Tutorials
Step-by-step guides for Cricut, Silhouette, and Glowforge crafters.
Tutorials
How I actually convert PNG to SVG for Cricut (the free way that doesn't wreck your design)
The built-in Image Trace in Design Space mangles half my PNGs. Here's the free two-step workaround I use instead, plus the one setting that makes or breaks clean cuts.
5 min read
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The painter's-tape registration mark trick that fixed my multi-layer vinyl alignment forever
I wasted six sheets of HTV trying to eyeball layered vinyl placement. Then a sign-shop friend showed me this thirty-cent fix using painter's tape and a pencil.
4 min read
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I ruined four shirts before I figured out why my HTV was bubbling
Thought my EasyPress was broken. Turns out I was pre-heating wrong and using way too much pressure. Here's what actually stopped the bubbles.
5 min read
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The 45° blade angle trick that finally made my intricate mandala cuts clean
I kept getting torn filigree on delicate mandalas until I learned this one counterintuitive blade-angle adjustment. Works on Maker, Maker 3, and Explore machines.
5 min read