Pattern generator · Pattern drafting software
A pattern from your measurements
Pick a garment, enter your measurements, download a full-size basic block. Free, in the browser, no sign-up.
Pattern generator
Which block will you start from?
Click a garment and the generator opens on it. Everything is calculated in your browser; your measurements are not sent anywhere.
Every garment here is a basic block: you develop your own design from it. For a first try: the straight skirt (4 measurements) or the blouse without a bust dart (3 measurements).
Women
Dresses and blouses
Skirts and trousers
Coats
Men
Shirts and jersey
Jackets and waistcoats
Outerwear
Parts
- GarmentBasic blocks for women’s and men’s clothes by the M. Müller & Sohn and W. Aldrich methods: a foundation for your own design, not a finished garment pattern.
- Size and measurementsChoose a size or enter your own measurements. The generator flags measurements that don’t add up.
- PatternA full-size PDF, tiled onto A4 sheets or as one sheet for a plotter. SVG and Olcroy files for further work.
The generator is made for a computer with a mouse. It opens on a phone, but the draft is small and awkward to move with a finger.
Pattern drafting software
Olcroy, based on Valentina
Free, open-source pattern drafting software: measurements, drafting and piece layout.
More about OlcroyFor desktop computers only.
Learning
Lessons
How to take measurements, print a pattern and alter a design.
All lessons- Measurements
Taking measurements
Which measurements you need and how to take them right.
Read the lesson - Generator
Your first pattern
How to print a pattern at full size and check the scale.
Read the lesson - Olcroy
Getting started with Olcroy
How to open a pattern from the generator, change a measurement and print the pieces.
Read the lesson - Design
Moving a dart
How to turn a basic block into a new design without drafting it all again.
Read the lesson
About
Who makes Olcroy
Olcroy is made by people who sew and draft patterns themselves. We want a precise pattern from your own measurements to be within everyone’s reach, so the generator and the software are free.
Community
Questions and discussion
A Telegram channel with project news, and email: ask a question, show a result, report a problem.
Write to us: admin@olcroy.com
Support the project
The generator and Olcroy are free
If they help you, support us: give us a star, subscribe, tell people who sew about us. That is how more people find the project.
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