Prayer Quilt

Here is a follow up post about the quilt I machine quilted for the Anglican Bishop's conference. (original post Oct. 2010) This photo show them presenting the quilt.

How much thread do I actually use?

"How much thread it takes to quilt a quilt?" It depends on the size of the quilt and the type of quilting to be done. Everyone's technique is different so the following are only averages. Of course it is possible to use much more or much less thread. These numbers are for the top thread only.

Light Quilting Medium Quilting Heavy Quilting
Lap/Crib Size 200 yds. . . . . . . 400 yds. . . . . . . 600 yds.
Twin Size 400 yds. . . . . . . 800 yds. . . . . . . 1,200 yds.
Queen Size 600 yds. . . . . 1,000 yds. . . . . . . 1,600 yds.
King Size 800 yds. . . . . . 1,400 yds. . . . . . . 2,000 yds.

I saw this chart which estimated how much thread is actually used to machine quilt different sizes of quilts. I have no way to measure with my machine so I will have to go along with these measurements. No where does it total up how much thread I cut off and throw on the floor, only to be tracked through my house and vacuumed up later on- LOL