Cut widths of 2″, 2.25″, 2.5″ and 3″ across five example tops, calculated from 44″ fabric with straight-grain width-of-fabric strips. Sizes are examples, not universal standards — measure your finished top. Yardage is rounded up to the next quarter yard.
Read the rows, not just the columns: strip count depends on the quilt’s perimeter, not the cut width, and quarter-yard rounding often lands two or three widths on the same purchase. On smaller tops the cut width is a finish decision, not a yardage one.
| Example top | Finished size | 2″ strips | 2.25″ strips | 2.5″ strips | 3″ strips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baby | 36 × 52″ | 0.5 yd 5 strips | 0.5 yd 5 strips | 0.5 yd 5 strips | 0.5 yd 5 strips |
| Throw | 50 × 65″ | 0.5 yd 6 strips | 0.5 yd 6 strips | 0.5 yd 6 strips | 0.5 yd 6 strips |
| Twin | 70 × 90″ | 0.5 yd 9 strips | 0.75 yd 9 strips | 0.75 yd 9 strips | 0.75 yd 9 strips |
| Queen | 90 × 95″ | 0.75 yd 10 strips | 0.75 yd 10 strips | 0.75 yd 10 strips | 1 yd 10 strips |
| King | 108 × 108″ | 0.75 yd 11 strips | 0.75 yd 11 strips | 1 yd 11 strips | 1 yd 11 strips |
Before cutting: follow the pattern when it specifies a binding method. Curved edges and bias binding use different cutting logic from straight-grain strips, and batting loft changes how much width shows on the back.