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How to Learn Geometry Through Tailoring

Geometry is useful whenever solid objects are involved, and tailoring is no exception. Tailors fix worn out or damaged clothes and also add to and design clothing. Geometry is a necessary skillset for tailors as it helps them determine the dimensions and quantities of materials they need to repair or to create clothing. Basic tailoring techniques also involve geometry and introducing these methods can be a fun way to teach yourself or someone else the fundamentals of geometry.

Instructions

- 1
  Use geometry to determine the area of a rectangular piece of cloth. For example, if you need to patch a hole that is 1 inch by 2 inches, how much cloth do you need to use in square inches to patch the hole and have a 1-inch margin to sew it in?
  
  The cloth must be 2 inches by 3 inches, which would require 6 square inches of cloth.
- 2
  Use geometry to determine the length of a belt, bracelet or cord that is appropriate for the average person. If you want to make a sleeve cuff that fits around an arm that is a cylinder with a diameter of 3 inches, how much cord do you need to go all the way around?
  
  The circumference of a circle is pi * 3 inches, so 9.42 inches.
- 3
  Use geometry to find the volume of a hat if the hat is a hemisphere and it has a radius of 3 inches.
  
  The volume of the hemisphere is (2 * pi * (3 inches)^3)/3 = 926 milliliters.

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