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LITTLE TOOLS. USEFUL ANSWERS.

A little help.
A lot less hassle.

Practical tools that turn everyday questions into a plan you can use. Clear inputs, useful results, and a simpler next step.

Explore Garden Measures

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OUR FIRST COLLECTION3 tools
An illustrated garden with flower beds, a gravel path and a raised vegetable bed

Garden Measures

From a few measurements to a material shopping list.

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FOR GATHERINGS & GIFTS

A little less holiday guesswork.

Plan Halloween treat bags, scale a family dessert, or work out your Christmas cookie batches.

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THREE COLLECTIONS. EVERYDAY PROJECTS.

What are you making?

Garden Measures

Mulch, soil and gravel plans for every little patch.

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Quilt Measures

Backing panels and binding strips for your next finish.

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Baking Measures

Pan comparisons and ingredient quantities for your next bake.

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READY WHEN YOU ARE

Start with something useful.

Planning a garden, finishing a quilt or baking a cake? Start here.

GARDEN MEASURES / 01

Mulch calculator

Combine your beds, account for existing mulch, and compare bags with bulk delivery.

Work out my mulch ↗ GARDEN MEASURES / 02

Raised-bed soil calculator

Plan one raised bed or several. Turn your inside measurements into a single soil order.

Work out my soil ↗ GARDEN MEASURES / 03

Gravel calculator

Estimate material for paths and decorative patches, with volume and buying options.

Work out my gravel ↗ QUILT MEASURES / 01

Quilt backing calculator

Compare full-width panel layouts, account for seams, and print your fabric cutting list.

Plan my backing ↗ QUILT MEASURES / 02

Quilt binding calculator

Turn the quilt perimeter into strips, with diagonal joins and rounded fabric yardage.

Plan my binding ↗BAKING MEASURES / 01

Cake pan converter

Compare round, square and rectangular pans, including more than one pan.

Compare my pans ↗BAKING MEASURES / 02

Recipe scaler

Halve, double or resize your own ingredient quantities, with fractions and a printable checklist.

Scale my ingredients ↗

THE PLAINHANDY APPROACH

Built for the task
in front of you.

  1. 01

    A clear place to start

    Simple fields and examples help you enter what matters.

  2. 02

    Results you can understand

    See quantities, assumptions, and costs together.

  3. 03

    Something to take with you

    Print a shopping or cutting list, or share your plan.

A SMALL COLLECTION, WITH ROOM TO GROW

Useful first. More tools as we grow.

From garden beds to quilt backing and baking pans, PlainHandy turns measurements into a practical next step.

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