Originally Posted by
OurWorkbench
According to the first link at the "Diagonal Pieced Back" you can put your numbers in and it says that only 58 inches are needed of 44 inch wide fabric.
I don't think that includes the extra backing needed for attaching to rollers, etc. Her quilt is 50 x 50, which if you use those numbers does turn out to be 58 inches of backing, but I added 5" to each side as recommended on the worksheet and the calculations came out at a bit over 2 yards is needed.