On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:39:31 -0000, "Roger Mills"
wrote:

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:05:23 -0000, Stephen Mawson wrote:

What do they mean by '61cm and a half drop'?

Does it not mean that the pattern repeat is 61cm but that the
pattern is staggered by half a pattern repeat between the two edges
of the paper?

Yep. A drop pattern can get a bit mind blowing. But the simple way to
minimise wastage is to cut alternate pieces from alternate rolls.

Absolutely right! You have both rolls on the go, cutting the first, third,
fifth and seventh drops from Roll 1 and drops 2, 4, 6 and 8 from Roll 2.
That way, each drop is an integral number of pattern repeats, and you waste
very little.

People!

This seems like a major DIY tip to me.

Can it go in the wiki??