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Hilvana
Custom fit, print or project
Coming soon toApp StoreGet it onGoogle Play
What it is
Pick a garment, enter your measurements and Hilvana drafts the pattern on the spot. Print it at home, send it to a copy shop or project it onto your fabric.
Hilvana drafts sewing patterns to your measurements. Choose a garment, enter your measurements and the pattern appears instantly, calculated by code with classic flat-pattern formulas: no fixed sizes and no patterns invented by AI. Pieces that are sewn together always match.
12 PATTERNS TO START
- Tote bag (with or without lining and pocket)
- Kitchen apron with bib
- Elastic-waist skirt
- Circle skirt: full, half or quarter circle
- Midi skirt with yoke
- Relaxed basic T-shirt
- Sweatshirt, with or without hood
- Elastic-waist joggers
- Palazzo pants
- Kimono-sleeve tunic dress
- Kids’ pajamas, ages 2 to 12
- Zip pouch with a flat base
The tote bag, apron and elastic-waist skirt are free and complete.
YOUR PATTERN, READY TO CUT
- Every piece with cutting and stitching lines (1.5, 1 or 0.6 cm seam allowance), grainline, fold, notches, name and “cut 2”.
- How much fabric you need for your bolt width, worked out from your real pieces.
- Letter or A4 PDF, tiled with a 1 cm overlap, numbered sheets (A1, A2…), an index sheet and a 4″ / 10 cm test square.
- A0 PDF for the copy shop.
- Projector mode: real-size white lines on your cutting table, with calibration and mirroring.
SEW IT STEP BY STEP
Each pattern has its own illustrated steps (right side of the fabric in one color, wrong side in another), the machine stitch to use, how long it takes and a tip. Your progress is saved and the screen stays on while you sew.
EASY MEASURING
A drawing shows where the tape goes, and only the measurements the pattern needs are asked. If a number looks off, you get a warning. Save profiles for you and your family; for kids, pick an age and start from a standard chart. Inches or centimeters.
ALTERATIONS
Hems (including the original hem on jeans), taking in a waist, narrowing a T-shirt, shortening sleeves, replacing zippers, sewing on a button, machine buttonholes, darning, patches and split seams. With hem and elastic calculators.
WHAT GARMENT IS THIS?
Snap a photo of a garment you love and Hilvana tells you which of its patterns is closest and what to change (length, sleeves, pockets…).
YOUR SEWING BOX
Your fabrics with photo and yardage, your projects and a notions shopping list. When you look at a pattern, it tells you which of your fabrics will work.
No ads, no account: your measurements stay on your phone.
HILVANA PRO
Every pattern and every new one, A0 and projector, all alterations and 10 photos a day. Yearly with a 7-day free trial, or monthly; it renews automatically until you cancel it in your store account settings. You can also buy just the pattern you want, forever.
Frequently asked questions
How it works
Choose a pattern, tap «Make it to my measurements» and enter only the measurements it needs (the drawing shows where the tape goes). Hilvana draws every piece with its seam allowance, grainline, fold, notches and how many to cut, and works out how much fabric you need for your roll width. Then print it, take it to a copy shop or project it, and sew it step by step.
Measuring
Measure over light underwear with a tape that is snug but not tight. Waist: the narrowest part, around the navel. Hips: the widest part of the bottom. If a number looks odd, the app warns you so you can check it. For children you can type their measurements or pick their age and start from a standard table.
Printing at home
Print the PDF at 100 % («actual size»), never «fit to page». Print sheet A1 first and measure the test square: it must be exactly 10 cm (Letter also has a 4 inch square). The sheets overlap by 1 cm: trim or fold along the mark, match the letters and numbers (A1, A2…) using the index sheet and tape them together.
A0 and projector
The A0 PDF puts the whole pattern on one large sheet (or a few) for a copy shop. In projector mode the pattern appears as thick white lines on black at real size: hold the phone or tablet connected to the projector, adjust the square with two fingers until it measures 10 cm on your table, and use the mirror option if your projector flips the image. Both are part of Pro.
«What garment is this?»
Photograph a garment you like, flat or worn, with good light. Hilvana suggests the closest pattern, the variant and the changes (length, sleeves, pockets…), and opens it with those changes in one tap. If nothing fits, it says so and suggests the closest one. Free: one photo in total; Pro: 10 a day.
Hilvana Pro and purchases
To cancel a subscription use your App Store or Google Play account settings. On a new phone use Settings › Restore purchases. Your measurements and sewing box are only on the phone where you entered them.
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