Brick Pattern Paper
Rows of offset rectangles in running bond, each row shifted half a brick, the way real brickwork is laid.
Rows of offset rectangles in running bond, each row shifted half a brick, the way real brickwork is laid.
Choose Brick Pattern Paper from the list. It opens with the usual size already set.
Pick the paper size, the grid and the orientation. Customize holds colours, margins and more.
Download the ready PDF, or print straight from the page at 100% scale.
Offsetting alternate rows by half a unit is the oldest pattern in construction, and it exists for a structural reason: a continuous vertical joint is a crack waiting to happen, and staggering the joints forces any crack to travel the long way round.
The same offset turns up wherever units are stacked — tiling, paving, mosaic, and brick stitch beadwork, which is named after exactly this.
Brick width and height are independent, so you can match a real brick, a tile, or a bead.
Every sheet here is free, adjustable and prints at exact scale.
A standard UK brick is 215 × 65 mm plus a 10 mm mortar joint, so a course is about 225 × 75 — roughly three to one. Set the width and height in that ratio to plan real brickwork.
Yes, subway tile is running bond. Classic subway tile is 2:1, so set the width to twice the height.
Yes — that is exactly the offset brick stitch produces. Set the cell size to match your beads.
