Practical guide
Pattern repeat and motif matching
Pattern repeat is the distance before a printed design repeats.
A reliable method
Round the cutting length up to a whole multiple of the repeat. Adjacent curtain drops may need the same motif position. Directional prints can also prevent rotating a piece by 180 degrees.
Use the calculation in practice
The calculator can round each row to the repeat you enter.
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