A supplied cutting plan with a stated margin
A workshop exercise requires four plain square cover cuts, each 65 cm by 65 cm including the specified allowances. The usable fabric width is 140 cm, and the agreed pile direction permits two pieces across with their directions unchanged. The worksheet explicitly requires a 10 percent margin on the base length. A trainee proposes rotating some pieces diagonally to reduce the total, while a colleague first checks the two-across layout and two required rows. There is no pattern repeat in this hypothetical fabric, and all pieces are the same supplied size. The task does not establish a universal fabric width, allowance or velvet orientation. A real order would still verify the supplier’s usable width, defects and the agreed appearance before cutting.
1. What base and margin-adjusted lengths follow?
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Two 65 cm pieces fit across 140 cm. Two rows need 130 cm;adding the stated 10 percent gives 143 cm,or 1.43 m,before any supplier order increment.
2. Why is arbitrary rotation inappropriate?
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The agreed pile direction is a constraint. Saving apparent area does not justify changing the visible direction or ignoring the supplied layout assumptions.