Perfect Mother's Day Gift for Cooks, Decorators and Quilters

CARSON CITY, Nev., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Struggling with what to give Mom for Mother's Day? How about a gift that solves problems she deals with when cooking, quilting, or working on home improvements. A specialty calculator may be the answer if you want to give her something she'll use while doing the things she enjoys.

Home Project Calc

One of the first steps in home improvement projects is determining how much material is needed and how much it costs. The Home ProjectCalc quickly answers those questions for moms of all kinds -- homeowners, do-it-yourselfers, hobbyists and decorators.

The HPC works and converts directly in yards, feet, inches, fractions and meters -- including square and cubic formats of each. Just enter the values like you say them. In addition, the HPC's dedicated keys give instant calculations for how many gallons of paint, rolls of wallpaper, or number of tiles needed for a particular project. The palm-sized calculator fits in a pocket or purse.

Priced under $20, the Home ProjectCalc can pay for itself in saved time and materials during just one project.

Kitchen Calc

Who needs a calculator in the kitchen? Any mother who wants to increase or decrease the size of recipes to find "Just Right" servings and portions for her guests. She can also set and store preferred recipe and portion sizes so she'll always get your favorite dish done the way you like it. The Kitchen Calc quickly converts between U.S. and metric weights, food measurements and temperatures and provides answers to those simple-tough questions like, How many liters in a quart, tablespoons in 1/3 cup or how many "pinches" equal a teaspoon? The built-in timer works while you're using the calculator. Two models are available -- the KitchenCalc Pro Master Chef's Edition ($34.95) and the KitchenCalc ($24.95).

Quilters FabriCalc

If mom's a quilter, the Quilter's FabriCalc quilt design and fabric estimating calculator will give her instant answers to the many problems quilters encounter. It works in and easily converts between U.S. and metric measurements. All keys are labeled in quilting terms. Find total yardage, including backing, binding, borders and drop for any quilting project. Calculate total yardage for squares, 1/2 square triangles, 1/4 square triangles, 45 degree and 60 degree diamonds. Or, find the number of squares and diamonds that can be cut from fabric in your "stash". Store fabric yardage for six individual types of fabric and view total yardage required for all fabrics. The Quilters FabriCalc ($39.95) comes with a DVD tutorial.

Calculated Industries makes these specialty calculators, all of which are fun, easy-to-use and can also be used as standard math calculators. For more information visit http:/www.calculated.com or call 1-800-854-8075.

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CONTACT: Mike Greenan of Calculated Industries, Inc., +1-775-445-6235,
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NOTE TO EDITORS: If you want high-or low-res color images of any of these calculators, contact Mike Greenan at mikeg@calculated.com or 1-800-854-8075, ext. 6235.

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