Toile Pattern

Make a toile-style pattern: 10 small scenes of our own (a cottage, a tree, a bird on a branch, an urn of flowers, an arched bridge, a sheep, a garden well, a boat on water, a fountain and a flower sprig) printed in one ink on a cream ground. The V&A notes that one-colour printed cottons of this kind are often still called toiles de Jouy, “cloth from Jouy” (furnishing fabric, about 1800, V&A record O259309); these scenes are our own drawings, not a copy of any historic print. Set the scenes in a half-drop (every second column moved down exactly half a cell), an all-over grid, mirrored panels or a border stripe, pick an ink such as red, blue, black or green, then download a seamless SVG tile at real size, a full-size PDF with a key of the scenes, a 300 DPI PNG or a background PNG at an exact screen size. Nothing is uploaded.

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How to make a toile pattern

1. Choose a preset, or pick a scene set and a layout.
2. Set the columns, rows and spacing (mirrored panels need an even number of columns), and the bar width for a border.
3. Set the scene size and the smallest gap between scenes.
4. Pick the ground and the ink; set the second ink to a new colour for two-ink accents.
5. Download the SVG tile, a background PNG, or the PDF; print at 100% and check the 1 in test square.

What you can use it for

• Wallpaper and accent wall mock-ups (real-size tile)
• Fabric, cushion and curtain planning
• Wedding stationery, menus and place cards
• Gift wrap, tags and scrapbook paper
• Screen-print and vinyl planning (one-ink SVG)
• Phone, desktop and slide backgrounds (PNG at exact sizes)

The 13 presets

#	Preset	Scenes	Layout	Scenes per repeat	Repeat
1	Red on cream, country scenes, half-drop	Country	Half-drop	4 × 4	5.6 × 5.6 in
2	Blue on cream, garden scenes, half-drop	Garden	Half-drop	4 × 4	5.6 × 5.6 in
3	Black on cream, all vignettes, half-drop	All 10 toile vignettes	Half-drop	4 × 4	5.6 × 5.6 in
4	Green on cream, river scenes, half-drop	River	Half-drop	4 × 4	5.6 × 5.6 in
5	Red on white, farm scenes, grid	Farm	All-over grid	4 × 4	5.2 × 5.2 in
6	Blue with red flowers on cream, garden scenes	Garden	Half-drop	4 × 4	5.6 × 5.6 in
7	Country border, red on cream	Country	Border stripe	6 in a row	7.2 × 1.52 in
8	Mirrored scenes, blue on cream	Farm	Mirrored panels	4 × 4	5.6 × 5.6 in
9	Sheep only, black on cream	Sheep	Half-drop	4 × 4	4.4 × 4.4 in
10	Birds on branches, green on white	Bird on a branch	Half-drop	4 × 4	4.4 × 4.4 in
11	Pink on cream, garden scenes	Garden	All-over grid	4 × 4	5.2 × 5.2 in
12	Cream on navy, all vignettes (reversed)	All 10 toile vignettes	Half-drop	4 × 4	5.6 × 5.6 in
13	Fabric scale: 20 cm red on cream, country scenes	Country	Half-drop	5 × 5	20 × 20 cm

Each preset only fills in the fields; change any setting afterwards.

The 10 scenes

Scene	Symmetry (tested on every point)
Cottage	no symmetry
Tree	mirrored left to right
Bird on a branch	no symmetry
Urn of flowers	mirrored left to right
Arched bridge	mirrored left to right
Sheep	no symmetry
Garden well	mirrored left to right
Boat on water	mirrored left to right
Fountain	mirrored left to right
Flower sprig (small filler)	mirrored left to right

All scenes are our own drawings. Page 2 of the PDF draws each scene used, large.

Background sizes (first preset)

Background	Pixels	Repeats across × down
Phone	1170 × 2532 px	2.18 × 4.71
Phone	1080 × 1920 px	2.01 × 3.57
Desktop	1920 × 1080 px	3.57 × 2.01
Large screen	2560 × 1440 px	4.76 × 2.68
Square post	1080 × 1080 px	2.01 × 2.01

Which tool to use

You want	Use
One-ink country scenes in a half-drop repeat	Toile Pattern (this page)
Even dots in a grid or half-drop	Polka Dot Pattern Generator
Simple geometric CSS backgrounds	SVG Pattern Generator
A scene cut as a stencil	Stencil Maker

For the history of the name, read our guide to toile de Jouy. To cut a scene as a wall stencil, try the Stencil Maker; for simple CSS backgrounds, the SVG Pattern Generator.

For the history of two related ornaments, read our guides to the damask pattern and the paisley pattern.

Frequently asked questions

What is a half-drop repeat?

The scenes sit in columns, and every second column is moved down exactly half a cell, so the same scene never lines up in a straight row. Our tests check the offset of every scene to the exact half cell (the first preset uses a 1.4 in cell).

Is it really one ink?

Yes. Each scene is drawn in the ink colour on the ground; the second ink is the same colour in every preset except the two-ink one, where flowers and accents print in a second colour. Our tests check that every scene uses only the ink and the second ink.

Are the scenes copied from old fabrics?

No. Every scene is our own drawing, made of flat shapes from the same code that draws the preview and the files, and none copies a historic print or a pattern from any maker.

Are the scenes symmetrical?

The tree, urn, bridge, well, boat, fountain and flower sprig are mirror-symmetric left to right; the cottage, bird and sheep face one way on purpose. Our tests check every point of every scene.

Will the pattern repeat without a seam?

Yes. A motif that runs over an edge of the repeat carries on from the opposite edge, so copies placed edge to edge join with no seam. Our tests compare the pattern one repeat over by sampled colour, for every preset.

Is the tile the exact size I set?

Yes. The SVG tile is written in inches or centimetres (the first preset is 5.6 in square), and the PDF prints the pattern at full size with a 1 in test square. No two scenes come closer than the gap you set (0.12 in on the first preset).

Is it free?

Yes. There is no sign-up, no watermark and no limit.

Is anything uploaded?

No. Everything is drawn by JavaScript in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere.