It s not very often you d buy a whole bolt of fabric to make a quilt though the fabric on the roll can be around 25 yards 23 metres long.
Width of quilting fabric.
The width varies by the type of fabric.
Quilting cotton is almost always 44 45 wide apparel fabric is most often between 44 and 60 and home decor fabric is usually 54.
The width of fabric is usually measured in inches in us and most common widths are 44 45 inches and 60 inches.
So straight up and down from one selvedge edge to the other.
That is the width of fabric.
Measurements are based on the standard 44 or 45 inch fabric width be sure to measure any large templates you plan to use so you don t purchase a piece of fabric that s too narrow for the task.
Bolts can vary a little in length but are usually 44 inches about 1m 12 in width.
What that means is width of fabric and your width of fabric is your fabric cut from one selvedge edge to the other.
Well these rolls of fabric are called bolts and are the starting point for all shapes and sizes of fabric.