RosieQ

Is 90"x110" too big for a Full/Queen quilt?
I'm drafting a pattern for a quilt for my sister who has a full bed now but wants a queen soon. I had it 10in shorter, but the pattern looks so much better with the added row. Should I just down size the blocks overall? They will finish to 10x10 blocks and are just 2 rectangles so it shouldn't make anything wonky. I'm using the strip pieceing approach to a chevron quilt.
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Nammie to 7

That size gives you a nice pillow tuck -- how much do you want it to hang over each side?

RosieQ

Nammie- As long as it doesn't sit on the floor it doesn't really matter. I'm not sure exactly how tall her bed is, but I think it's about average.

calla

I don't know about sizes, however, we recently purchased a new mattress set and after it was delivered it is much higher than the display at the store. So I am thinking since she is going to upgrade hers might be tall too

PaperPrincess

a queen is 60 X 80, so that allows for a 15 inch drop and a 15 inch pillow tuck. sounds perfect.

0tis

I think it would be perfect and would give you some drop on the sides - just remember that you have to quilt it too - so if you are using your sewing machine - that's a lot of quilt to handle. I love your idea by the way.

RosieQ

Otis, that is the one thing I'm a little afraid of, but I don't plan on doing anything complex with the quilting.

Jennifer23

I love your quilt layout!

At 90 x 110", you have 15" of overhang on all sides on a queen, and an extra 15" for the pillow tuck. On a double bed, the overhang will be 18" on each side and the foot, with 17" for a pillow tuck.

I would ask your sister if she likes a pillow tuck - my family don't, so never add that extra length because they don't want it, and the bed looks funny if they just let that much extra length hang at the foot. On a double bed, that could end up touching the floor at the foot.

Jennifer23

Follow-up: I just looked at your diagram and did some calculations, and the way it is in your sketch, it would finish at about 63 x 77" with 10" blocks, not 90x 110". Are you going to have other rows beyond what's in the diagram?

Another thing to consider is the placement of the yellow stripes on the bed, not just within the quilt. If the entire quilt is in your diagram, then the yellow stripe at the top will be in the pillow tuck, and the yellow stripe at the bottom might be partly hanging over the foot. If you want them to be visually centred on the bed like in the diagram (which is what I would want), you might have to extend the pattern at the top and bottom a bit.

Also, keep in mind that a queen batting is 90 x 108", so if you make your quilt 110" long, you'll have to buy a king-size batting.

I've quilted a quilt almost that size on my domestic machine. It isn't easy, but is quite doable as long as you stick to straight-line quilting. I've also since read about cutting batting into sections, which reduces the bulk. Good luck!

RosieQ

Jennifer23- You are a life saver! I don't know where I got the measurements from before. I think they may have been from my original plan. I don't really know how to calculate a quilt on point either. I'll have to figure out how to add rows to get it right. My sister doesn't really want a pillow tuck, just to be able to pull the quilt up over the pillows. I would love for the yellow stripes to be centered well on the bed too.
This is my first time drafting my own pattern and calculating stuff instead of doing a preset pattern. Thank you so much!