Tartan

Okay these are from my size chart.
Mattress size Quilt size
crib 17X52. 36X54
twin 34X75. 54X90
double 54X75. 72 X90
queen 60X80. 90X108
king 76X80. 108X108

As you can see, your quilt size is only a couple of inches over. I have found some fabrics need to be washed and ironed while still damp to help remove the wrinkles.

Charlee

On the queen size thing...the 15 inch overhand on each side is going to be "lost" when you put two bodies in the bed. As for the length, most folks bunch the covers up under their chins, and we don't want feet getting cold in the process... That's my way of looking at it anyway.

toverly

I only make "throws" myself so I don't know actual sizes. What I can contribute is from friends who have had the problem of making set sizes that should be bigg enough. Newer mattresses are thicker than original ones. So it takes more to cover a bed. If you are making one for a particular person or bed. Find out what size is required. Some people like them to hang like a coverlet with only a 10" drop, others want to sleep under it, and need more for wiggle room.

PaperPrincess

Here's my 2 cents worth on the quilt size. The 'drop' is only on 3 edges: the 2 sides and the bottom. You have a choice on what to do on the top. You can have no drop, in which case the quilt goes to the top of the mattress and pillows will go on top of the quilt, or you can add some which will fold back over the pillows like a bed spread (a pillow tuck). With the dimensions you quoted, it sounds like there's a pillow tuck. If there's no extra on the top, you can make matching pillow shams or get coordinating bed linens. My avatar is a full size, 10" drop on 3 sides, nothing at the top and I made matching shams.

AliKat

Re: wrinkles: I prewash and then fold over to dry in my garage so the fabric only has the fold. I do prespray with Best Press, or starch, before ironing and cutting. I like the way the fabric handles - less stretch or distortion - better this way.
I agree with Jan in Va an ironing surface with less padding is better for quqilting.

Re: quilt sizes: For me it varies. For example I live in Arizona so I don't use lots of blankets or a duvet and thus my quilt spread doesn't need to be as large as what I make for my grown kids. They live in upper WI and use mucj more blankets or duvet type things on their beds, so they need more top and drop space.
I only use the drops on the sides and bottom of the bed. If I want to have the pillows covered I either use a pillow drape or make pillow covers. It all depends on what the recipient wants.

ArchaicArcane

EasyPeezy - great idea! Can vinegar/water replace starch altogether? or it's just for the stubborn wrinkles?

Leakus - check. I will peel this board apart once I'm finished with this top. For now, it's "OK" but I'd like better. I know that the thin pads I had from commercial ironing board covers seemed to give me hassle (I'd get the pattern of the ironing board on the fabric), so I upped the layers, per some site I found online, but it's obviously not helping me.

Jan - Thanks for your well thought out response Re: the chemicals, I usually prewash, but for some reason my cousin made me promise not to with this one. When I expressed a concern about shrinkage, she said it would give it that nice bunched appearance. So, with a lesser quality fabric, washing it would potentially make it easier to iron?

I've been playing with EQ, I totally get what you're saying about a quilt telling you what it wants to look like. As it is, I mocked this quilt up in EQ, despite having the pattern, because I wanted to see how accurate EQ was for yardage, and while I was at it, I changed the borders, and distribution of colors (apparently my brain implodes if I use more than 3 or 4 colors in a quilt. )

DogHouseMom - In the fridge?

GailG - I'm glad my confusion helped you out.

valleyquiltermo - Check. The bed is my own, so I did the measurements, which luckily corresponded with what the Interwebs had to say. I would definitely agree that getting the measurements for a gift would be a must.

zozee - I'm not sure if the iron is getting properly hot. It's more than sufficient to burn me every time I iron, but that doesn't seem to be an indicator of whether the fabric thinks it's hot stuff. I suppose I could find out how hot it's supposed to be and use our digital thermometer thingy on it.

NJ Quilter - I normally pre-wash everything. This one has not been, due to a promise to my cousin. I have noticed that pre-washed or not, I seem to have this problem, which might be why I didn't think to mention it. What is the nesting thing? We have cats who do sleep in the bedroom, and a dog that doesn't.

I can't remember the last time I saw a pillow tuck, other than at a hotel. Most of our friends don't do it, that I'm aware of. That said, this one is for our bed, so it's all good. No pillow tuck for us either, even though it would look neater.

Tartan - thanks for that chart. That agrees with some of the sites online. So, the 108" is meant to be for the length then. That must be a pillow tuck? Otherwise, I can only envision one huge ruffle... I suspect you're right and I would have been happier washing this fabric. It would have been ironed right out of a cool dryer.

Charlee - Ha! Good point! We have a foot board, so the quilt is usually tucked in, but in this climate, in the next several months, I definitely want my toes covered!

toverly - this is a good point. We've been considering a different mattress. Maybe I won't "short" the dimensions, in case the new mattress is taller.

PaperPrincess - Thanks I think what I want to do is make it without the pillow tuck, then make some matching shams. I will adjust my borders accordingly. As it sits, the body of the quilt would just cover the surface of the bed. My borders will determine the drop / pillow tuck area.

ArchaicArcane

So, you hang to dry/ No drying in the dryer at all?
I'm doing HST for the first time in this quilt (very baby steps so far. ) and I did find that starching really made the fabric easy to handle. I still have to ease things, I guess I could be more accurate, but the stretch hasn't been the issue I thought it might.

We're further north still than upper WI, I didn't take into account the duvet that would be under this quilt. It of course will take up more space too. What's a pillow drape? I googled and got garbage. (i.e. Pillows and drapes in a bedding package)

EasyPeezy

ArchaicArcane, water/vinegar is just to remove the creases. Remove the creases
before you starch. Starch will make your fabric stiffer for easier cutting, sewing, etc
but will not remove the bad creases. And if you try spraying water/vinegar on
starched fabric it will remove all your starch which defeats the whole purpose
of starching. That's my experience anyway.

DOTTYMO

I read a tip on here about starch. Spray fabric with starch and then put in fridge not the freezer as I did. That did help.
Also I find that if I wash all fabric first it removes that line if I scrunch fabric fabric into machine. Before drying a starch and I never dry completely.,
Hope these help.

mom-6

Re your comment about more wrinkles in fabric from certain sources, one reason for that can be store personnel being required (or choosing) to measure the amount on each bolt received to verify quantity. If they do not put it back on carefully, there can be many more wrinkles.
Also I've discovered that if I don't fold my fabric carefully when putting it away it can gain more wrinkles that way too.
And then some fabrics just are more prone to wrinkles than others. I think it may have something to do with the manufacturing process and whether or not a wrinkle resistant finish is added.