Bow Pattern

Make a seamless bow pattern from 10 ribbon bows of our own, each with two loops, a knot and two tails: a classic bow, a coquette bow with long tails, a pointed-loop bow, a round-loop bow, a double-loop bow, an outline bow, a polka-dot bow, a bow with a heart knot, a bow with wavy tails and a layered four-loop bow. Set them in a half-drop (every second column moved down exactly half a cell), a brick repeat (every second row moved across half a cell) or a plain grid, pick a ground and two colours, such as soft pink on cream for a coquette print or red on white, then download a seamless SVG tile at real size, a full-size PDF with a motif key, a 300 DPI PNG or a background PNG at an exact screen size. Nothing is uploaded.

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How to make a bow pattern

1. Choose a preset, or pick a bow set and a repeat (half-drop, brick or grid).
2. Set the columns, rows and spacing (a half-drop needs an even number of columns, a brick repeat an even number of rows).
3. Set the bow size, the smallest gap and the seed (the seed shuffles which bow goes where).
4. Pick the ground, the bow colour and a second colour for dots, knots and inner loops.
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

• Coquette phone and desktop backgrounds (PNG at exact sizes)
• Gift wrap, tags and party paper
• Fabric, hair-accessory and pyjama mock-ups (real-size tile)
• Scrapbook paper and journal pages
• Baby shower, birthday and bridal shower stationery
• Screen-print, vinyl and sticker-sheet planning (SVG tile)

The 13 presets

#	Preset	Bows	Repeat	Motifs per repeat	Tile
1	Coquette: pink bows on cream, half-drop	Mixed bows	Half-drop	4 × 4	5 × 5 in
2	Blush and white, all bows, grid	All 10 bows	Grid	4 × 4	5 × 5 in
3	Red bows on white, brick	Mixed bows	Brick	4 × 4	5 × 5 in
4	Black bows on pink, half-drop	Mixed bows	Half-drop	4 × 4	5 × 5 in
5	Outline bows, light and airy	Light bows	Half-drop	4 × 4	5 × 5 in
6	Baby blue bows on white, grid	Soft bows	Grid	4 × 4	5 × 5 in
7	Cherry red and pink, brick	All 10 bows	Brick	4 × 4	5 × 5 in
8	Lilac bows on cream, half-drop	Soft bows	Half-drop	4 × 4	5 × 5 in
9	Polka-dot bows, pink on white	Polka-dot bow only	Grid	4 × 4	5 × 5 in
10	Holiday: red bows with green on cream	Mixed bows	Brick	4 × 4	5 × 5 in
11	Tiny bows, ditsy print	Classic ribbon bow only	Half-drop	6 × 6	3.6 × 3.6 in
12	Cream bows on sage, brick	Soft bows	Brick	4 × 4	5 × 5 in
13	Fabric scale: 20 cm repeat, coquette bows	Mixed bows	Half-drop	4 × 4	20 × 20 cm

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

The 10 ribbon bows

Bow	Symmetry (tested on every point)
Classic ribbon bow	mirrored left to right
Coquette bow with long tails	mirrored left to right
Pointed-loop bow	mirrored left to right
Round-loop bow	mirrored left to right
Double-loop bow	mirrored left to right
Outline bow (line art)	mirrored left to right
Polka-dot bow	mirrored left to right
Bow with a heart knot	mirrored left to right
Bow with wavy tails	mirrored left to right
Layered bow (four loops)	mirrored left to right

All bows are our own drawings. Page 2 of the PDF draws each bow used, large, in the pattern colours.

Background sizes (first preset)

Background	Pixels	Repeats across × down
Phone	1170 × 2532 px	2.44 × 5.28
Phone	1080 × 1920 px	2.25 × 4
Desktop	1920 × 1080 px	4 × 2.25
Large screen	2560 × 1440 px	5.33 × 3
Square post	1080 × 1080 px	2.25 × 2.25

Which tool to use

You want	Use
Ribbon bows in a seamless repeat	Bow Pattern (this page)
Skulls in a seamless repeat	Skull Pattern
Gingham checks	Gingham Pattern Generator
Even dots in a grid or half-drop	Polka Dot Pattern Generator
Christmas gift wrap with mixed motifs	Christmas Wrapping Paper

For a gingham check to go under the bows, try the Gingham Pattern Generator; for plain dots, the Polka Dot Pattern Generator; for holiday paper with mixed motifs, Christmas Wrapping Paper.

Frequently asked questions

Are these bow ties?

No. Every motif is a ribbon bow with two loops, a knot and two tails, the kind tied in a ribbon or a hair bow; there is no geometric bow-tie shape. Our tests check each bow for its two loops, its knot and its two tails.

Is it a copy of a designer print?

No. Every bow is our own drawing, made of flat shapes from the same code that draws the preview and the files, and no preset copies a brand, a character or a designer’s print.

What is the difference between half-drop, brick and grid?

In a grid, the motifs sit in straight rows and columns. In a half-drop, every second column is moved down exactly half a cell; in a brick repeat, every second row is moved across exactly half a cell, like bricks in a wall. A half-drop needs an even number of columns and a brick repeat an even number of rows, so the shifted lines alternate cleanly across the edge of the repeat; the maker says so if they do not.

Can the motifs overlap?

No. Each motif sits in the middle of its own square cell, and the maker refuses a motif size that would come closer than the smallest gap you set to the edge of its cell; it tells you the spacing needed. Our tests check every point of every motif against its cell.

Will the pattern repeat without a seam?

Yes. A motif or line 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 check this two ways for every preset and every repeat: each shape cut by an edge has its exact partner one repeat over in the same tile, and sampled colours match one repeat over.

Are the bows symmetrical?

Yes. Every bow is mirror-symmetric left to right, and our tests check every point. The outline bow and the round-loop bow have true holes that show the ground.

Is the tile the exact size I set?

Yes. The SVG tile is written in inches or centimetres (the first preset is 5 in square), and the PDF prints the pattern at full size with a 1 in test square.

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.