Cut Fabric With Your Silhouette (the cheap way)
Happy Monday everyone!!! Evan needed a Halloween shirt, plain and simple. One of the lace shirts that I made for the girls wasn’t going to cut it, so I decided to break out my Silhouette and make a little ghost applique for him.
Even though I had no idea what I was doing (still don’t), I had fun making my little video on how to cut felt. I decided I’d make another one to show you how to cut regular old cotton fabric. I like to use Wonder Under (Pellon 805) because it’s cheap and readily available at my local fabric store. Watch it if you want to see how awesome this machine is!
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Really liked the video. I do have a question. Can you use the regular cutting mats when cutting fabric? If a different mat, do you buy it from the Silhouette website? I also noticed the blade color was different from the one I have do you have to buy a special blade. Thanks for sharing with us.
Yes, you just use your regular cutting mat. Silhouette sells a fabric blade that is blue. It’s no different than the black blade, it’s just a different color to keep it separate from the blade that you cut paper with. Once you cut paper with a blade, it dulls and makes it harder to cut fabric with.
Great video, I really want to get one of these!!
Thanks Connie! It’s my favorite crafting tool. So many things you can do with it and it will cut anything that I can dream up!
this was cool to see- I am new to wonder under- what is that for? thanks for the video- it was helpful!
It’s a fusible webbing that you iron onto fabric. It makes it so that the fabric won’t fray when cut, and turns it into an iron on shape/applique.
Left you some comment love on the video itself, but I just have to say I HEART your video tutorials. Keep ’em coming, Jessica!
Thank you, Lauren! You are way too nice! Now if I could just figure out how to make a more professional video, we would be good.
What a cut little ghost! Fabric cutting – another thing to add to my To Do list …….:)
Cheers
Pam
Thanks Pam! Fabric is one of my favorite things to cut with the Silhouette!
I love how the ghost turned out! Great project!!
Thanks Tori! He HAD to have a ghost! š
YAY!! Thanks for the fabric cutting tutorial, this is one of the silhouette capabilities I had no idea how to do and thought would be so much harder then it really is! – Dee @ From Wine to Whine
It’s so easy! I love it!
Stopping by from the Silhouette challenge and wow, great job!!!!! I love it!
Thanks, Randi!
THANK YOU!! I always forget and end up wasting LOTS of fabric and everything else trying to get it right! I pinned this so I could refer to in the future!
Glad you found it useful! š
I’ve not tried to cut fabric with my Silhouette, but I’ve been wanting to. This turned out so cute!
You’ve got to try it! It’s amazing!
Thanks for the video! I will try this for shirts for my grandchildren.
You’re welcome! It’s so fun!
Jessica, I love how your little ghost turned out. I haven’t cut fabric yet. I do have a blade though! Thanks for the video.
Thank you, Tanya! I love cutting fabric with my Silhouette!
Stopping over from the Silhouette Challenge!
I can’t view videos on this device (bummer), but I’ll totally check it out later. The ghost applique is very classic and I love how it works for boy shirts!
Much Love,
Trisha D.
Thanks Trisha!