Free Tech Pack Template for Clothing Brands
A clean, fillable four-page tech pack in PDF — the same blueprint a manufacturer needs to make your garment exactly right. Free to download, no email required, and yours to use with any factory.
A tech pack is the single document that turns your idea into something a factory can actually make — and it is the difference between a first sample that is close and one that is completely off. This template gives you every section in the right order. Fill in what you know, leave the rest blank, and send it with your enquiry.
Most free tech pack templates are published by designers or software companies. This one comes from the other side of the exchange: we are a clothing manufacturer in Bangladesh and we read these documents every week. That shaped what is in it, and it is why the section below is about what actually goes wrong rather than what a tech pack is in theory.
What the template looks like
Four A4 pages. Here are example pages one to three — no email gate, nothing hidden behind a form.
What’s inside
1. Style summary
Brand, style name and number, season, fit and a one-line description — the basics that identify your garment.
2. Technical sketch
Space for a front and back flat sketch, so the factory can see exactly what you mean.
3. Bill of materials
Every fabric and trim — composition, weight/GSM, colour and supplier — in one table.
4. Colourways
Each colour version with Pantone/TCX references for body, ribbing and prints.
5. Points of measure
A size chart with tolerances, so your fit is consistent across every size and run.
6. Construction & stitching
Seam and stitch types, SPI and notes for each part of the garment.
7. Labels & branding
Neck label, care label, size label, hang tags and print/embroidery placement.
8. Packaging
Folding, polybags, barcodes and carton specs — the details that protect your order in transit.
9. Order & approvals
Quantities per size and colour, launch date and a sign-off line.
Six things that go wrong, from the factory’s side
These are the gaps we see most often when a tech pack arrives. None of them will stop us quoting, and none of them are hard to fix — but each one costs you a sampling round if it is left blank.
A sketch with no measurements
The single most common gap. A flat sketch tells us the shape; it tells us nothing about the size. Without points of measure we cut to our own block, and the first sample comes back fitting like our block rather than your intent. Even three numbers — chest, body length, sleeve length — change the outcome more than a beautiful drawing does.
Measurements with no tolerances
A 52 cm chest is not one number, it is a range. Fabric relaxes, seams take up, and every factory in the world works to a tolerance. If you do not state yours, we apply industry-standard ones — commonly around ±1 cm on chest and body length, ±0.5 cm on smaller points — and if that is tighter or looser than you expected, you find out at sample stage rather than now.
A colour named, not referenced
"Navy" is not a colour, it is a family. Give a Pantone TCX reference and you get that colour; give a word and you get our interpretation of it, then a round of lab dips to correct it. If you have no Pantone book, send a physical swatch — a piece of fabric in the post beats any hex code on a screen, because your monitor and our dye house do not agree.
Fabric described by feel
"Heavyweight", "soft", "premium" and "good quality" all mean different things to different people. What we can actually buy against is composition and weight: 100% combed cotton, 240 GSM, single jersey. If you do not know the GSM, name a garment you want matched and post it to us — we will weigh it and work from the real thing.
Print and label placement left to us
Where a print sits is a design decision, and a factory guessing at it will centre it and hope. Give a measurement from a fixed point — 7 cm below the neck seam, centred — and it lands where you meant. The same goes for neck labels, care labels and hang tags: state the position, and whether a printed neck label replaces a sewn one.
No sample size stated
We grade the range from one base size, and which size that is changes every other size in the run. If the tech pack does not say, we assume M for adult styles, which is usually right and occasionally very wrong. One field, thirty seconds, and the whole grade is anchored where you want it.
How to use it
- Download the PDF and print it, or type straight into the fields.
- Fill in everything you have decided — a sketch and rough measurements go a long way.
- Do not worry about the gaps; we help you complete them during sampling.
- Attach it to your enquiry so your quote and first sample are as accurate as possible.
New to tech packs?
Start with what a tech pack is, then follow our step-by-step guide to making one. If you just want a quick tick-list rather than a form to fill in, take the tech pack checklist instead. And if you have not chosen a factory yet, our guide to finding a clothing manufacturer covers what to check first.
Frequently asked questions
What is a tech pack template?
A tech pack template is a ready-made form that lays out every section a manufacturer needs — sketch, materials, measurements, colours, construction, labels and packaging — so you only have to fill in your details rather than build the document from scratch. It is the difference between sending a factory a description and sending it a specification.
Do you have a tech pack example I can look at?
The three example pages above are the template itself, shown at full size rather than described, so you can see the structure before downloading anything. What they are not is a worked example with somebody else's garment filled in, and that is deliberate: real tech packs carry a brand's measurements, suppliers and costings, which are not ours to publish. If what you want is to see how each field gets completed, our guide to what a tech pack is walks through every section with the kind of detail we actually need — fabric weight in GSM rather than "cotton", a Pantone reference rather than "navy", tolerances alongside measurements. Fill this template using that guide and you will have your own example, specific to your style, which is more use than a copy of someone else's.
Is a tech pack the same thing as a spec sheet?
In everyday use, yes, and you can treat a request for either as a request for this document. Strictly, a spec sheet is the measurement page — the points of measure and their tolerances — while the tech pack is the whole package that page sits inside, along with the sketch, bill of materials, colourways, construction notes and labelling. You will also see technical package, technical pack, and techpack written as one word. None of them signals a different or more formal document, only a different habit, so send this template whichever term was used.
Is this tech pack template really free?
Yes, and there is no email gate. Download the PDF, use it for as many styles as you like, and send it to any manufacturer — including ones that are not us. We publish it because a brand that arrives with a filled-in tech pack gets a better first sample, and that is true whoever makes the garment.
Do I need to fill in the whole tech pack?
No, and almost nobody does on a first style. Complete what you have decided and leave the rest blank — a partial tech pack still gets you a faster, more accurate first sample than a paragraph of description. The sections most worth filling before you send it are the sketch, a few key measurements, fabric composition and weight, and your colour references. A good factory will work the remaining gaps through with you during sampling.
What format is the template?
A four-page printable PDF, A4. Print it and fill it in by hand, or type into it in most PDF readers, then attach it to your enquiry. There is no proprietary software to buy and nothing to sign up for.
Can I use this template with a different manufacturer?
Yes. Nothing in it is specific to us — the sections are the standard ones any apparel factory expects, in the order they are usually read. Use it with whichever manufacturer you choose. If you are still choosing, our guide to finding a clothing manufacturer covers what to check before you send anyone your design.
Does a tech pack protect my design?
Not by itself, and it is worth being clear about that rather than implying otherwise. A tech pack is a production specification, not a legal instrument. What protects a design is registered IP in the markets you sell into, plus a written agreement with your manufacturer. What a tech pack does do is remove ambiguity about what was agreed, which is a different and more practical kind of protection.
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