Originally Posted by
eparys
sewingeveryday" the short answer is yes. You build the quilt with the blocks sized correctly, then add your sashing and borders if you choose. Once you have the quilt set up the way you want, you can print estimated yardage.
I have found that EQ often overestimates the yardage. I think one of the reasons is HSTs. the estimator counts a full square when making one HST, and I make my HSTs two out of one square. There may be other reasons for the estimations, but I have never found it to underestimate.