You asked for it, you got it. Here’s a table of contents — a list of all the Silhouette tutorials on my site, categorized by type and with direct links to the posts. As I add posts, I will update this list. You can also use the search bar at the right to find post topics.
For beginners, I highly recommend starting with the Before You Begin, Software Basics and Successful Beginner Projects series. Even veterans can learn a great deal from these Silhouette tutorials. For more advanced users, check out the Intermediate/Advanced list, as well as the Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Send Area and Cutting without the Mat without Losing Your Mind series.
To suggest a tutorial topic, comment at the end of this post.
Before you Begin series
#1 What to know before you buy
#2 Downloading and installing the software
#4 The Silhouette Design Store
#6 The Silhouette America website
#7 Good materials to start with
#8 Opening the box and getting to know the machine
Software Basics series (version 4)
Lesson 1: Opening the software and setting preferences
Lesson 3: Starting a new project and selecting page settings
Lesson 5: The mouse and cursors
Lesson 9: Navigation bits and pieces
Lesson 11: Getting your free shapes
Lesson 12: Adding shapes to the page and basic manipulation
Lesson 13: Basics of working with text
Lesson 14: Making your first cut
Lesson 15: Saving and shutting down
Software Basics series (version 3)
Lesson 1: Opening the software and setting preferences
Lesson 3: Starting a new project and selecting page settings
Lesson 5: The mouse and cursors
After I wrote Lesson 8 for version 3, version 4 was released so I switched at that point to writing only tutorials for version 4.
Other Basic software tutorials
4 simple to design Christmas tags
7 tricks to make a multi-piece project more interesting
1-month Trial Silhouette Design Store Subscription: what it is and how to use it
Auto Save and Recovered Documents
Character Spacing: how to adjust the spacing between letters on text
Designer, Designer Plus or Business Edition: how to upgrade your software
Fill ‘er Up: the hows and whys of color, gradient and pattern fills
Get it together, man! 6 tips to make a project more cohesive
Help! My machine is cutting in the wrong place!
How and why to update your Silhouette Studio software
How to more easily visualize your design and finished project
Oh the offset! Such a handy tool
Screenshot and snip: Quick ways to grab a picture of your computer screen
Silhouette Studio software levels, types and versions explained
Successful Beginner Projects series
#1: Butterfly card (cardstock)
#2: Butterfly gift bag decoration (cardstock)
#3: Initial gift tag (cardstock)
#4: Christmas tree gift tag (cardstock)
#5: Birthday cake card (cardstock)
#6: Snowman flat ornament (adhesive vinyl)
#7: Teapot vinyl decal (adhesive vinyl)
#8: Snowflake decal with vinyl layering (adhesive vinyl)
#9: Baby stroller vinyl layering decal (adhesive vinyl)
#10: Vinyl Wall Quote (adhesive vinyl)
Cut Doctor Series
Lesson 4: Default Cut Settings
Lesson 9: Line Segment Overcut
Lesson 11: Platforms and other Curio-specific settings
Lesson 13: Advanced Cut Settings
Lesson 14: Preferences that affect cuts
Lesson 17: Issues before cutting even starts
Lesson 18: When the machine starts cutting in the wrong place
Lesson 19: When your cut starts well but then the machine goes crazy
Lesson 20: Noises and what they indicate
More coming soon!
First Steps series
HTV: Project #1 — Polka Dot Heart Tea Towel
Intermediate/Advanced software tutorials
7 tricks to make a multi-piece project more interesting
Adding a multi-color design element into a school mascot
Announcing my new Craftsy class
Auto Save and Recovered Documents
Best ever hack for paper projects with multiple colors (creating a sketched template)
Breaking a solid shape into pieces with the magic of Divide
Cutting paper to match a precut chipboard shape
Designer, Designer Plus or Business Edition: how to upgrade your software
Drawing filled shapes or text: 2 ways to select attributes beforehand
Get it together, man! 6 tips to make a project more cohesive
Hack to make sure text is centered around a circle
Help! My machine is cutting in the wrong place!
How and why to save a Silhouette design as an image
How to create a custom plaid pattern
How to more easily visualize your design and finished project
Oh the offset! Such a handy tool
Pancakes and donuts: understanding the difference between a grouping and a compound path
Pattern Fill Pizzazz: 7 Ways to put your own graphic into any shape (8 lessons)
Photo Crop in Silhouette Studio: how and why to do it
Point Editing: Taming all those little black dots (7 lessons)
Right where you want it: how to move a shape precisely
Screenshot and snip: Quick ways to grab a picture of your computer screen
Why I never weld cursive text (and why you shouldn’t either)
Yes, you CAN put a shape on a path in Silhouette Studio (version 3)
Cutting without the mat without losing your mind series
Tip #1: Know what materials you can cut without the mat
Tip #2: Select None on cutting mat
Tip #3: Know your margins by selecting Show Cut Border
Tip #4: Your material must be the right width
Tip #5: Check the loading orientation arrow
Tip #6: Move the right white roller in
Tip #7: Check the leading edge
Tip #8: Use the correct guideline
Tip #9: Use the correct loading method
Tip #10: Check to see if the material loaded straight (with video of riding on cardstock method)
Tip #11: Use the arrow keys to roll the material through the machine
Tip #12: How to work with curled material
Tip #13: What to do if things start going wrong
Tip #14: What to do after the cut
Announcements
Announcing my new Craftsy class
Silhouette Summit 2018: Upcoming new products and software features
Business and Legal
Trademark and Copyright for Crafters
Checklists
Christmas
4 simple to design Christmas tags
10 fun stocking stuffers to make with your Silhouette
Advent calendars to make with your Silhouette
Make an easy Christmas tree shape
Snowflake decal with vinyl layering
Cut settings
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Send area series
#2: Simple cut mode and cut style
#3: Material, action and tool choice in Action by: Simple
#5: Action by: Line, fill or layer (advanced cut mode)
#8: How text and object on path affect cut style
#9: Connection and device management
#10-17: COMING SOON
Frugal Friday
Distressed foil technique with a time-saving tip
Make an easy Christmas tree shape
Using up scraps of textile foil
Using margin scraps of white tattoo paper
Making the most of expensive HTV and vinyl material
Hardware (machine)
When and how to change your cutting strip
HTV
First steps in HTV: Project #1 — Polka Dot Heart Tea Towel
The effects of overheating HTV
PixScan
Cutting paper to match a precut chipboard shape
Projects
10 fun stocking stuffers to make with your Silhouette
Advent calendars to make with your Silhouette
Baby shower table centerpieces
Beach spikers with Sparkleberry Ink vinyl
Paint by number: a “think outside the box” challenge
Using sketch designs for watercolor masterpieces
Using up scraps of textile foil
Using vinyl as a watercolor stencil
Wedding invitation envelopes with sketch pens
Also see the First Steps and Successful Beginner Projects series
Spirit swag series
Adding a multi-color element into a school mascot design
Trademark and Copyright for Crafters
Tools
How to assemble a Silhouette pen holder
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