Okay so if you have EQ5 please help me figure this out! I haven't played around with it much, but tonight I'm trying to figure out something.

I have drawn up a pattern, and the yardage calculation seems way over the top for me. For an 80'' square quilt, it's telling me that one of the three fabrics I need 9+yards?????????????? It's in the border, and it said that it's determinig that it's a single strip of fabric...(the border in question is pictured below)

The problem is, it's a peiced border, and there is no option (that I can see) to turn that off and have it calculate the accurate yardage based on the peiced border...

Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Any ideas where I can find the answer?

I've had EQ since it started and it has always had problems figuring the yardage. So I figure it myself. Count the number of squares in your borders and then figure how many you can get from a strip, and then you will know how many strips you need. You can also figure about 6 yds for a twin, 8 for a queen, etc. Then divide the yds by how many colors you are using. You can do it!

Nine yards seems way to much to me, even if it is trying to say you need to cut lengthways. I wouldn't have thought you needed nine yards for ALL of the blue. Try looking at the layout diagram to see where it is going wrong (print, preview)

Also, check the width of the fabric you have selected. Mine was over estimating by miles too.... but I had it showing the fabric width as much smaller than it really was.

I have EQ6 and in the manual it tells you how EQ figures yardage...

"The result is usually an over estimate. Shapes like on-point sashes tend to give exceptionally large yardage figures."

Also it is suggested to "Color your center and borders differently to see where yardage is going".

Hope this helps.
K