Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Diagonal length from a square


To calculate the finished diagonal measurement of a block, multiply the finished size of the block by 1.414.

This was taken from the following site:

http://sentimentalstitches.net/instructions/diagonal-measurement-of-squares/

1 comment:

Kristine said...

How awesome that I type in "9 inch square equals diagonal length" and one of the hits Google gave me is your blog! Thanks! I wanted a quilter's answer! =D

I'm downsizing a quilt from a pattern and want to know it's finished size when taking away one diagonal block from top and bottom. Now I know!