unit of length as the "cubit". 
The cubit was defined as the length of a man's arm from his elbow to the tip of his middle finger. 
Presumably, the quilters flocked to the longest-armed merchant when purchasing their fabric. 

In  Egypt, the cubit was called the "meh", and divided into units called "sheps". 
There were seven "sheps" in a cubit, and the "shep" in turn was divided into four parts, called "zebos". 
Now let's practice... 
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EGYPTIAN QUILT SHOP
I'll have one meh, four sheps and five zebos of that lovely Moda floral please...

MODERN DAY QUILT SHOP
Heck, just give me a yard!
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As you can see, things improve with time. 

This month some of the quilting industries top "Rulers" will share their expertise with us
and make sure we are not stuck in an Egyptian frame of mind when it comes to measuring up. 

I will start us out with some helpful measuring tools that can be found on our website.
To access these visit unitednotions.com and click on the "FUN STUFF" link on the top tool bar.


Next click on "TIPS, GUIDES & MEASUREMENTS"

That will take you to this page with tons of useful tools such as... 
• Basic Setting Sizes
• Bedding Measurements 
• Precut Cutting Ideas
• Equivalent Measures
• Metric Conversions and more!  



Join us back here daily for Sewing 'Rule's' and Daily Giveaways!!


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17 comments:

  1. Karen in Breezy PointSeptember 2, 2013 at 11:37 AM

    Thank you for having all this information available!

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  2. Laura GSeptember 2, 2013 at 11:58 AM

    Thank you for the information . Th best part however is where it states that" the facts contained in this document have not been approved by any one of importance." That is really funny and I love it!

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  3. LisaSeptember 2, 2013 at 7:48 PM

    This is great to know! Thanks for the information!

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  4. CeciliaSeptember 2, 2013 at 8:59 PM

    Thanks for the great info.

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  5. LorisSeptember 2, 2013 at 9:43 PM

    Sounds like a great hop! I love to learn about specialty rulers.

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  6. marslauraSeptember 3, 2013 at 1:22 AM

    Thank you as always your making quilting fun by making it simple!

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  7. LesQuiltsSeptember 3, 2013 at 12:38 PM

    Thank you for the info and your great creativity! I really like my rulers, my friends call me a Ruler Queen!
    Take are, Leslie

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  8. craftEcowgirlSeptember 4, 2013 at 7:22 PM

    Love the idea of sharpening while cutting fabric!!!

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  9. UnknownSeptember 6, 2013 at 7:57 AM

    Cut like an Egyptian! Thanks for the info.

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  10. barbSeptember 7, 2013 at 7:28 AM

    I am in desperate need of rulets but simply cant afford them so maybe just maybe i will win one babscorbitt@ gmail dot com

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  11. JoSeptember 7, 2013 at 8:33 AM

    great info thanks


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  12. Diane MSeptember 7, 2013 at 3:48 PM

    Great info. Thank you!

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  13. grammygwendolynSeptember 26, 2013 at 7:35 PM

    Very amusing, great information. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  14. JANETSeptember 28, 2013 at 6:09 PM

    Thank you for the giveaways!

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  15. batgirlSeptember 29, 2013 at 8:52 PM

    Thanks for all the information

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  16. mabearSeptember 30, 2013 at 8:03 PM

    Great info!

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  17. maison-du-soleil.blogspot.comOctober 7, 2013 at 1:19 AM

    Thanks,thanks, thanks!! ))

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