Cutting Bigger Than The Mat Silhouette

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Cutting bigger than the mat silhouette. If you have a vinyl wall decal or another design that requires that you cut longer than the silhouette cutting mat you need to set it up that way in silhouette studio. Have you ever wondered how to do that. For vinyl friday we decided to create a larger than life wall decal. To make team usa joggers you will need to be able to cut longer than the standard 12 x 12 cutting mat.

Now you re all set to cut your piece of long piece of vinyl without the cutting mat. How to cut larger than mat vinyl wall decals step 1. All you need to do to cut longer than the mat is change a few settings in silhouette studio. Download my free flying unicorn files design 138 from my free resource library you can get a password for it by signing up at the bottom of this page.

I absolutely love my silhouette cameo but a few months ago i was wanting to cut a custom piece that was larger than the standard 12 12 square cut mat. I show how to make big characters using silhouette. Fortunately easyweed can be cut in the silhouette cameo without a cutting mat. No such luck if you re a portrait user.

As a side note silhouette now sells 12x24 cameo cutting mats so it s now possible to cut more materials than just vinyl that are longer than the standard mat. Jessica and joann used the same exact file and cut this on both the silhouette and the c. I recommend you cut these decals with a cutting machine like a cricut.