Indian Pattern

Make a seamless Indian block-print style pattern from 10 motifs of our own: a paisley butta, a six-petal floret, an eight-petal rosette, a leafy sprig, a three-petal bud, a lozenge, a ruffled marigold, a trefoil bud, an eight-point star flower and a leaf pair. Scatter them as buttas in a half-drop, brick, grid or tossed repeat, set each one in a jaali frame (round, quatrefoil, pointed oval or diamond), or run them in a border strip between two rules and two rows of dots. Pick a ground and two colours, such as indigo on white or madder red and black on cream, 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 an Indian block-print pattern

1. Choose a preset, or pick a motif set and a repeat (half-drop, brick, grid, tossed or border strip).
2. Choose a jaali frame round each motif, or none, and the frame thickness.
3. Set the columns, rows, spacing, motif size, smallest gap, seed and (for tossed) the largest turn.
4. Pick the ground, the main colour and a second colour for centres and dots.
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

• Fabric, cushion and table-linen mock-ups (real-size tile)
• Border strips for hems, edges and stationery
• Festive gift wrap and cards
• Phone, desktop and slide backgrounds (PNG at exact sizes)
• Block carving and stamp planning
• Scrapbook and journal paper

The 13 presets

#	Preset	Motif set	Repeat	Frame	Tile
1	Indigo buttas on white, half-drop	Buttas	Half-drop	none	5 × 5 in
2	Madder red and black on cream, brick	Garden	Brick	none	5 × 5 in
3	Jaali: quatrefoil lattice with florets, rust on sand	Florals	Grid	Quatrefoil	5 × 5 in
4	Pointed-oval jaali with buttas, half-drop	Buttas	Half-drop	Pointed oval	5 × 5 in
5	Border strip: florets between rules, indigo	Florals	Border strip	none	6 × 1.7 in
6	Border strip: buttas between rules, red on cream	Buttas	Border strip	none	6 × 1.7 in
7	Mustard and green florals, tossed	Florals	Tossed	none	5 × 5 in
8	Black on white, every motif, grid	All 10 motifs	Grid	none	5 × 5 in
9	Pink and saffron garden, half-drop	Garden	Half-drop	none	5 × 5 in
10	Diamond jaali with star flowers, teal	Geometric	Half-drop	Diamond	5 × 5 in
11	Tiny buttas, ditsy print	Buttas	Tossed	none	3.6 × 3.6 in
12	Round jaali with marigolds, olive	Ruffled marigold only	Brick	Round	5 × 5 in
13	Fabric scale: 20 cm repeat, buttas and florals	Garden	Half-drop	none	20 × 20 cm

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

The 10 motifs

Motif	Symmetry (tested on every point)
Paisley butta (curled teardrop)	one-sided
Six-petal floret	mirrored left to right
Eight-petal rosette	mirrored left to right
Leafy sprig	mirrored left to right
Three-petal bud	mirrored left to right
Lozenge with a centre	mirrored left to right
Ruffled marigold	mirrored left to right
Trefoil bud on a stem	mirrored left to right
Eight-point star flower	mirrored left to right
Leaf pair with a seed	mirrored left to right

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

The mixed motif sets

Set	Motifs
All 10 motifs	paisley butta (curled teardrop), six-petal floret, eight-petal rosette, leafy sprig, three-petal bud, lozenge with a centre, ruffled marigold, trefoil bud on a stem, eight-point star flower, leaf pair with a seed
Buttas	paisley butta (curled teardrop), three-petal bud, leafy sprig, leaf pair with a seed
Florals	six-petal floret, eight-petal rosette, ruffled marigold, trefoil bud on a stem
Geometric	lozenge with a centre, eight-point star flower, six-petal floret
Garden	paisley butta (curled teardrop), ruffled marigold, leafy sprig, six-petal floret

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
Buttas, jaali and borders as a seamless repeat	Indian Pattern (this page)
One square scarf with a border and medallion	Bandana Pattern
A henna-style hand or foot design	Henna Designs
Even dots in a grid or half-drop	Polka Dot Pattern Generator
A shape of your own as a repeat	SVG Pattern Generator

For plain dots, try the Polka Dot Pattern Generator; to repeat a shape of your own, the SVG Pattern Generator; to cut a motif as a block or fabric stencil, the Stencil Maker.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a paisley-only pattern?

No. The paisley butta appears in mixed sets with other buttas and flowers, and every other motif can be used on its own. For a henna-style hand design, use the Henna Designs maker.

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

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. Tossed is a half-drop where each motif is also turned by a seeded angle up to the largest turn you set. Border makes one row of motifs between two rules and two rows of dots, as a strip for hems and edges. A half-drop or tossed repeat needs an even number of columns and a brick repeat an even number of rows; the maker says so if they do not.

Can the motifs or frames overlap?

No. Each motif, or each jaali frame with its motif inside, sits in the middle of its own square cell, and the maker refuses a 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, and every motif against the opening of its frame.

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: each shape cut by an edge has its exact partner one repeat over in the same tile, and sampled colours match one repeat over.

What does the jaali frame do?

It draws a ring round every motif (round, quatrefoil, pointed oval or diamond) in the main colour, so the cells read as a lattice; the motif is scaled to sit inside the opening with room to spare. Our tests check every motif point against the frame opening.

Are these copies of real printing blocks?

No. Every motif and frame is our own drawing made of flat shapes, not a copy of a maker’s block or a brand print, and there are no religious symbols.

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: 4 cells of 1.25 in), 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.