Craft & Design
Quilt Binding Yardage
Binding strip count and yardage for a quilt perimeter — with corner miter allowance.
Quilt Binding Yardage
Inputs
Extra length consumed folding each of the 4 corners.
Results
Perimeter
280.0 in
Total binding length
Perimeter + 10 in overlap + 4 × miter.
330.0 in
Strips needed
At 42 in usable from 44-in fabric.
8
Yardage required
2.500 in × strips ÷ 36.
0.56 yd
How to use this
Binding is sold by the yard but cut by the strip — compute the total linear inches you need (perimeter plus overlap and corner miters), divide by the usable width of your fabric (42 in from a 44-in bolt after selvage), round up to whole strips, then convert back to yards.
2.5 in is the industry-standard double-fold binding width; 2.25 in gives a tighter finished edge with less batting fill.
Formula
perimeter = 2 × (L + W)
total_binding = perimeter + 10 + 4 × miter
strips = ceil(total_binding ÷ 42)
yards = (strips × strip_width) ÷ 36
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Batting Cut Size
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Fabric Yardage
Yards needed by garment, size, and bolt width — plus an extra allowance for directional prints.
Formula
strips = ceil((perimeter + 10 + 4×miter) ÷ 42); yards = strips × strip_width ÷ 36