I am making my GD a "Hugs" quilt. I am just using up fat quaters that I have had for a long time and need to get out of my stash(so I can buy some more). lol The blocks are 12" and the size seems odd to me. She has a full size bed and I laid this out on my full size bed and it covers it. I am really making it for her to use to wrap up in to watch TV and snuggle on the couch. I will be backing it with flannel. It is going to be 69" wide and 92"long. I did not want to add another row of blocks across because I really don't have any more fat qt. that will go with this and I am running out of time as I need to get it to the quilter by next week. Is this size just too strange?

No. How do you fell about it? Go by your feelings.You can always add a borderto it .

I THINK A FULL SIZE BED IS 54 X 75, IF YOU ARE MAKING A QUILT FOR THE BED THE IT SHOULD BE OK BUT IF YOU ARE JUST MAKING LIKE A THROW JUST FOR HER TO LAY AROUND WITH THEN IS WAY TO BIG YOUR ARE BETTER OFF MAKING A TWIN SIZE WHICH IS 39 X 75.

Craftybug wroteThis size it with borders. I am making it so she can use it on her bed too but know she lays in the floor to watch tv and will use it there too.

How old is your grand daughter? It really doesn't matter. If she likes to lay in the floor to watch tv or play or whatever, she is going to love the fact that it is longer than it is wide........she can set more stuff up on it to play or have that much more to cuddle with it........I say go for it like it is! :D

Linda D.

I think if you like it, then it's a great size!!!!! You being happy and your grand-daughter loving it is all that matters!!!!

There are some standard sizes here;

http://quilterscache.com/StartQuilti...iltingtwo.html

I prefer a larger quilt myself, to put around pillows and to avoid problems with cover theives.

My very first was a trip around the world.

add another 3" to each side only and that will give you a 10" drop on the sides. the length will generously cover the pillows.

butterflywing

LOL..cover thieves are the worst!

I make all mine between 58 X 70 to 60 X 72 and it is perfect to snuggle on the couch with my hubby says.

if the gd is not sharing a double, then 10" drop should be plenty. i would call that a bed quilt and make a snuggle-quilt at 60 x 60. then the lucky girl would have two made by granny. the big one is way too big and it would be shame to take at apart after all that work. by the way, i'm new at posting so can someone tell me what lol means?

laugh out loud.

I've found approximately 60 x 80 inches is just about perfect for an adult's couch quilt - and it's still large enough to be useful as a cover when napping on a bed - or as a single bed covering.

It's big enough to cover me (the most important person in my house LOL) without a lot of extra fabric to wrestle with.

If two people are sharing a cover on the couch, the longer length would be nice.

I'm a bit surprised about how narrow you have that set to be. I've found the best double sized quilts to be square somewhere between 85" x 85" to 88"X88". But we're not a tall family.

All this aside it's your quilt and you should feel free to make it whatever size you prefer. Especially if you're thinking of it as a snuggly tv quilt. How old is your Granddaughter? Is she planning on going to college? Reguardless of what she has now all dorms have standard twin or extra long twin sized beds. That 69X92 will fit very well on a dorm bed.

I wouldn't go any narrower than 69" for a full. Just last night I had the quilt I'm currently working on laid out on a full sized bed. (my quilt is going to be a king and it is growing from the middle out, and is now currently 70" square) and 70" hit the edge and went past it no more than 5" on the sides. I don't think it was wide enough to cover the sides of the matress. Which would mean when the bed is made the sheets will show.

I hope I don't sound like a the grump of the group, but I have slept on a double bed all of my life.

No Elizabeth you don't sound like a grump I asked to see what everyone thought.

It will mostly be used to snuggle in, my GD is 14 and they just moved in a new house and took the extra bedroom by hers and put her desk, computer, tv and a couch in there and that is where she spends most of her time, even sleep in there a lot. So that is why I did not try to change it because I don't think it will get much bed use.

I agree - have three cover theives (the cute little faces in my avatar)!!

I would think that size is fine. It sounds big enough.

Cat cover thieves are the very worst!!!

LOL, and here I thought cat pillow theives where the worst?

Don't forget to show us photos when you're done! :D

I say make it any size you want.

wow! if i did that it was a total accident!

I took a look at this, as I'm currently making two baby quilts, and I'm not sure of the size. For a crib quilt it suggests 50" x 53", with seems nearly square. At the moment I have 3 x 4 10" blocks, so 30" x 40", and was going to put about a 5" border round. What size does everyone else make baby quilts?

I agree with the rest of them. Make it whatever size you think is best. Maybe take it and sit on the couch with it, cover up and see if you have the right lenght/width.
I too have cover/pillow thieves, the 2 legged AND 4 legged kind!