Quilt Planning Guide

Quilt rows and columns calculator

Quilt Block Layout Calculator

Find the rows, columns, and whole blocks needed to meet your quilt-top target.

Enter Your Finished Block and Target Size

Use the block size after it is sewn into the quilt top.

How should the block layout fit your target?

The calculator rounds each direction up to a whole finished block, so the planned top meets or exceeds your target.

Your Block Layout

50" × 60"Actual quilt top

30Total blocks

10"Finished block size

5 blocks across by 6 blocks down Solid outline shows the actual 50" by 60" inch layout. Dashed outline shows the requested 45" by 55" inch target. 5 blocks across 6 blocks down Actual width: 50" Actual length: 60" Actual quilt top Requested target

Layout details

Requested target
45" × 55"
Over target
+5" width · +5" length

Uses whole finished blocks, so the actual quilt top may be larger than the target.

Next step

Plan this actual quilt size in the Quilt Planner

How This Calculator Works

It uses finished block size only and rounds each direction up to a whole block. The Planner link uses the actual planned top, not your requested target.

FAQ

Enter your target size and finished block size. The calculator rounds rows and columns up, then shows the total number of whole blocks.

A quilt top uses whole finished blocks. The calculator rounds up each direction so the plan does not come out smaller than your target.

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