What can I make from my fabric?
Drop one photo of the fabric and you get six garments a small label could cut from it, each with where the motif and borders go and an estimate of the fabric it takes. The first renders show the pieces in your own fabric, free and with no account.
Try it with one fabric photo
A swatch, a bolt or a length of cloth, photographed flat in daylight. Add your house in a few words if you want the pieces to sound like you.
Six ideas for your fabric. Your free renders go first (two across all our tools), then sign in free to render the rest.
Your photo is stored for 30 days, then deleted. It is used to make your image, and by the studio if you continue there. If you order a pattern from it, a copy is kept with your order.
How the six ideas are chosen
The fabric is read before anything is drawn: its weight and hand as far as a photo shows them, the scale of the motif, whether it has a direction, a border or a selvedge worth using. The six garments follow from that. A fluid printed viscose leads to slip dresses and wide trousers; a stiff jacquard to a structured jacket or a skirt that holds its line.
Each proposal says where the motif goes: centered on the back, running down the front, the border at the hem, the print matched at the side seams. That is the decision that makes a print look expensive or cheap, and it is the one most often left to chance.
Each piece also carries an estimate of the fabric it takes at 140 cm width, for one garment in a medium size, so you know whether the three meters you bought make a dress, or a top and a skirt.
What is free, and what a full set costs
The read and the six written ideas are free for everyone, with no account. Your two free renders, shared across all our tools, render the first two pieces as studio images in your fabric.
Signed in, you render the rest from your credits at 5 credits a piece: once the free renders are spent, all six pieces cost 30 credits. A free account opens with a one-time welcome of 50 credits, then gets 15 credits a month.
The fabric photo that reads well
- Flat, in daylight, without flash: the color and the scale of the motif are read from the photo.
- Wide enough to show a full repeat of the print, and the border or selvedge if it has one.
- Something for scale helps: a ruler or a coin at the edge of the frame.
- One fabric per photo. Two cloths side by side are read as one patchwork.
From an idea to a garment you can cut
Every render hands itself on. Put the piece you keep on a model to see it worn, or order its production pattern: a professional pattern maker cuts the DXF pattern, from $29, at a price set by the garment's complexity and quoted before you pay.
Before you cut, sample. The renders show the silhouette and the motif scale in your fabric; how the cloth actually falls is decided on a sample.
Questions
Very fine embroidery, logos and prints come out close, not identical.
Is it free, with no account?
Yes for the read and the six written ideas. Two free renders, shared across all our tools, render the first pieces, with no account. Then 5 credits ($0.50) a render; a free account opens with a one-time welcome of 50 credits, then gets 15 credits a month.
Can I see the silhouette and how my fabric falls before sampling?
The silhouette, yes, as an image: the pieces you render are shown in your fabric, so you can judge the shape, the scale of the motif and the overall look before you cut. How it falls, no: it is an image, not a physics drape. It does not know the weight, the stretch or the hand of your cloth, so the sample has the last word.
How much fabric do I need for a dress?
It depends on the dress, the width of the cloth and the size, so every figure here is an estimate. Each proposal gives its own estimate at 140 cm width for one garment in a medium size, to plan a purchase, not to cut. Check it against your pattern's marker: your pattern maker gives the real consumption.
Will the renders show my exact fabric?
The motif, colors, scale and texture are taken from your photo, and the garment is invented around them. Check the fabric in each render before you show it to a buyer.
Can I get one of these garments made?
Yes. Order the production pattern of the piece you keep: a professional pattern maker cuts the DXF pattern, from $29, with the tier set by the garment's complexity, never chosen at checkout.
Can I use it in my shop?
Yes: every render, free or paid, can be used to sell, in your own shop and on marketplaces, as long as it shows your item faithfully and follows that marketplace's rules.
What happens to my fabric photo?
It is stored for 30 days, then deleted. The read is kept for a day, so a reload does not read the fabric twice.