About Yard & Bobbin
Practical quilting guides, fabric calculators, and printable patterns in development.
The story behind the name
Yard & Bobbin began with a familiar frustration. You measure twice, run the numbers again, and still wonder if you have enough fabric. Before the first stitch, there’s a quilt size to choose, backing to buy, and a set of tools to get together.
The name comes from two everyday parts of sewing. A yard is how we measure and buy fabric. A bobbin is the small spool that supplies the lower thread in a sewing machine. We named the site after those practical details because getting them right makes it easier to enjoy the work.
What you’ll find here
Guides
Choose a quilt size, get to know your fabric, and find tools that suit the job.
Explore the guidesCalculators
Estimate backing yardage, compare seam directions, and see how fabric width changes your cut list.
Try the backing calculatorPatterns
We’re developing printable quilt patterns with clear cutting and piecing instructions, so you can start with a design and make it your own.
Our approach
We show our work. Our guides point to the references behind measurements and techniques. Our backing calculator shows how usable fabric width, seam allowances, and the increments a shop sells fabric in affect the estimate.
With those decisions made, you can spend more time on the colors, textures, and stitches that make a quilt yours.