I'm making a quilt for my bed.?

Question

I'm making a quilt for my bed. my bed is 60 inches wide and 72 inches long. I want the quilt to hang over on each side at least 12 inches. On the finished quilt the blocks will be 6-inche squares with 1.5 inch strips between them and around the outside edge. What is the minimum number of squares I will need to make?

Answer 1

This is in the math section, so maybe you really are looking for formulas and such. If this is really just a quilting question, however, I put it into my Electric Quilt 5 program and you'll need 143 squares if you want it to hang over 12" at the head of the bed (or as a pillow tuck). If you want the quilt flush with the head of the bed and hanging over at the bottom, you'll need 121 squares. This will give you a quilt that is either 84" x 84", or one that is 84" x 99".

If this is a quilting (not math) question, instead of doing squares and sashing only, consider doing squares in the center and several borders to hang over the edge of the bed. Much less piecing, but it still looks nice. In this case, try 72 blocks (with the sashing you described, then add several borders.

The other thing you can do is put your blocks on point, sash them, then use plain setting triangles at the edges. Blocks on point take up more space. With 128 blocks on point, 1 1/2" sashing, and 1 1/2" borders, your quilt will have about a 12" drop on all four sides.

Answer 2

For 1 square you have 2 borders. For 2 squares you have 3 borders, and so on, so the formulas are:
W = 6n + 1.5(n + 1)
L = 6m + 1.5(n + 1)
60 + 24 = 7.5n + 1.5
7.5n = 84 - 1.5
75n = 840 - 15
5n = 56 - 1
n = 55/5 = 11

72 + 24 = 6m +1.5(m + 1)
48 + 16 = 4m + m + 1
5m = 63
m = 63/5 ≈ 65/5 = 13
N = m*n
N = 11*13
N = 143 squares

recap:
Width will be 11*6 + 12*1.5 = 84"
Length will be 13*6 + 14*1.5 = 99"

Answer 3

It needs to be 11 squares wide and 13 long for 143 squares.

The width will have 11 6" squares plus 12 1.5" strips for 11*6 + 12*1.5 = 84"


The length is 13 6" squares plus 14 1.5" strips for 13*6 + 14*1.5 = 99"

Answer 4

60 + 12 (right side of the bed) + 12 (left side of the bed) = 84
72 + 12 (bottom edge of the bed) = 84

(84 - 1.5) / (6 + 1.5) = 11
(84 - 1.5) / (6 + 1.5) = 11

11 x 11 = 121

You will need at least 121 squares.

(If you need the 12 inches on the top of the bed as well, then add 11 more squares to make 132)

Answer 5

132 squares if you want it to hang over the head of the bed by 12". If you only want to line that edge up with the mattress then you'd only need 121. either way, you only have a little bit of room to make a mistake, so I'd make some extras for just in case.

Answer 6

Sure, that would work fine. People make quilts out of any type of fabric. Often, people use a sheet for the backing on a quilt, so why not the top too.

Answer 7

go into yahoo chat, & look up hobbies & crafts, click on that look for textiles, click on room 1 they have ALOT of people in there that can help you, I used to be a member of that room a while ago
but I havnt been in there for so long. they'll probablly still remember me, because it was just earlier this eyar. But tell them croxxstitch sent you.

Answer 8

you can find that out by drawing a scale picture..