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Calibration: what it is and what it isn’t

February 11, 2021 By Cindy Eckhoff

adjust silhouette motor box for calibration test

I hear this a great deal: “If your cuts are off, you need to calibrate your machine.” That is actually very, very rarely the case. The folks who recommend it have no idea what it actually does. It’s usually something else entirely (operator error) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: calibration, distance adjustment, Print and Cut, registration marks, tool separation

Mask with printable fabric

April 24, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

printed fabric beard mask

So, yes, I’m still sewing masks. I had finished those for my extended family when my daughter let me know her boyfriend didn’t have one. We talked over some ideas, and because she’s a TOTAL goofball we wanted to do something fun. He’s been growing a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: Compound Path, fabric, mask, print, Print and Cut, printable fabric, trace, tracing

First Steps in Print and Cut: #2 — Temporary Tattoos

February 13, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

temporary tattoos

This the second in my beginner series on Print and Cut Projects. You can find the first project here. I definitely recommend starting there, as it has all the basics about set-up which is critical for a successful print and cut. In today’s lesson, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: Print and Cut, registration marks, tattoo

First Steps in Print and Cut: #1 — Simple shape

January 27, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette print and cut

I’m always surprised by the number of folks who have never heard of a Print and Cut. Put simply, a print and cut design is one that you print on your home printer (or send to a print shop) and then cut out with your Silhouette. NOTE: This post … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: print, Print and Cut, registration marks

Can you turn a print and cut design into a regular cut?

January 9, 2020 By Cindy Eckhoff

You can almost always take a regular cut shape and turn it into a print and cut design. But the opposite is not always true. Some print and cut images from the Silhouette Design Store (←this is an affiliate link, meaning if you click on it and buy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: color, Fill, image effects, Print and Cut, silhouette design store

Cut Doctor: Lesson 23 — Bad cuts part 2

March 27, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette cut overlaps

Have you ever send a cut job to your machine, watched it work and away, then removed the material and realized it didn’t cut the material at all or cut it all the way through? Yes, I see every hand going up! We’ve all had this happen at one time or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: blade, cut doctor, cut settings, distance adjustment, heat transfer, htv, mat, material, misaligned, Print and Cut, registration marks, size, Text

Cut Doctor: Lesson 19 — When your cut starts well but then the machine goes crazy

February 12, 2019 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette motor box

Yes, I believe you! Sometimes it seems that your Silhouette machine is possessed. It starts great, then for some unknown reason seems to go completely crazy. It starts fine but then cuts in the wrong place, goes way too slowly, the blade doesn’t go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: blade, bluetooth, calibration, cut doctor, cut settings, machine, packet size, pauses, Print and Cut, registration marks, slow, speed, Text, usb

Frugal Friday: Using margin scraps of white tattoo paper

September 21, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette white printable tattoo paper

I admit it. I’m a craft hoarder. That means not only that I have probably way more craft materials than I could use in 3 lifetimes, but also that I HATE to throw away bits and pieces of materials that are leftover after I make a project. My brain … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: frugal, htv, Print and Cut, scraps, tattoo pater

Pancakes and Donuts: the key to understanding the difference between a grouping and a compound path

February 27, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette pancakes and donuts

To truly understand using and creating designs in Silhouette Studio software, you need to have a good understanding of Groupings and Compound Paths — how they are the same, how they are different and how they respond differently to modifications. You … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Deluxe Membership Tagged With: Compound Path, convert to path, craftsy, donuts, Fill, font, grouping, modify, pancakes, pattern, point editing, Print and Cut, scale, Text, trace, tracing, ungroup

Help! My machine is cutting in the wrong place!

February 7, 2018 By Cindy Eckhoff

UGH! It’s SO frustrating when your Cameo machine doesn’t do what you want, right? It’s such a great machine we expect it to be able to read minds. One of the most annoying things is when it’s cutting in the completely wrong place. There are several … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: bluetooth, calibration, cancel, cancelling, cord, cutting in wrong place, firmware, load, loading, mat, pause, pausing, power, Print and Cut, registration marks, test cut, usb

Before you begin series #4: Getting to know the Silhouette Design Store

September 19, 2017 By Cindy Eckhoff

silhouette design store

The Silhouette Design Store is the place where Silhouette America sells cut images, printable patterns and fonts that you can use in the Silhouette Studio software. When you purchase a design, it is downloaded into your library in your software and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: 3d, artist, beginner, category, commercial license, credit boost, cut, design store, file types, filter, font, images, pattern, Print and Cut, rhinestone, search, shapes, silhouette design store, Sketch, subscription, svg, wish, wishlist

All About the PixScan Mat

December 8, 2016 By Cindy Eckhoff

The Silhouette PixScan mat is a great tool to help you with some atypical projects.  However, there are some common misunderstandings about using this feature, so here are some things you need to know right off the bat. You do NOT need a PixScan mat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Basic Membership Tagged With: calibration, PicScan, PixScan, Print and Cut

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