selm

I don't know how I missed this before and I'm sure many of you smart people already know about it. I just found a marvelous, free, online calculator at this link: http://www.quiltersparadiseesc.com/Calculators.php

In a matter of minutes I had all the calculations I needed for amount of fabric for the top, the amounts for two borders and the amount of fabric and how many strips to cut for the binding(I had a choice of widths of binding also).

Wonderful! I hope you find it helpful too.

Onebyone

Nice. But I've never calculated how much fabric I need. I cut until I have enough to finish the quilt. I piece backing fabric until it fits.

selm

I usually go by patterns which tell me how much fabric to buy. I have a panel I want to add to and this calculator really made the process very quick and smooth.

roguequilter

thank you for posting this link. there are several calculaters here & i've played with & saved all to my bookmarks. there are several sites on web with various calculaters ..all are great, but quiltersparadise has one for every facet of the quilt design/fabric needs process. i've designed my own quilts since before my first eq program, since before i learned to use pc. calculater & graph paper ...this whole quilting thing has gotten sooooo much easier now. i can get to the fun part of the process so much sooner ..cutting/stitching & voilá!!

DottyD

Thank you so much for sharing - what a very useful link.

annette1952

Thank you for sharing!

QuiltnLady1

Thanks for posting. It looks interesting but I am a bit cautious when I use a calculator. I make sample blocks out of the same fabrics that will be in the quilt, then I (normally) change the pattern a bit sometimes at the beginning but more often when I am half way through so all of my calculations are way off. This does not even take into account the mistakes I make (I should not cut/piece when tired - sigh). I usually feel safe if I add 1/2 yard per color. Now with the Accuquilt Go I am trying to learn how much waste to calculate into my measurements.

GramMER

Thanks so much for sharing. Even if we have seen the link before, some of "us" tend to forget where we found it.