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Cutting Out a Paper Snowflake

1/12/2019

 
Last week I shared a tutorial on how to create one of a kind snowflakes using EQ8 and I have been seeing some great creations on social media.  

If you missed the tutorial, you will definitely want to go back and check it out.
Drafting Paper Snowflake in EQ8
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This week I have remained obsessed with these snowflakes and really want to use them in a quilt project.  I quickly realized that they were pretty intricate and cutting them out by hand would be super tedious.  So I decided it was time to pull out my Silhouette Cameo (it is the one without a number) and see if I could cut them there.

This ended up being a little more involved that I had planned as the first few snowflakes were a disaster -- fabric was shifting and cuts were not clean.  However I had some conversations with others on Facebook and kept playing.  And after a number of different experiments I finally found the "secret formula" for cutting these out.

​I will share all in my current tutorial.  How I transfer designs from EQ to the Silhouette Design Studio along with my suggestions for a successful cut.
I want to give a shout out to C J Tinkle.  She has created numerous appliques using her Silhouette Cameo 3.  She mentioned to me that she had successfully used the following settings -- which were different than what I ended up with -- but a great starting point..  So it really is important to experiment and see what works for your machine.
C J Tinkles Suggestions for Successful Applique with her Silhouette Cameo 3

Fusible:  Shades Soft Fuse, paper off, fusible side down on the mat.
Burnish it in place with a roller. 
Fabric: Thin (Cotton Print)
Ratchet Blade on 3, Speed 5, Force 33, Passes 2

I also started researching other digital cutting options -- and found that Cricut has a digital cutting machine that uses a rotary cutting blade.  It is more expensive than the Silhouette -- but may be worth it if it works as well as the advertisements.  Anybody out there currently using the Cricut Maker for cutting fabric appliques?  I would be interested in your opinion.
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Kari's Successfully Cut Snowflake (in Fabric). This was cut at 7-3/4 inches.
I am currently at a retreat and fused and stitched 3 of the snowflakes for a mini-quilt.  Here is the result.  Now on to design new borders.
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Kari Schell's Paper Snowflakes -- stitched and waiting for borders.

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Elizabeth DiCrescenzo
1/13/2019 04:52:26 pm

I purchased a Cricut Maker recently (It's the one with the rotary blade.) With the idea of using it to cut wool applique. I can't say it has been a total success. Mind you, I am a real newbie and I probably have a large learning curve ahead of me. I did find that putting the fabric down with steam a seam on the mat worked best. I also used the "tweed" setting for the fabric helped as well. The difficulty for me was scanning in the designs and transferring and manipulating the designs in the software. I would very much like to hear from others who are using Cricut Maker for cutting applique.

Dennis M Nichols-Faber
1/13/2019 08:53:55 pm

I am wondering if anyone can help me with using my cricut on how to get the designs from EQ8 to the cricut.

Judy B link
1/15/2019 05:45:03 pm

I will use my Brother Scan'n'Cut ... this is the sort of thing it was designed to do! Simply save the design in the size you need as a jpeg, feed it directly to the cutter or use a USB stick for the transfer. Easy and accurate.


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