The Plaid Studio / Free tools
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Free textile design tools
Ten small tools for the parts of textile and pattern work that come before and after the design: making and checking seamless tiles, sizing files for print, working out fabric, yarn and weight, pulling a palette from a photo, and reading a weaving draft. Everything runs in your browser.
Seamless patterns
Make a tile that repeats, check one before it goes to print, or generate one that repeats by construction.
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Image tool
Seamless pattern maker
Turn a photo, scan or drawing into a tile that repeats without a visible join, then download it.
Make a seamless tile → -
Image toolSeamless pattern checker
See your tile repeated and offset by half, with every join measured before a printer finds it.
Check a tile → -
GeneratorFree seamless pattern generator
Plaid, floral, geometric, watercolour and pen patterns that repeat by construction, with no watermark.
Generate a pattern →
Print and print-on-demand
Export once, at the size the printer or the marketplace actually asks for.
Fabric and yarn
How much cloth to buy, how heavy it is, and how a yarn sets on the loom.
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CalculatorFabric calculator
How much to buy for curtains, cushions or any pieces, counting the roll width and the pattern repeat.
Work out the yardage → -
ConverterFabric weight calculator
GSM to oz/yd² and back, weight per linear metre or yard, and the weight class of a cloth.
Convert a weight → -
CalculatorYarn count calculator
Ne to tex, wraps per inch, the sett that closes the cloth, and how wide a thread count will be.
Work out the sett →
Colour
Weaving
And the studio itself
The tools above are free and stand alone. The Plaid Studio is where the patterns are made: plaid, tartan and gingham woven from a real thread count, floral, geometric, watercolour and pen engines beside them, and seamless exports for print, mills and looms. Free to start, no credit card.