Originally Posted by
charsuewilson
A queen sized quilt will take about 10 yards of fabric (depending on the size of the pieces used). So look for a pattern that uses (or will work with) 5-6 different fabrics. Maybe a light, medium, and dark of each of two fabrics.
Charsuewilson is correct with the amount of fabric for a queen, Just for the backing requires almost 9 yards. I was looking at a QIAD queen size Triple Irish Chain. Fabric required are
Color 1 1.75 yds
Color 2 2.25 yds
Color 3 2 yrds
plus 6.5 for the background.