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What in the world??? When the shape won’t let you change its fill color

September 15, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

I LOVE LOVE LOVE mystery/detective shows, particularly British ones. And I really enjoy doing puzzles and playing games where I have to solve a problem. Lots of folks do. But very few of us like to have to solve a mystery when working with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: color, detach lines, Fill, line, modify, open path

How’d they do that? Outline words

January 30, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

I love the look of this week’s Free Design of the Week. It’s a phrase where each word is an outline only. Here’s what it looks like: Note: This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click the link and purchase something, I may receive a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: autoweld, cut edge, detach lines, line thickness, outline, Text, words

Planning and executing large projects: Phase 2 — Designing with the Layer tool

June 25, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff

This is the second lesson in my series on how to do very large projects using your Silhouette machine. You can find Phase 1 on setting up the file here. In today’s lesson, I’ll show you how I added my design elements and used the Layer feature … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: Designer Edition, detach lines, large, layer, layers, mock up, mockup, modify, subtract, vinyl

Frugal Friday: Making the most of expensive HTV and vinyl material

September 28, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

glitter sparkleberry htv

As I told you in my first Frugal Friday tip, I hate to throw away scraps of expensive or beautiful material. I like to try to find ways to reuse the bits and pieces whenever I can. That’s certainly the case with any patterned adhesive vinyl or HTV. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: detach lines, frame, heat transfer material, heat transfer vinyl, htv, modify, pattern, PixScan, scraps, subtract, vinyl

Announcing my new Craftsy class!

October 3, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff 5 Comments

Cindy Eckhoff craftsy modify class

It's here! I'm officially announcing the launch of my Craftsy class. If you've never heard of Craftsy, it's a website where you can purchase and view video classes on all kinds of crafts. You can get classes in 2 different ways: Purchase a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free Content Tagged With: Compound Path, craftsy, crop, detach lines, intersect, modify, software, subtract, subtract all, weld

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