Printable Quilt Border Yardage Calculator
This sheet is for quilters who need to figure yardage for one or more borders and binding from a single quilt size. It includes a border planner with columns for Border, Top width in, Top length in, Finished width in, Fabric width in, Cut width in, Total length in, Strips, and Yards. The binding section includes Quilt width in, Quilt length in, Strip width in, Fabric width in, Strips, and Yards. Example rows show a 60 by 72 quilt for border planning and a 74 by 86 quilt with 2.5-inch binding strips. Fabric width is the usable width after selvages are removed.
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- 1 page
- US Letter — choose “Fit to page” for A4
- PDF, 61 KB
Free for personal, family and classroom use.
Enter the top size once, then move down the border rows using the size after each previous border. Fill in finished border width, fabric width, and cut width to get strip counts and yardage. For binding, enter the quilt width and length, strip width, and usable fabric width to calculate how many strips and yards are needed.
Good for
- Plan yardage for multiple quilt borders
- Calculate binding strips and total yards
- Check fabric width after removing selvages
Tip: Print it and keep a pencil nearby so you can update each border size as you work.
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