Measuring Fabric Needed for Arbor

One 10 yard bolt should be 30 feet of fabric...if your arch is 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide you should need 8+8+4 = 20 feet. That will give you an extra 10 feet to have a droop on the top and some puddling on the bottom. I think that one would be fine.

Hey Allison!

Fabric draped over an arbor is one of my favorite wedding looks! I just did the math out and I also think you'll be fine with one 10 yard bolt!! It should still give you some extra fabric to play with but not so much that it has to hang as low as the first picture!!

Will you hang any flowers on it too, like the pictures?!

Can you try a 28ft length and see how that works? That uses roughly 10 feet to cross the nearly 6 foot wide arch. You could try a mock up with old sheets. Figure out how you will hang the material. Maybe add 2 feet more if you are going across a cross-bar of wood like in that photo.

I was just curious what will you drape this across? The arches shown here add a nice romantic effect.