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and the numbers for Eight Squared are as follows:

3264 separate pieces of fabric for each rose

plus 49 setting squares for the middle

plus 28 setting triangles for the sides, top and bottom

plus 4 setting triangles for the corners

for a grand total of 3345 pieces - not including the borders

the paper-pieced rose pattern can be found here

and the numbers for me are as follows:

2 to the sixth

which is 4 to the third

which is 8 to the second

which is 1 times 64

which is 2 times 32

which is 4 times 16

which is 64 free trips around the sun

which is 23,360 days, not including Leap Years

which is 560,640 hours give or take 384

which is 33,638,400 minutes give or take 23,040

which is 2,018,304,000 seconds give or take 1,382,400

which makes me a billionaire twice over...

When I get older losing my hair, 

Many years from now. 

Will you still be sending me a Valentine 

Birthday greetings bottle of wine. 

If I'd been out till quarter to three 

Would you lock the door, 

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, 

When I'm sixty-four 

You'll be older too, 

And if you say the word, 

I could stay with you. 

I could be handy, mending a fuse 

When your lights have gone. 

You can knit a sweater by the fireside 

Sunday morning go for a ride, 

Doing the garden, digging the weeds, 

Who could ask for more?

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, 

When I'm sixty-four 

Every summer we can rent a cottage, 

In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear 

We shall scrimp and save 

Grandchildren on your knee 

Vera, Chuck and Dave 

Send me a postcard, drop me a line 

Stating point of view 

Indicate precisely what you mean to say 

Yours sincerely, wasting away 

Give me your answer, fill in a form 

Mine for evermore 

Will you still need me, will you still feed me. 

When I'm sixty-four

John Lennon and Paul McCartney