Rag Quilt Calculator printable pdf download

Fabrics N Quilts

Standard Mattress Sizes

847 Old Highway 127 South

Twin

39" x 75"

Jamestown, TN 38556

Twin Plus

39" x 80"

931-752-7539

King

80" x 80"

California King

72" x 84"

Queen

60" x 80"

Rag Quilt Calculator

Olympic Queen

66" x 80"

Full

54" x 75"

First

, decide on the square size you wish to use. Traditional Rag Quilting uses a 1/2" seam allowance. Your finished square size will

be 1" smaller than your beginning square size.

Throw Quilt sizes differ, but start at 50" x 60"

Examples:

Nursery Quilt sizes differ, but start at 36" x 45"

Beginning Square Size

Ending Square Size

10"

6.5"

5.5"

Second, Calculate the number of squares needed. Fill in the following blanks:

Mattress Length=

+ overhang total (top + bottom)

= quilt length (A)________________ in inches

Mattress Width=

+ overhang total (left + right)

= quilt width (B)________________ in inches

Take the Total Quilt Length (A)__________ and divide it by the ending square size ____________=Number of Rows

(C)__________________ (ROUND UP)

Take the Total Quilt Width (b)__________ and divide it by the ending square size ____________=Number of squares in each row

(D)__________________ (ROUND UP)

Multiply (C)_____________________ times (D)_____________________________=(S)____________________________Number of squares needed

Third, Calculate the amount of fabric to buy. Fill in the following blanks:

Width of fabric (usually 42)______________________ divided by beginning square size_____________________= (E)________________number of squares per strip of cut fabric.

(ROUND DOWN)

Yard of fabric 36" divided by beginning square size_________________________= (F)_____________________________number of strips per yard of fabric

(ROUND DOWN)

Multiply (E)__________________times (F)___________________ = (G)_________________________number of squares per yard

Number of squares you need (S)__________________divided by number of squares per yard (G)___________________=_______________________Number of yards to purchase

THIS CALCULATOR PROVIDES MEASUREMENTS FOR 1 LAYER OF THE RAG QUILT.

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