I don’t know about you, but math is not my strong-point. I’d rather be piecing a quilt top than calculating the sizes of blocks.

When thinking about substituting one quilt block for another, I was faced with needing to calculate the sizes to cut to make a block a certain size. Yes, give me pencil & paper, and I can eventually calculate what I need.

Google can give you all sorts of information, so, for the fun of it, I thought I’d just Google it and see what I would find. — Yes, I often chase rabbits down the Google hole. The block I wanted to make needed to be a Square in a Square that would be 10″ square unfinished (which is after the block is made, but before it is added to a quilt top). Hoping to find a Blogger that had already made a Cheat Sheet of Sizes I entered “Size of pieces to make a Square in a Square Quilt Block” in the search field.

Ta Da! Google knew what I was talking about. The first page I clicked on took me to the Square in a Square Calculator on the Quilter’s Paradise website. I could either enter the Inside Square Finished Length or the Outside Square Finished Length. Then click on the Calculate Button and Voila! It instantly gave me the measurements I needed for all the individual pieces to make the block.

Looking over the page I discovered a Drop Down Box to choose different Calculators:

• Backing and Batting
• Binding
• Border
• Die Cut Letter
• Fabric Measurement Conversion
• Piece Count
• Pieces to Yardage Area
• Project Cost
• Sashing
• Set in and Corner Triangle
• Shape
• Square in a Square
• Strip
• Width of Fabric Yardage Conversion

Yup, I definitely bookmarked that page. I know I will end up using it again.

Any stitching going on at your house?

Happy Stitching!

Quilt Mouse