Appliqué cut files
The SVG outline of each appliqué fabric piece for a cutting machine: taken from the placement stitches, Inflate (1.5 mm by default), sizes in millimetres, and where to download it.
Overview
An appliqué order can download a cut file: the outline of each fabric piece, ready for a cutting machine (Cricut, Silhouette, Brother ScanNCut) or for printing as a template. Pieces cut to it fit the placement line the machine sews, so you can cut the fabric before the order goes on the machine instead of trimming it in the hoop.
The order page shows Cut file (SVG) beside the machine file, only when the order has appliqué. The queue's machine file ZIP adds one beside each appliqué order's machine file. It is named like the machine file, with _cut on the end: 8F8B19_Olivia-Rose_cut.svg.
What is in the file
- One outline per fabric piece, taken from the placement stitches of the order's machine file: the line the machine sews to show where the fabric goes. A letter that was resized, set on an arc or used in a monogram is cut exactly as it is sewn.
- A piece with a hole (the counter of an O, the two of a B) has the hole as its own outline. Pieces that overlap are never merged.
- Pieces are grouped by the stop they are placed at (Step 1, Step 4, ...), the same step numbers as the colour sequence on the order page and the work order, which also says how many pieces each step needs.
- For an appliqué font made of stitch files (one set of stitches per colour, such as SportOne or College), the outline is the letter's first colour, its placement stitches.
Inflate
Inflate is how far the cut line sits outside the placement line, in millimetres. It grows the outline outward with round corners; holes get smaller by the same amount, and a hole that closes up is left out.
The default is 1.5 mm, the value Embrilliance uses for appliqué lettering, so the fabric overlaps the placement line and the cover hides its edge. Change it in the Inflate (mm) box before you press Cut file (SVG): for example 0 to cut exactly on the placement line. It is set for each download; there is no shop setting.
Sizes and cutting software
The file is in millimetres (the document is the outlines' size: a 40 mm square is a 40 mm file). Cricut Design Space, Silhouette Studio, ScanNCut Canvas and Inkscape open it at its true size, with no DPI question to answer. Each outline is a closed path with a thin black line and no fill.
Check the first one: open the file in your cutting software and confirm a piece measures what the work order says before you cut fabric.
Cutting face down on fusible web needs the outlines mirrored: use your cutting software's mirror option. The file isn't mirrored.
Related
- Labels and work orders: the colour sequence and the appliqué stops.
- What are BX fonts?: appliqué fonts.