maddy13

I'm making a quilt for a friend and He has a full size bed.
what dimensions should the quilt be?

I've only made one normal quilt and all the others were baby quilts so I don't know the sizes very well.

thanks in advance!

Tartan

These are the mattress sizes I have but it depends on how much of a hangover you want.
Crib-42X50
Twin-69X90
Full-84X90
Queen-90X96
King-104X96

PaperPrincess

Sorry, but there's no specific answer. A full mattress is 53" X 75" (I think Tartan's chart is in cm, no that can't be right?). You need to make some decisions. How much do you want to hang over the edges? 4"? 14"? What will you do at the pillow end? Will the pillows go on top of the quilt, or do you want a pillow tuck?
So for a quilt with a 5" drop and no pillow tuck it would be 63" X 80"
To cover both mattresses, a 14" drop would be needed, so the quilt would be 81" X 89"

charsuewilson

Tartan - those aren' t mattress sizes, they appear to be finished quilt sizes that someone suggests.

A full size bed is 59 x 78

I usually make quilts for a double bed large enough for a queen sized bed because most people don't use double beds any more.

Jeanne S

One of my quilt books says a full/double size mattress is 54x75 inches and the quilt size should be 80x88 inches. But I think you can vary that 2-4 inches either way and be Ok.

Dalronix

This might help:

http://www.fgqg.com/Quiltsizes.htm

Emma S

My answer would be how does he want it to hang. Oh dear, let me rephrase that, how does he want it to fit the bed. I then take a measuring tape and measure what it would take to make it fit the way he wants it. I made a king size for my daughter and it measured 130 X 130.

dunster

Mattresses tend to be a lot thicker these days. As others have said, you really need to know how thick the mattress is, whether it's to cover the mattress and even hang below that, whether there's a footboard (if so, perhaps it shouldn't have much of a drop on the end, etc. So many questions...

sewingsuz

Ron, thanks for the link\chart. I will pin it to my wall in sewing room.

ManiacQuilter2

Don't forget, it also depends on the size of the block that determines the size of a quilt. You have to check with whomever to get an approximate size of the quilt they want.