TailorBuddy sewing app for pattern size and fabric
BetaThe right size and enough fabric, from your own measurements.
TailorBuddy is your buddy at the cutting table. It takes your own measurements and the size chart on your pattern and tells you which size to cut and how much fabric to buy. So you cut once, buy enough, and spend your time sewing.
- Platforms
- iPhone · iPad
- Category
- Lifestyle
A closer look
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What the app does
Everything the TailorBuddy app does, without the filler.
Which size?
Choose who you are sewing for and which pattern, and the answer is on the first screen: the size to cut and the measurement it was chosen by. If you fall between sizes, TailorBuddy says where to grade from one to the next, and when the difference at the bust calls for an adjustment. It compares your back waist length, inside leg or height with the pattern and says where to lengthen or shorten. Add the finished measurements, and you see how much ease each size gives.
How much fabric?
Type in the fabric table from the pattern envelope once. TailorBuddy converts it to the width of the fabric in front of you, adds shrinkage for unwashed fabric, pattern repeat and nap, and rounds up to what the shop sells. Main fabric, contrast, lining and interfacing are worked out separately, for view A or B. Shop mode keeps the screen on and lists the notions to buy as well.
Measurements for the whole family
Keep a profile for yourself and for everyone you sew for, adults and children. A guide shows where to measure, one step at a time. Every set of measurements is dated, so you can see when it is time to measure again, and TailorBuddy reminds you when they are getting old. Centimetres or inches, with fractions.
Your patterns and size charts
Pick a ready-made size chart, or type in the one printed on your pattern. You can also paste a chart you have copied. Your own size is marked in the chart and on the pattern card.
The sewing room
Photograph the fabric you have at home and note its length and width. Before you buy more, TailorBuddy tells you which pieces are enough for a pattern and how much is left over, or how much is missing. Each project keeps the size you cut, the changes you made, your notes and your photos. Next time you choose the same pattern for the same person, you are reminded of what you did.
A buddy you can trust
No account, no ads, and it works without a connection. Your measurements stay in your own iCloud, which we cannot see, and nothing is sent to us. Save everything as one backup file whenever you like. TailorBuddy speaks eight languages, comes in light and dark, and works with large text and VoiceOver.
What TailorBuddy gives you
Cut once
The size to cut comes from your own measurements and the size chart on your pattern.
Buy enough
The fabric is worked out for the width the shop has, with shrinkage, repeat and nap, and rounded up to what it sells.
Every sum shown
Each answer shows how it was worked out, so you can check it against your pattern.
TailorBuddy at a glance
TailorBuddy is a sewing app for iPhone and iPad from the Danish studio EU Studio. From your own measurements and a pattern's size chart it works out which size to cut, where to grade between sizes and how much fabric to buy, and it keeps your fabric stash and projects in one place.
- Developer
- EU Studio, Denmark
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad
- Languages
- English, Danish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Norwegian
- Status
- Beta
Frequently asked questions
Not yet. TailorBuddy is in beta: version 1.0 for iPhone and iPad is being tested with TestFlight and is not on the App Store yet.
What's next
Planned work, in no guaranteed order and with no promised dates.
- In progress
Beta in TestFlight
Version 1.0 for iPhone and iPad is being tested with TestFlight.
- Planned
App Store release
Version 1.0 for iPhone and iPad, in eight languages.
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Get TailorBuddy
The right size and enough fabric, from your own measurements.