Originally Posted by Zhillslady
... When I bought the fabric I asked how long the repeat is and they just said it's usually 12 inches. ....
WOW I cannot believe that said that. the repeat can be anywhere from about 6 to 24 inches. You need to examine your fabric and determine the size of YOUR fabric repeat. Look about an inch or so up from the selvedge for a very obvious item in the pattern, like the tip of a leaf or the nose on an animal. then continue to look down the selvedge edge to see where that exact item is repeated. Measure the distance between these 2 occurances and that's the length of your repeat.