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Know exactly how many strips to cut.
Give BindCut five measurements and it works out your quilt's binding: how many strips to cut, how much fabric that takes, and how much to buy. Save the plan, print it, take it to the shop.
Your answer, in one card
A 60 by 72 inch quilt, 42 inches of usable fabric width, 2½ inch strips and the standard 20 inches of extra length:
- Cut
- 8strips
- Each strip
- 2½ × 42in
- Fabric needed
- 20in
- Buy
- 5⁄8yd
Five measurements
That is the whole form. Sensible starting values are already filled in, so you can change one number and see the plan update.
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Quilt width and height
The finished measurements of the quilt you are binding. BindCut uses the perimeter, so it does not matter which side you call the width.
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Usable fabric width
The width you can actually cut a full strip from, once both selvages are trimmed off. Cotton sold as 44 inches is often nearer 42 usable, and it varies by bolt, so measure your own.
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Strip cut width
How wide you cut each strip. 2½ inches is the common double-fold choice, and you can type any width you like.
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Extra length
Binding beyond the bare perimeter, for the four mitred corners, the starting and ending tails and the closing join. 20 inches is a comfortable default you can adjust.
Cut across the fabric, joined on the diagonal
Strips get joined end to end on a 45 degree diagonal, so the seam bulk spreads out instead of stacking up in one spot. Each of those seams uses up about one strip width of length, and BindCut counts every one: eight strips have seven joins between them. That is why the plan shows both the joined length and the fabric you need.
The fabric estimate is the strips times the cut width, rounded up to the next eighth of a yard, or the next 5 cm in metric. Shrinkage, squaring-up waste and fussy cutting are yours to add through the extra length or a more cautious fabric width.
What BindCut covers
Straight-grain binding, cut in crosswise strips, for rectangular quilts. That is the job it does. It does not plan bias binding, curved or scalloped edges, backing, borders or batting.
Keep the plan, and take it with you
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Saved on your iPhone
Name a plan and come back to it weeks later at the shop or the cutting table. Saved plans stay on the device and survive closing the app.
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A one-page cut card
Share or print a tidy card carrying the measurements, the cutting instructions, the fabric estimate and the assumptions used.
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Inches or centimetres
Switch units and the measurements you already typed convert. Imperial results come back as readable fractions.
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Works with no signal
Everything is calculated on the phone, so it works in airplane mode and in shops with thick walls.
Check before you cut
Measure the finished quilt rather than the pattern, measure your own fabric's usable width, and check the plan against the way you like to join and finish a binding before you cut.
One purchase, everything included
BindCut is a single upfront purchase with every feature included. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no advertising and no account to create. The price is $2.99 in the United States, with Apple's local equivalent in each of the 175 countries and regions it is set up for.
Privacy
No account, no analytics, no advertising and nothing collected by the developer. Your plans stay on your iPhone, and a cut card leaves only when you share or print it. The full privacy policy has the details.
Questions
The support page covers the common ones, or email support@codedrealities.com.