Print and Cut with Brother Fabric Printer and Silhouette CAMEO

Giving new meaning to 'print and cut'... I'm not sure there's ever been a more perfect duo than the Printmoda Brother Fabric Printer and Silhouette CAMEO! 

Read on for a step by step beginner project printing on Printmoda from Silhouette Studio then cutting with the CAMEO Rotary blade. 

How to Print Fabric At Home with a 2-in-1 Fabric Printer

If you've ever wanted to print fabric at home or needed to make custom fabric sheets - this new Brother Fabric Printer is a game changer. 

The Printmoda is not only a fabric printer it can also print paper making it a two in one printer.  Read on to learn how to easy it is to print your own fabric. 

How to Cut Fabric with Silhouette CAMEO 4 AutoBlade

If you don't have a Silhouette CAMEO 4 Rotary Blade, you can use a Silhouette Autoblade to cut fabric. 

It does require more preparation to cut fabric with an auto blade, since you need to stabilize it, but it is possible in a pinch. This tutorial will walk you through how to cut fabric with a Silhouette CAMEO 4 Autoblade. 

Trick to Use Silhouette Studio to Perfectly Place Embroidery Designs

With the power of Silhouette Studio software, you can accurately place and stitch out your embroidery and applique designs with your embroidery machine. 

This trick to add placement lines on your embroidery designs, will take all the guesswork out of lining up your embroidery machine so it stitches the design exactly where you want it!

Silhouette Rotary Blade: How to Turn Off Hooks and Loops in Silhouette Studio

You're not stuck cutting those hooks and loops Silhouette Studio adds to cuts with the Rotary (and Kraft) blades.  They can be turned off.

When you use the Silhouette CAMEO 4 Rotary Blade, the software adds the extra cut lines to help the Rotary Blade turn. Unfortunately, when cut, those hooks and loops can also almost literally eat up the fabric - which has many users wanting to turn them off completely.  Read on for how to turn off the rotary blade extra cut lines. 

How to Make Put Heat Transfer Vinyl on Felt with EasyPress or Iron

Did you know you can put HTV on felt with EasyPress! 

Adding heat transfer vinyl on felt opens up a bunch of project possibilities since felt is more structured than fabric!  Think felt bows with HTV or even no-sew felt patches. 

New Silhouette CAMEO 4 Blades (First Look)

Three new Silhouette CAMEO 4 tools will be available to order very soon!  

The new blades allow Silhouette CAMEO 4, CAMEO 4 Plus, CAMEO 4 Pro, and Portrait 3 users to get away from using some, but not all, of the tool adapters currently needed to use tools fitted for the older model Silhouette machines. 

First Machine Applique Embroidery Project with Silhouette CAMEO and Brother SE600

If you own an embroidery machine and a Silhouette machine you can combine the best of both worlds!

Silhouette Studio Designer Edition Plus or higher will open embroidery files which means you can cut fabric applique with your Silhouette then finish the machine embroidery applique on your embroidery machine!

Can the Silhouette Rotary Blade be Used in CAMEO 3

The Silhouette Rotary Blade is hands down one of my favorite Silhouette accessories.

The ease of use in cutting fabric, felt, tissue paper, and other difficult to cut materials has made it extremely popular. It's so popular the rotary blade is often difficult to find....and highly intriguing to users with older model Silhouette machines as well who are left hoping and wondering: "Can I use the rotary blade in Silhouette CAMEO 3?

Silhouette CAMEO 4 'Incompatable Material Settings' Error Fix

If you are getting the Incompatible Material Setting error in the Send panel there's an easy fix.

This error occurs when you press Send and instructs the Silhouette user to pick an action and material for the tool and tool carriage they're not even using. It can cause complete frustration and prevent you from cutting.

Fabric Mask Challenge: Can Team Silhouette School Make 47,684 Masks Together?

Fabric masks have become the one of the main ways Silhouette crafters have found they can help during the Covid 19 pandemic.

The free fabric mask patterns we have on our sister site So Fontsy and the free sewing pattern in the Silhouette store have been downloaded tens of thousands of times. The start to finish face mask assembly tutorial has been read more than 52,000 times in just two weeks and the Silhouette School Facebook Live videos on making masks and mask clips have been watched a total of more than 650,000 times. Plus - I've seen the masks you're making so I know we've become an army of crafters cutting fabric with our Silhouette CAMEO machines and sewing as fast as we can..and I am so proud of us!

But we need to keep going so now I have a challenge for you! 

With stay at home orders being lifted soon in some states, protective face coverings in public are one of the best ways to prevent spreading the virus and protecting yourself.  That means EVERYONE should have a mask...which means we need A LOT of masks!

Let's see if WE as Silhouette School can cut and sew more masks than the current number of US deaths due (as of 4/23) to this awful virus. In other words - can our little crafting community do everything in our power to help SAVE more lives than those already lost? I know we can!

Today I'm so excited to announce the Silhouette School Fabric Mask Challenge! Our goal is to make 47,684 masks by May 15. Here's how this works...and some tips on you how can make homemade fabric masks as quickly and efficiently as possible.

DIY Fabric Mask with Any Silhouette CAMEO: Everything You Need In One Place

Crafters are coming together to make homemade fabric masks during the CoronaVirus pandemic especially now that the CDC is teetering on officially recommending everyone wear masks while out in public.

Using a Silhouette machine can really speed up the cutting process for DIY fabric masks.  I have not only a free pattern for you, but the step by step directions - no matter which Silhouette machine you have! Plus I have a shopping supply list.

This is literally where you can find everything in one place on how to make your own fabric masks.

Oh, and don't check out if you're not a sewer or don't have a sewing machine. You can still help by cutting the fabric pieces for a sewer which will help crank out more masks faster!

How to Turn Off the Silhouette Kraft Blade Loops

If you've cut with the Silhouette 2mm or 3mm Kraft blades you've probably wished you could turn off those loops at some point.

The loops are what the software uses to tell the machine to turn the blade so it can cut in a different direction. Sometimes, though, they are more trouble than they are worth.

How to Guestimate the Best Silhouette Cut Settings for Materials Not on the Material List

With the release of the new Silhouette Kraft Blades, a lot of users are trying to figure out what cut settings work best for various materials.

Unfortunately the 2mm and 3mm Kraft blades were released prior to when the cut settings, for the large majority of the materials they can cut, are available in the Silhouette Studio software.

I have done a whole lot test cutting on a wide assortment of materials...and am going to share my biggest tip for finding the best blade depth for materials.   Or at least to give you a good place to start!

Fixes for 7 Common Silhouette CAMEO 4 Issues

If you're new to the Silhouette world and/or new to the Silhouette CAMEO 4 it's likely at some point you'll need some troubleshooting help. 

With new machines and software to support them, user error and bugs are equal parts to blame for issues. BUT knowing to fix common Silhouette CAMEO 4 problems can help you avoid the need to wait on customer service for help. 

Silhouette Rotary or Kraft Blades Not Cutting? Here's the Fix

If you have one of Silhouette's new specialty tools and it's not cutting it could as simple as turning off a safety feature.

The Silhouette CAMEO 4 Rotary Blade and 3mm Kraft Blade, along with the 2mm Kraft Blade (for Curio, CAMEO 3, CAMEO 4, and Portrait 2) all have this same feature.

How to EASILY Cut Felt with Silhouette CAMEO (Plus Felt Cut Settings)

It's now easier than ever to cut felt with Silhouette CAMEO.

The trick is to use the CAMEO 4 rotary blade - and you can skip the stabilizer.

Cutting Felt with Silhouette CAMEO: Hack to Keep Your Cutting Mat Clean

With the new Silhouette CAMEO 4 Rotary Blade you can cut felt without a liner. BUT it leaves a mess of your cutting mat.

I did find a way to clean the cutting mats, but then I started thinking, what if the cutting mat never actually touched the felt or what if the adhesive part of the cutting mat could be replaced.  Just you wait...

Free Silhouette Studio Basic Christmas Design Set (and GIVEAWAY!)

It's Freebie Friday and this week I have a special set of Christmas Silhouette designs for you..and a giveaway (read to the bottom for all the details!)

 It's a basic set with big potential...

How to Use the Silhouette CAMEO 4 Rotary Blade: Beginner Tutorial

One of the biggest advantages of the CAMEO 4 is being able to use the Silhouette Rotary Blade.  No other Silhouette machine is able to use this new blade.

The Silhouette Rotary blade can easily cut materials that are otherwise difficult or impossible to cut with the traditional cutting blades.  This Silhouette beginner tutorial will get you started with your first rotary cut!