That sums it up for me.

I measure the fabric as I cut it and that's about it. Oh, and measuring for borders, I've finally started doing that.

Binding...I just make excessive amounts of it and toss the extra into my 'scrap binding' bin for use on scrappy quilts and pot holders. I love doing scrappy bindings. I cut my binding at 2-1/2" so extra binding can be ironed back flat and used in scrappy jelly roll type patterns too.

When I washed the backing for a quilt, 3 yards worth and should have been plenty for the longarming process, it shrunk and I had to add a "cheater" strip so she could have enough. She also told me that one of her clients had said that their backing had shrunk 12 inches. I am not sure how many yards that it was but that is a bunch of shrinkage.

I sometimes measure the finished top just to see if I want to add a border. Mostly I keep a record of the size of my quilts so that I can add it to the label, and the list I have with all the other info, such as the date completed etc.

Since a large portion of mine are lap quilts, or wall hangings, I do not have to worry about whether it will fit a certain sized bed.

The only way I measure after I make a quilt is to throw it on a bed to see how it fits and if I need to make it bigger. Then measure for boarders to add for size.

I measure ,my quilts before I quilt them so that I know what size batting and backing fabric I need. But otherwise I don't measure.

This is the way I also do it.

I do agree with ghost rider on her measuring criteria. I am one of those that pre-washes 99.9% of all my fabric, so if the fabric was going to shrink, it would be at that time. I also carefully measure my finished blocks so that they come out to the correct size, so I'm usually good to go.

This is what I do. :wave:

When I buy fabric I always add 1/4 yard to what is needed. I do wash first. When I make the quilt I try to figure the top of the mattress plus at least one block per side for the drop. Then I test the size on a bed to see how it fits with the drop. Then I add borders based on the "look" from the bed test. I do not measure the size other than that. I do square up blocks to size but that is it. I always figure for some shrinkage and do wash after quilting but will only do a bed check after the quilt is finished just to see how it looks. I am not a big fan of heavy quilting so do not expect a lot of shrinkage from the quilting.