Rectangular Tablecloth Drop and Hem Blank calculator.
Develop measured table tops with supplied side drops and hem extensions into whole fabric blanks.
Your inputs
Use measurements from your plan and properties from your chosen product. Any prefilled values are illustrative.
A clear estimate starts here.
Enter your dimensions and product details to see the quantity and purchase breakdown.
Formula and assumptions
How this calculation works.
Blank width = top width + 2(drop width + hem); blank length = top length + 2(drop length + hem). Does not select hem, sewing technique, shrinkage or grain direction.
A worked example
Illustrative inputs only. Product properties and design dimensions are not recommendations for your project.
- Usable stock width
- 1.5 m
- Usable stock length
- 2 m
- Your reserved cutting gap
- 0 m
- Permitted blank orientation
- Fixed orientation
- Supplied drop at each width edge
- 0.1 m
- Supplied drop at each length edge
- 0.1 m
- Supplied hem extension
- 0.05 m
- Measured top width
- 1 m
- Measured top length
- 0.5 m
- Identical tablecloths
- 2
Sheets for this rectangular allocation: 1 sheets
Longest-side-first placement with disjoint rectangular remainder regions and reserved cutting gaps. Feasible allocation, not a guaranteed minimum or machine cutting procedure.
Before you purchase
Use dimensions from your plan and properties from your chosen product. Any design spacing, section or fixing pattern must already be specified.
Does not select hem, sewing technique, shrinkage or grain direction.
All dimensions, properties and application patterns are user-supplied. No building-code default is inserted.
Method: dimensional arithmetic and user-supplied specifications. Software checks: 2026-10-06. Calculation and review policy.