What size quilt do you find most useful?
#11
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For some reason, I like square throws. They often are about 60 - 65 inches. I guess we don't use them to fully cover ourselves, just use them as lap quilts in a chair or recliner. Waist to feet. I have given some to taller people and was told they use use them on the diagonal.
#12
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I prefer rectangle as I made one for a lovely young lady and didn't like how it looked as a square quilt so added a row of pinwheel at top and bottom of quilt and was very pleased with the finished project. I think it is really up to your liking and it sometimes depends on the batting that makes it heavy too.
#14
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For some reason, I like square throws. They often are about 60 - 65 inches. I guess we don't use them to fully cover ourselves, just use them as lap quilts in a chair or recliner. Waist to feet. I have given some to taller people and was told they use use them on the diagonal.
#15
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Seems my recipents like the lap size quilts more so than a bed size as its easier to pull over ones self plus easier to wash in the machine. I make my lap quilts around 60 x 70. Getting ready to make a couple over sized laps as the couple are over 6' tall so want to be sure it covers their feet.
#16
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I'm more of a bed-size quilt fan. I make most of my quilts twin-bed size, roughly 65" x 88" (longer if it's for a XL twin). Of course the pattern you're using will determine the exact dimensions.
Because most of my bedrooms - and most of those of my grown children - contain twin beds, sometimes put together to form an erzatz-king, I've found that if I make two twin-size quilts for those rooms, they serve well when the beds are separated, and they can be overlapped a little when the beds are pushed together and made up as an erzatz-king. They also aren't too bulky/heavy to be dragged out as a "nap-on-the-couch quilt," if needed.
Because most of my bedrooms - and most of those of my grown children - contain twin beds, sometimes put together to form an erzatz-king, I've found that if I make two twin-size quilts for those rooms, they serve well when the beds are separated, and they can be overlapped a little when the beds are pushed together and made up as an erzatz-king. They also aren't too bulky/heavy to be dragged out as a "nap-on-the-couch quilt," if needed.
#18
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My throw size is 60 x 72. I am only 4'11" but I like to make sure it wraps around my feet and up over my shoulders since I'm always cold. I have found I don't like square quilts but I'm not sure why.
#19
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If I'm not sure where my quilt is going, I usually make them 72" x 96" which is ok for the couch, generous on a single, perfect for a double and a little skimpy for a queen but would work. If I'm sure that it's just a lap quilt or for QOV, I make it 60" X 80". I never make square quilts (they just seem to be an odd size) although my good quilting buddy loves them.
#20
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I think the main thing is the quilt should cover the shoulders and feet, therefore at least 90" long. Otherwise, it could be for a twin, double, Queen or King bed. There are charts online that give the width of each of these beds. I don't like my quilts to hang to far over the sides of the beds so that they get stepped on, like the first one I ever made for my Queen size bed.
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