Originally Posted by newnana
Im on my second quilt ever,, the first was a baby quilt and with your help it turned out great! Now I am tackling a T shirt Quilt for my daughter made from her college tshirts
I have 6 rows of 6 11x14 squares . Or final measurements ( without border) is 84x66 . I need to know how many yards of material I need for the backing? Can you help?
You will need a minimum of 5 yards. This will be pieced vertically and will give you appox 90 inches in length, if it were me I'd get 5.5 yards.
To figure backing I always figure the smallest side first (66 inches) figures 2 yards = 72 X 88 which would not be long enough for the length 84 inches, so then I turn it around - 84 divided by 36 = 2.33 yards x 2 = 4.66 which will measure overall 88 x 84, now you have enough width, but if you are sending to a longarmer they are going to want more length, hence I rounded up to 2.5 yards x 2 = 5 yards (now measures 84 x 90).
Clear as mud right?