Quilt Sizes Chart in Inches

How to read the chart

The overhang column is the arithmetic of the two size columns. Extra length is one total. It is not already split into a pillow tuck and a drop at the foot.

Read three numbers, not one. The finished quilt is what you piece. The mattress is the bed it may cover. Overhang is the difference you choose — side drop, and extra length — and this chart does not use one overhang for every bed. The mattress sizes are common United States sizes, in inches. Other countries name and measure beds differently; those dimensions are not listed here.

Finished size, mattress, and overhang

Side drop covers the mattress depth and however much of the side you want to see. Extra length can cover the foot, the pillows, or both. This chart’s extra length is only the difference between the finished length and the mattress length. If you also want the quilt over the pillows, add that allowance yourself. It is not already included.

For the queen row, 60 + (2 × 15) = 90 inches wide, and 80 + 15 = 95 inches long. Quiltler’s queen fabric page reads that 15 inches of extra length as drop at the foot. A platform bed often wants less side drop than a deep mattress. Depth is a reason to choose a larger overhang. This chart does not add depth as its own number.

The quilt size calculator turns a mattress and a drop you type into a finished size. Use it when the row above is not the drop you want.

What each row is for

Baby and crib, 36 × 52

Cribs, strollers, play mats and wall hangings. The length matches a common US crib mattress; the width is 4 inches past it on each side. Washability matters more here than on a bed quilt, and buttons are a poor idea on something a baby will chew.

Lap and throw, 50 × 65

A sofa, a chair, or the foot of a bed. Not a mattress size. Other throw sizes are common; 50 × 65 is the one this chart uses.

Twin, 70 × 90, and twin XL, 70 × 95

Guest rooms, children’s rooms and dorms. Twin XL is the longer mattress, 80 inches instead of 75, with the same finished width. The extra length on both rows is 15 inches.

Full, 85 × 90

A common US full mattress is 54 × 75. The finished quilt is the same length as the twin row and 15 inches wider.

Queen, 90 × 95

A common US queen mattress is 60 × 80. At about 42 inches of usable quilting cotton, a 90-inch-wide quilt does not fit on one width, so the back is pieced unless you use wider goods.

King, 110 × 95, and California king, 110 × 100

King is the wider mattress, 76 × 80, with 17 inches of side overhang in this chart. California king is 72 × 84, and the finished quilt is 16 inches longer than that mattress. Cloth sold at about 108 inches is already narrower than a 110-inch quilt, so one width does not cover the top, and overhang makes the back wider still.

Backing and batting guidance

This page does not publish a yardage table. Backing and batting are cut larger than the finished quilt, and the amount depends on the overhang you choose and the width of the cloth. Quiltler’s backing and batting calculators start from 4 inches past the quilt on every side, which is a comfortable home-machine overhang. A longarmer often wants more. Enter the overhang you were asked for.

On quilting cotton around 40 to 44 inches of usable width, a bed quilt is usually more than one panel. The seam direction is whichever way buys less fabric. The backing calculator and the batting calculator do those sums. Packaged batting names differ by brand. Compare the package with your finished size plus the overhang, rather than trusting the name on the bag. A package labeled for a bed can be smaller than 4 inches past every side of the finished size in the chart above.

Binding is a separate sum: perimeter, strip width, usable width, and a joining allowance. The binding calculator is the free tool. A pieced top has no single yardage on this page, because the pieces change it.

When the chart is the wrong drop

Use your own overhang for a deep mattress, an antique bed, a wall quilt, or a block repeat that will not land on these inches.

1. Measure the mattress width and length. Note the depth if the side drop should cover it.
2. Finished width = mattress width + (2 × side overhang).
3. Finished length = mattress length + the extra length you want at the foot and, if you want it, over the pillows.

The queen row, written that way: side overhang 15 inches, extra length 15 inches, no separate pillow tuck. Width 60 + 30 = 90. Length 80 + 15 = 95. There is no extra 2 inches hiding in that sum.

From a size to a sewing plan

When the finished inches are settled and the top is arranged, the quilt pattern maker is the sewing plan: measurements, cutting instructions and a pattern pack for that saved layout. Those are paid — a $4.99 unlock of the layout, or Quilter. Designing the picture is free, with one saved quilt and ten fabric photos. The public calculators on this site stay free.

Quilt size questions

What size is a queen quilt?

In this chart a queen quilt finishes at 90 by 95 inches. A common United States queen mattress is 60 by 80 inches. That is 15 inches past the mattress on each side and 15 inches of extra length. Quiltler's queen fabric page reads the extra length as drop at the foot. A pillow tuck is more length you add yourself. This chart does not give a single backing yardage.

What is the standard size for a throw quilt?

This chart uses 50 by 65 inches for a lap or throw. That is a common sofa or gift size, not a mattress size, and other throw sizes are widely used.

How big should a baby quilt be?

This chart's baby or crib quilt is 36 by 52 inches, beside a common United States crib mattress of 28 by 52 inches: 4 inches past the mattress on each side, and the same length. Smaller receiving blankets and larger toddler quilts are other choices, not rows in this chart.

What's the difference between a full and queen quilt?

In this chart a full quilt finishes at 85 by 90 inches for a common United States full mattress of 54 by 75. A queen finishes at 90 by 95 for a 60 by 80 mattress. The finished queen is 5 inches wider and 5 inches longer. These are this chart's overhangs, not a worldwide bed standard.

How much bigger should my quilt be than my mattress?

Choose the overhang you want. This chart does not add the same amount on every edge. The queen row is 15 inches on each side and 15 inches of extra length. Twin and full are 15 and a half inches on each side and 15 inches of extra length. King is 17 inches on each side. Measure the mattress, including depth if the quilt should cover it, and add the drop you actually want.

The craft of choosing a size, apart from this chart, is how to design a quilt.