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Sewing and quilting

Calculators for the planning that comes before the first cut: how much backing, batting, binding and border fabric to buy, and how to cut repeated pieces, half-square triangles and flying geese.

The backing, batting, binding and border calculators start from your quilt's size, so measure the finished top first. The others work from the size of each piece.

Calculators

Quilt backing calculatorWork out the backing fabric to buy, compare both seam directions, and print a panel plan.
Quilt binding calculatorWork out how many binding strips to cut and how much fabric to buy, including the length lost where strips are joined.
Fabric yardage calculatorWork out how much fabric to buy for repeated squares or rectangles, with a row-cutting plan to print.
Half-square triangle calculatorFind starting square sizes, batch quantities and the size to trim for two-at-a-time or eight-at-a-time units.
Batting size calculatorAdd the extra your quilt needs and find a batting package that fits, with a plan to print.
Quilt border calculatorPlan butted or mitered borders, with strip widths, four border lengths, fabric to buy and a printable cutting plan.
Flying-geese calculatorFind cut sizes for one-at-a-time or four-at-a-time flying geese, with batch counts, sewing diagrams and a printable cutting plan.

Printables

Everyday Measure · everydaymeasure.com/sewing-quilting/

Sewing and quilting

Calculators

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