How to cut Fabric with Silhouette: Fox Onesie

I don’t know about you, but I am in love with foxes lately! There’s something so cute and sly about the clever little bushy tailed creatures that just tug at my heart. I didn’t know the gender of Baby #3 {ended up being a girl!! She’s 7 weeks old now. Crazy, right?!} and I wanted to make a cute gender neutral onesie to take the hospital, so I decided to make a fox onesie.

Fox Onesie

fox onesie

baby fox onesie

Aaaand the fox onesie turned out so stinkin cute! And his nose? gah! So perfect for a sweet new baby, right?

Ok, so did you know you can cut fabric with your Silhouette? Well, in case you haven’t tried it, here is how to cut fabric with Silhouette! Its pretty easy! Silhouette sent me some fabric interfacing to play with so I made the fox onesie for my little cutie using my Silhouette CAMEO.

How to Cut Fabric with Silhouette

how to cut fabric with silhouette

 Supplies: Silhouette, fabric, sewable fabric interfacing, black fabric paint, pin, iron

  1. Cut a piece of Sewable Silhouette Interfacing slightly smaller than the piece of fabric that you want to cut for the design. {my fox is about 4″, so I cut the interfacing to be about 3.5″ square.}
  2. Place the rough side of the interfacing to the wrong side of the fabric and iron {with fabric right side up} for 2 seconds.
  3. Peel the fabric away from the paper backing. Tip: Make sure all the adhesive transfers to the fabric. If it has all transferred over, the wrong side of the fabric will be smooth and shiny. If there is a rough spot, iron it longer.
  4. Press the wrong side of the fabric onto the cutting mat. Make sure there are not bubbles and that the fabric lays flat and secure on the mat.

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5. Pull up the fox shape {or whatever shape you want to cut} in your Silhouette Studio software.

6. When your design is ready to be cut, load your cutting mat into the Silhouette. Instead of using the preset settings in Silhouette Studio for cutting fabric, I changed my settings slightly to: Speed: 3 Thickness: 30 and Blade: 4. This cut my light weight cotton fabric cleanly with no strings left behind. 

TIP: I very highly recommend doing a test cut before you cut your design to make sure the settings work well with your fabric. 

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7. Iron your fox onto your onesie with the fabric right side up. With the fox, I had to cut a couple pieces out on different colored fabric and put them together. I just ironed them in place as needed to complete the design.

8. Top stitch around the entire design. Make sure to use the correct color of thread!

fabric ink

9. I then used a sewing pin and a little bit of black fabric ink to paint on eyes and a nose onto my fox. Then heat set for a few seconds with a hot iron.

fox onesie

Come on, isn’t he adorable??

fox craft

So that’s how to cut fabric with a silhouette! Its easy and fun to do. Think of all the custom onesies you can create with the fabric interfacing and a Silhouette!

 

What have fabric designs have you cut with your Silhouette? 

Disclosure: I received free product from Silhouette. Please see my disclosure page for a complete statement.

 

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Linda
Hi! I'm Linda, the craft addict behind Craftaholics Anonymous®, a craft blog. Crafting is cheaper than therapy, right? When I'm not DIYing something, I can be found taxiing around our 4 crazy kids or working out. Or shoe shopping... because you can never have too many shoes! Happy crafting! ♥
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