reading everybody else's answers, having leftovers, if they have you cut borders along selvedge, and it will take almost a yard for binding...guess king kong's not getting this one, lol! I'm like you, at first I was like, wow, 11 yards? sounds like a great quilt. hope there will be pics involved. I'll be glad when I can share pics too. (I'll be glad when my stuff is something I want other ppl to see pics of)....soon...sigh...I just keep on tryings C :-)