Crystal Rhinestone Wedding Banding to wrap around wedding cakes or floral bouquets.Add a touch of elegance to a simple wedding cake and turn it into a spectacular event.The quality of this rhinestone is second only to real Swarovski/Austrian trim. This sale is for 1 Row ,4 yards of crystal ribbon.This cake took 4 yards The most common size used on cakes is 4 rows wide. Please contact us if you require anything larger than 6 rows wide. Widths are as follows: 1 row, approx 3/16” wide 2 rows, approx 3/8” wide 3 rows, approx 5/8” wide 4 rows, approx ¾” wide 5 rows, approx 1” wide 6 rows, approx 1 1/8” wide USING ROUND CAKES Circumference = 3.14 x Diameter EXAMPLE: TIER DIAMETER MULTIPLY BY AMOUNT OF RIBBON NEEDED (INCHES) TIER 1 6” TIER X 3.14 = 18.84 - ROUND UP TO 19” TIER 2 8” TIER X 3.14 = 25.12 - ROUND UP TO 26” TIER 3 10” TIER X 3.14 = 31.40 - ROUND UP TO 32” TIER 4 12” TIER X 3.14 = 37.68 -ROUND UP TO 38” TIER 5 14” TIER X 3.14 = 43.96 - ROUND UP TO 44” TIER 6 16” TIER X 3.14 = 50.24 -ROUND UP TO 51” If you are only using 1 tier round up to the examples as shown. If you are using multiple tiers add all the tiers together and then round up to the next full decimal. Example: 6” + 12” + 14” = 100.48- ROUND UP TO 101” and to be safe I always add a couple of inches more =103” Then to determine the number of yards needed for the cake in the above example, we now divide the number of inches by 36 and round up: 103” divided by 36 =3 yards USING SQUARE CAKES Formula: Perimeter = 2 x Length + 2 x Width EXAMPLE: TIER LENGTH X 2 PLUS WIDTH X 2 = AMOUNT OF RIBBON NEEDED (INCHES) TIER 1 6” X 2 = 12 + 6” X 2 = 12 = 24 INCHES TIER 2 10” X 2 = 20 + 10” X 2 = 20 = 40 INCHES TIER 3 14” X 2 = 28 + 14” X 2 = 28 = 56 INCHES Now add the amount of ribbon needed for all tiers together 24 + 40 + 56 = 120 INCHES To determine the number of yards needed for the cake in the above example, we now divide the number of inches by 36 and round up: 120 divided by 36 = 3.33 yards of ribbon - Round up to 4 yards