Cloth & Chalk was built by a custom clothier who grew tired of one persistent problem: no tool on the market could give a truly accurate yardage estimate. Every order meant guessing, padding the number, and hoping for the best, which meant wasted fabric, wasted money, and wasted time.
So we built the tool we always wanted. Enter your body or finished-garment measurements, pick your fabric width, and get an accurate yardage estimate, along with a to-scale cutting layout showing how the pattern pieces fit across the cloth. No guesswork. No excess. No shortfall.
Cloth & Chalk is built for working tailors, custom clothiers, and anyone having a suit, sport coat, trousers, waistcoat, or dress shirt made. Whether you're ordering fabric for a client or quoting a commission, the calculator gives you a reliable starting estimate you can actually trust.
Estimates account for piece layout across your chosen fabric width, whether 54″, 58″ or 60″, and for different style options like patch pockets, turn-ups, and three-piece configurations. Results will always vary slightly by tailor, seam allowances, and working method, but we get you as close as possible.
The calculator was the first piece. Cloth & Chalk is now also a full tailor's toolkit, live on the App Store, with client profiles, saved measurements, order history and PDF exports, all in one place so nothing gets lost between fittings. See what it does today and download it free.
Questions or feedback? Use the form on the main page, or email clothchalk@gmail.com.