Examples of CLOPAK Networks, an approach to covering the plane with symmetrically arranged, close-packed geometric shapes, are given. Implications for the place of networks in geometry instruction are discussed. (MN)

While repairing a sleeping bag, the author observed that the quilt stitching was unicursal. This led to development of a classroom activity relating the stitching patterns of quilts to the highest common factor of the numbers of "bumps" in each direction. (SD)