I am hoping to make a quilt for a friend of mine who is currently in ICU and has a long road of recovery ahead of her.

I would love to get an "in" with her extended network of friends and see if they want to donate squares, but I might not be able to swing that as her friends are scattered geographically and I don't know many of them well at all. So - I might be making this quilt totally on my own.

If I do make it on my own, it will need to be the smallest size that's useful to her - for affordability purposes, as well as the simple fact that I actually want to finish it in a reasonable amount of time. If I pull this off, this will only be the third quilt I've ever made and the first two were small.

So my question is - what are appropriate dimensions for a small quilt? I'm thinking large enough to cuddle on the couch with - not to cover a bed with. Thanks!

I would say about 60" long is good. Maybe 60" x 40" for something that can be used as a lap quilt? I should look in my notes on the size of Kristerae's quilt - I thought that was a nice size. Maybe you could PM her and ask her to measure it?

63 X 47 with the trim around it.
I lvoe my quilt and lucky for you dh and my son BOTh left their tape measures at home today...lol

Aw, thanks y'all!
I am hoping to get back up to the hospital Thursday evening and see who might be hanging up there to ask about collecting squares. We'll see how it goes! I really hope I can pull this off!

You know - this is one really great thing that AM has helped me with - instead of feeling like, "OH - what in the world can I do for her?!" I feel empowered to make a quilt! I always wanted to get into quilting, but didn't make my first until I joined here!