This quilt binding strip calculator helps determine how many fabric strips are needed to create binding for a quilt. Enter the quilt width and length along with the fabric width to estimate the number of binding strips required.
How to Calculate Quilt Binding Strips
Quilt binding is usually created by cutting long fabric strips and joining them together to go around the edge of the quilt. The total binding length required is equal to the quilt perimeter.
Example:
Perimeter = (Width × 2) + (Length × 2)
If a quilt measures 60 × 72 inches, the perimeter is:
(60 × 2) + (72 × 2) = 264 inches
If your fabric width is 42 inches, the number of strips needed is:
264 ÷ 42 ≈ 6.3
So you would need 7 binding strips.