Quilt binding chart

Chart conditions

Use final trimmed quilt width × length. Each table assumes 40 in usable WOF, perimeter plus 20 in total extra, whole crosswise WOF strips and purchase rounding up to 1/4 yd. The 20 in allowance is an example total, not an extra amount for every seam.

Other methods use a different total extra, including examples from 7 to 12 in. Do not combine these alternatives. Use the calculator to choose another total or buying increment, and verify actual joined binding length before attaching. No universal joining-loss or finished-yield guarantee is made.

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Crosswise straight-grain strips

These tables cut strips across the measured usable WOF. Strip count is the ceiling of target length ÷ 40. Yardage is whole strips × chosen cut width ÷ 36.

Double-fold construction

Folded crosswise binding uses cut-strip width and finished visible binding width as different measurements; the tables do not prescribe a finished edge width or a fold/seam combination.

Bias binding

A different grain and construction. Do not use these WOF-strip tables to estimate continuous bias yield; follow the separate named method.

The rectangles and cut widths below are planning examples, not a universal standard. The tables use the same straight-grain estimate as the binding calculator. Theory is displayed approximately to three decimals; purchase rounding uses the exact value.

2 in cut strips

2 1/4 in cut strips

2 1/2 in cut strips