Half Drop Carpet Pattern Repeat

A half drop fabric usually has a large pattern.

Half drop carpet pattern repeat.

Video demonstrating what a fabric with a half drop pattern repeat is. It matches from side to side as well as up and down. The rows of your carpet tile squares are off set by half a tile s width creating a brick like pattern. Make these cuts every 3 to 4 feet the entire length of seam and at the same point of the pattern.

In our experience an example of how fabric suppliers would describe a half drop pattern repeat fabric would generally be pattern repeat. A pattern in printed high low cut loop or figured woven carpet which repeats diagonally. This usually means the whole pattern repeat is 64cm and the fabric is a half drop pattern. 3 ashlar this is similar to the brick layout but rather than off setting each row by half a tile s width it s each column that s off set by half a tile creating a vertical brick like pattern.

Image 1 below is a normal vertical pattern repeat which is the most common type of patterned fabric. Half drop patterns repeat at the ceiling line on every other strip and the design tends to run diagonally. Using a razor knife make slits into the face of the carpet on the exact point of the pattern you wish to follow. See how the blue circles are the same on both sides of the fabric and align perfectly when side matched.

A carpet with an 18 inch pattern match would require adding 1 1 2 feet to each length and width measurement. Each corresponding pattern element drops down a certain distance usually a half pattern repeat in length instead of simply repeating horizontally across the width as in set patch. For example a bedroom measuring 12 feet by 12 feet would require a pattern match. This is also known as a full drop repeat because you can cut it along the repeat and drop the second half beside the first and the pattern will continue without interruptions.

For other patterns use heavy accent lines. A standard pattern is the same on one side as it is on the other. Always use center of diamonds for pattern match. It requires three strips of wallpaper to repeat the vertical design.