how many yards in a roll of fabric, which is 60 inches wide?

Typically a bolt of fabric is about 15 yards, but may be as much as 50, or as few as 5; Depends on the putup.

*Rolls* of fabric, however, can range from a few yards to several hundred to a thousand or more. I'm one of the few people who sew at home that I know that buys fabric by the roll.

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Roll of fabric: http://mage.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo...

As others have told you already, there is no "standard" to the length of fabric on a bolt. It is usually controlled by the wieght and thickness of the fabric, for instance a fake fur or thick fleece or upholstery fabric might have 10 or 20 yards on a bolt. A delicate lightweight fabric might have 30 to 100 yards on a bolt. Fabric is almost always priced "per yard of length" regardless of width and you buy what you need for your particular project. If you are buying wholesale entire bolts, you may get a discount for buying a full bolt.

So your question doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The answer is that you will pay for however many yards of length you need multiplied by the price per linear yard. That should be obvious.

It varies, and width has absolutely nothing to do with it.

Very few people go into a fabric store and buy an entire bolt of fabric. They determine how much fabric they need for what they're and then go and buy that many yards... not the other way around.

That's not to say that the store won't sell you a whole bolt, but there's no standard length. A bolt could be 100 yards or 1000 yards or anything in between, depending on what the store orders from the maker.

It depends greatly on what kind of fabric you are buying and where you live. If you are buying silk, it's going to be expensive, if you are buying cotton broadcloth, it will be inexpensive.

Most people, sew from a pattern that tells them how much fabric to buy; you might need a couple of yards or metres for a skirt, more if you are making a full length dress. Fabric is sold buy the metre or yard, or part of a metre or yard, for instance 2 1/2 yards or 2.5metres. Usually the smallest amount they will sell you is 4 inches. Find out how much fabric you need, go the fabric store and look at the prices on the ends of the bolts. If you need help choosing fabric, talk to one of the clerks and explain your project.

Fabrics come in 2 widths generally...45" extensive and 60" extensive. If the recommendations say you want 2 yards of fabric, it must also say what width you want. You then go the the fabric store, decide upon out the material you love it the proper width, take it to the counter and ask the salespeople to reduce 2 yards for you. You're going to then have a piece of fabric that's either forty five" or 60" large via seventy two" lengthy. If you're no longer sure about all of this, take your sewing instructions to the material counter and show it to the men and women as a way to be slicing your material, they're going to be able to support you get exactly what you need.

Fabric By The Roll

This is a valid question. I have to inventory film material that is on rolls. We don't use a whole roll of each material every month, so I need to know how much is left on the roll. Obviously, unrolling the material and measuring the length every month is impractical and would ruin much of the material. I would suggest you check out Dr. Math:mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/54357.html

I really like long dresses. My bf likes the brief ones. So my wardrobe is packed w/ 1/2 and 1/2.

First of all, I like the skirt!!! People tell me I have nice lower limbs but I still don't wear shorts

hey einstein that pretty much depends how long the roll is