Personal sewing patterns, drafted from your measurements
Sewing patterns drafted for you, not for size 12.Drafted forSize 12you.
Shop patterns are graded up and down from one fit model: 1.68 m, size 12, someone you’ve never met. We draft yours from your own body, and a patternmaker checks every line before it’s printed on tissue.
go on, pull a tape
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barefoot, against a wall
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around the fullest part
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where you bend sideways
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around the fullest part
A shop pattern would have you circle
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On a standard size chart you'd be a 12 at the bust, 10 at the waist and 14 at the hip.
three sizes, one body.2 cm taller than the fit model · this shirt takes 2.40 m of cloth
12 measurements, about 10 minutes with a tape. Checked by a patternmaker within 48 hours. First re-draft free.
Sheet BNo. 01 Workshirt · front · graded 6–24Seam allowance included
02 · Sizes
Somewhere in this tangle is you. Roughly.
A shop pattern prints every size on one sheet, graded in 4 cm steps from a single fit model. When your bust, waist and hip land on different lines (and for four in five people they do), you trace between them, blend the curves, sew a test version, unpick, and try again.
Your tapes, in shop sizes12 bust10 waist14 hip
your pencil line doesn’t follow any of them. that’s the point.
The only step that’s on you is the first one. You’ll need a soft tape, a mirror or a friend, and something close-fitting to wear.
Right side
Wrong side
Interfacing
Lining
1Measure
Twelve measurements with a soft tape. Ten minutes, easier with a friend. The guide shows where each one goes, and your first order comes with a free paper tape.
2We draft
Software drafts the pattern from your numbers. Then Ruth or Owen, two patternmakers with fifty years between them, check every curve by hand. Usually within 48 hours.
3Sew a toile
Cut it in cheap calico first and send us three photos: front, side, back. If anything pulls or gapes, we re-draft it. The first re-draft is free.
4Keep your block
The corrected draft becomes your block. Every pattern you buy after that is drafted from it, so it fits from the first cut.
Notes from the fitting room
patterns drafted since 2019
41,207
fit at the first toile
86%
to a patternmaker’s check
48 h
Hannah, Leeds1.58 m · short-waisted
First shirt in twenty years I didn’t have to shorten at the waist. I kept checking the seams for the catch.
Fitted · 1st toile
Tom, Norwich1.96 m · long arms
Every pattern I own says lengthen here, lengthen here, lengthen here. Not this one. The sleeves stop at my wrists.
Fitted · 1st toile
Abigail, Bristolbust 112 · waist 84
No full bust adjustment. I honestly didn’t know a shirt could just button.
Fitted · 1st toile
Geoff, York73 · sway back
My wife sews, I’m the awkward shape. The toile needed one pin at the back neck. Owen re-drafted it in a day.
Re-drafted · once
Four patterns, drafted to order
Each one is drafted from your measurements when you order it. The cloth quantities below are already worked out for the body on the tapes above.
NotchNo.01
The Workshirt
Point collar, back yoke, two-piece sleeve placket.
Level
●●●2 of 3
Cloth
Poplin, chambray, linen
You need
2.40 m × 150 cm
NotchNo.02
The Wide Trouser
High rise, two front pleats, slant pockets, fly front.
Level
●●●2 of 3
Cloth
Wool twill, linen, heavy cotton
You need
1.80 m × 150 cm
NotchNo.03
The Wrap Dress
True wrap, short sleeve, A-line skirt, tie waist.
Level
●●●1 of 3
Cloth
Crêpe, viscose, cotton lawn
You need
2.40 m × 150 cm
NotchNo.04
The Chore Coat
Boxy, unlined, three patch pockets, five buttons.
Level
●●●3 of 3
Cloth
Canvas, moleskin, wool melton
You need
2.45 m × 150 cm
Three ways to get it
One price per pattern, whatever your size. No subscription. Your measurements stay on file, so the next one is two clicks.
PDF pattern
£18
Print it yourself, today.
A4 and US Letter tiles with match marks
A0 file for the copyshop
Projector file with a 10 cm test square
Instructions and your drafting notes
most people start here
Printed on tissue
£29
Full size, folded in an envelope.
Everything in the PDF
Printed 1:1 on pattern tissue
Posted in 3 working days
Free delivery anywhere in the UK
Block + fitting
£45
Your body, on manila card. For good.
Your first pattern on tissue
Toile review from three photos
Unlimited re-drafts for 60 days
Your block cut in manila card, posted
Every pattern after that: £12
06 · Questions
Troubleshooting
The page at the back of every instruction sheet. If yours isn’t here, the patternmakers answer email themselves, usually the same day.
AWhat if I measure myself wrong?
The form checks your numbers against each other as you type and flags anything unlikely, like a waist 30 cm bigger than your hip. Ruth or Owen look at every set before drafting. If the toile still shows a mistake, the re-draft is free.
BIs this only for women’s sizes?
No. We draft from measurements, not from a size chart, so it works for any body: menswear, womenswear, tall, petite, plus-size, and children from age 8. Maternity drafts on request.
CWhat’s a toile, and do I need one?
A test version of the garment, sewn in cheap calico. For your first pattern, yes: it’s how a good draft becomes your block. After that, most people skip it.
DIs seam allowance included?
Yes: 1 cm on seams and 3 cm on hems. The stitching line is printed too, dashed, so you can trim the allowance off if you prefer to add your own.
ECentimetres or inches? A4 or Letter?
Both. You can enter measurements in either unit, and every PDF comes as A4 and US Letter tiles, an A0 copyshop sheet and a projector file.
FWhat happens to my measurements?
They’re stored to draft your patterns and for nothing else. Delete them from your account in one click and we delete your block with them.
07 · Start
Ready when your tape is.
Twelve measurements, about ten minutes. A patternmaker checks your draft within 48 hours, and if the toile pulls anywhere, we fix it.
Centimetres or inches
Any body, any size, one price
Free paper tape with your first order
CouponNo. 01 · valid for any pattern
Your first re-draft, free.
Draft any pattern, sew the toile, send three photos. If it pulls anywhere, we fix the draft at no cost.