WHAT IS A PATTERN REPEAT?
Normal 0 Whatever you are making, it is inevitable that sooner or later you may have to join widths of fabric together. This is simple until there is a pattern to contend with. All patterned fabrics have a repeated pattern down their lengths. This is called the PATTERN REPEAT and is measured from a point in one pattern to the same point in the next pattern. Most patterned fabrics match horizontally across the width. All the cut lengths have to start at the same point in the pattern so that they match at the seams when they are joined. Therefore a cut length has to be a multiple of the pattern repeat. When large patterns are used it is better to have a full pattern at the hemline and part pattern in the heading where it is less noticeable. Some embroidered fabrics are hand-stitched and therefore do not have the uniformity of a machine embroidered fabric so please allow for variations of the pattern repeat. Watch out for half-drop repeats – they look less repetitive, but can require more
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