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Every quilting guide in one place, grouped by finishing, fabric and yardage, piecing, and size and cost. A guide teaches the method, a calculator does the maths. Start with the guide, then use its calculator.
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Finishing Guides
How to Calculate Quilt Backing
Backing size, overhang, fabric width and yardage, with straight piecing.
Read guide →How to Calculate Quilt Batting
Batting size, roll width and orientation, with pre-cut sizes.
Read guide →How to Calculate Quilt Binding
Binding strips and yardage for a finished quilt edge.
Read guide →How to Calculate Bias Binding
Bias strips for curved edges, and how bias differs from straight grain.
Read guide →How to Calculate Continuous Bias Binding
One long bias strip from a square, and the square size you need.
Read guide →How to Calculate a Quilt Border
Straight border strips and yardage for one border.
Read guide →How to Calculate a Mitered Quilt Border
Mitered borders with 45 degree corners.
Read guide →How to Calculate Border Yardage
Yardage for one, two or three borders, one border at a time.
Read guide →How to Calculate Diagonal Quilt Backing
Diagonally pieced backing by the John Flynn method, within its limit.
Read guide →Fabric and Yardage Guides
How to Calculate Quilt Fabric
Yardage for one fabric, from finished piece size and count.
Read guide →How to Calculate Quilt Yardage
A length you already worked out, turned into yardage to buy.
Read guide →How to Calculate Pieces to Yardage
Cut pieces turned into yardage, from cut piece size and count.
Read guide →How to Calculate Fabric Conversion
Lengths between units, and yardage between fabric widths by area.
Read guide →How to Calculate Inches to Yards
Inches turned into yards to buy, exact beside rounded buy amount.
Read guide →How to Calculate Quilt Strips
Full width strips turned into yardage, from strip width and count.
Read guide →How to Calculate Piece Count
Pieces you can cut from yardage you already own.
Read guide →How to Calculate Fat Quarter and Precut Pieces
Pieces from precuts you already own, in either orientation.
Read guide →Piecing Guides
How to Calculate Quilt Block Size and Layout
Blocks and layout for a quilt top, with no sashing.
Read guide →How to Calculate Half-Square Triangles
Half-square triangle cut size and square count, two at a time.
Read guide →How to Calculate Flying Geese
No-waste flying geese cut sizes, width twice height.
Read guide →How to Calculate Quarter-Square Triangles
Quarter-square triangle cut size and square count, two squares.
Read guide →How to Calculate Half-Rectangle Triangles
Half-rectangle cut sizes, by the oversize and trim method.
Read guide →How to Calculate Square in a Square
Center and corner cut sizes for a square set on point.
Read guide →How to Calculate Quilt Sashing
Sashing strips between blocks, continuous vertical strips.
Read guide →How to Calculate Setting Triangles
Side and corner setting triangles for on-point layouts.
Read guide →Size and Cost Guides
How to Calculate Quilt Size
Quilt size for a bed, from bed size, side drop, foot drop and head tuck.
Read guide →How to Calculate a Rag Quilt
Rag quilt blocks, finished block size from cut size and seam allowance.
Read guide →How to Calculate a T-Shirt Quilt
T-shirt panels, layout, blank panels and interfacing pieces.
Read guide →How to Calculate Quilt Pricing
Quilt price from material cost, labour, other costs and profit margin.
Read guide →General Guides
How Much Fabric Do I Need
Why there is no single number, and how to work out each part separately.
Read guide →Bias vs Straight-Grain Binding
Straight grain for straight edges, bias for curves, and continuous bias as a method.
Read guide →Quilt Sizes Chart
Quilt top sizes and bed-fit sizes, and why the two must not be mixed.
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