Yardage requirements

Does anyone know where I can find a web site with a chart showing how much
yardage to buy for quilt backings? TIA.

Jan

Jan: You don't have to go to the trouble of
hunting a web site, then working calculations!
Just buy 12 yards for each quilt. Use what the
quilt requires; send balance to me. Quick & easy!
PAT in VA/USA

Jan wrote:
Does anyone know where I can find a web site with a chart showing how much
yardage to buy for quilt backings? TIA.

Jan

Pat -- Sorry to tell you that just won't work for me but nice try, anyway.

Jan
"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
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Jan: You don't have to go to the trouble of hunting a web site, then
working calculations!
Just buy 12 yards for each quilt. Use what the quilt requires; send
balance to me. Quick & easy!
PAT in VA/USA

Jan wrote:
Does anyone know where I can find a web site with a chart showing how
much yardage to buy for quilt backings? TIA.

Jan

Howdy!
Good timing. I was just doing a little figuring this afternoon,
w/ pen and paper.

Of course it depends on the size of your quilt top.

I like to have 5" or 6" wider backing that the top; I fold it over
the edges and pin it in place while quilting, protects the batting and top
edges.

Here are a few ideas:

http://www.ethnicquilts-fabrics.com/Materials.htm

http://www.hickoryhillquilts.com/fabric-calculator.htm

http://www.quiltknit.com/books/reference_chart.htm

http://www.seamsndreams.com/quilt-back.htm

http://www.stitchguide.com/stitches/...gtogether.html

Good luck!
Ragmop/Sandy
"Jan" wrote in message
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Does anyone know where I can find a web site with a chart showing how much
yardage to buy for quilt backings? TIA.

Jan

finally I understand why the fabric I buy for the backing, that's 108 inches
wide - still isn't big enough for a queen size quilt!! Thanks Sandy

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" Ellison" wrote in message
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Howdy!
Good timing. I was just doing a little figuring this afternoon,
w/ pen and paper.

Of course it depends on the size of your quilt top.

I like to have 5" or 6" wider backing that the top; I fold it over
the edges and pin it in place while quilting, protects the batting and top
edges.

Here are a few ideas:

http://www.ethnicquilts-fabrics.com/Materials.htm

http://www.hickoryhillquilts.com/fabric-calculator.htm

http://www.quiltknit.com/books/reference_chart.htm

http://www.seamsndreams.com/quilt-back.htm


http://www.stitchguide.com/stitches/...gtogether.html

Good luck!
Ragmop/Sandy
"Jan" wrote in message
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Does anyone know where I can find a web site with a chart showing how
much
yardage to buy for quilt backings? TIA.

Jan

That always works for me! You *have* been getting my overages, havent you,
Pat? All wrapped up nice and tidy around the chocolate?
;-)
Diana

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"Pat in Virginia" wrote in message
news:yMTQd.93328$Tf5.2444@lakeread03...
Jan: You don't have to go to the trouble of
hunting a web site, then working calculations!
Just buy 12 yards for each quilt. Use what the
quilt requires; send balance to me. Quick & easy!
PAT in VA/USA

Jan wrote:
Does anyone know where I can find a web site with a chart showing how
much
yardage to buy for quilt backings? TIA.

Jan

Thanks for all the info....very much appreciated!

Jan

" Ellison" wrote in message
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Howdy!
Good timing. I was just doing a little figuring this afternoon,
w/ pen and paper.

Of course it depends on the size of your quilt top.

I like to have 5" or 6" wider backing that the top; I fold it over
the edges and pin it in place while quilting, protects the batting and top
edges.

Here are a few ideas:

http://www.ethnicquilts-fabrics.com/Materials.htm

http://www.hickoryhillquilts.com/fabric-calculator.htm

http://www.quiltknit.com/books/reference_chart.htm

http://www.seamsndreams.com/quilt-back.htm

http://www.stitchguide.com/stitches/...gtogether.html

Good luck!
Ragmop/Sandy
"Jan" wrote in message
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Does anyone know where I can find a web site with a chart showing how
much yardage to buy for quilt backings? TIA.

Jan

There are a couple of books out (thin, almost booklet types) that are
great for answering questions like this. One is _Taking the Math Out of
Patchwork_, the other is (something like ) _Patchwork Minus Mathwork_.
Both have all sorts of charts of how many squares/triangles/rectangles
of what size you can get from what amount of fabric. Charts of bed and
coverlet/quilt/bedspread sizes, with and without pillow tucks; how much
you need for binding of whatever width, and much more. Not terribly
expensive and well worth the price. (Cover of one of them is blue, the
other is bright colors. )

Pati, in Phx

Jan wrote:

Does anyone know where I can find a web site with a chart showing how much
yardage to buy for quilt backings? TIA.

Jan