Originally Posted by seasaw2mch
I am bothered by the quilt sizes that most quilting programs use and here is why: they show
King size as 110" by 110"
Queen size as 90" by 110"
Full size as 80" by 90"
Twin size as 72" by 90"
Crib size as 36" by 48" (personally I never make them this small)
there should be 2 more sizes that I can think of, one is Lap size and one should be Couch size.
When I think of Lap size, I think about all the people that are handicapped and for them to have a manageable size I think it should be about 48" by 60" .......
Now see!! This is the issue we've been having with the quits for Bert's soldiers in Afghanistan, too.
We set the size for these at average 48x64 (give or take, you know?), which means the batting has to be about 54 x 70. No such animal!!
We are reduced to piecing "cribs" (46x60) and "throws" (60x60) to get the length we need, and then repiecing the leftover sections . It's a lot of work when I'm dealing with about a hundred quilt tops! No matter what size we use, we have to cut and piece, except "king," and they're too expensive for us to use, getting only 4 quilts from one batt.
Jan in VA