How to Cut Fabric with a Silhouette Cameo & St. Patrick's Day Wreath ~ Halloween Super Simple

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!

ARE YOU WEARING GREEN?!

Ok, I just love holidays! Even if I don't go all out celebrating them every year. Nope - no St. Patrick's Day mantel or treats at my house! Bad craft blogger - I know. :) But I try to do something for each holiday. I did make Shamrock Cupcake Toppers last week {click HERE for the tutorial!}. I also made an easy, last minute St. Patrick's Day Wreath for my front door. I did it in under 30 minutes Saturday morning while my lovies slept in {"lucky" them!}. I took my polka dot birthday wreath {HERE} and upcycled it into this little number. Best part of my project? Cutting fabric with my Silhouette Cameo! Even bester part? I got a NEW CUTTING MAT! I've been cutting with an old, non-sticky mat {think painters tape being used to hold down my card stock! boo}. It was a DREAM cutting fabric with my new mat and my Cameo. Total dream. I cut this adorable white shamrock fabric into pennants for the banner on my wreath. On to the tutorial!

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Supplies

Fabric | > Interfacing < | Iron | Scissors | Silhouette Cameo & Cutting Mat

The Fun Part

1. Cut your interfacing just slightly smaller than your piece of fabric. Place the interfacing shiny (non paper) side against the back of the fabric.

2. Iron interfacing & fabric together. You want the fabric right side up, so your interfacing is underneath your fabric with the paper backing against the ironing board.

3. Cut your fabric down to match the size of the interfacing.

4. Remove paper backing. You'll see the interfacing adhered to the fabric.

5. Place the fabric on your cutting mat, adhesive side down. *I've read some people suggest not placing the fabric where it will roll under the rollers. I've never had trouble with it under the rollers, but just thought I'd pass that along.*

6. Send your design from Silhouette Studio to your Silhouette machine to cut {you can do this with your Cameo or Portrait!}.

7. Enjoy your perfectly cut fabric!

I loved using the white fabric for the pennants, but I wanted something to offset all the white. I used green glitter tape to make the other pennants. Also very easy! I just cut about 4" strips of the tape, folded it in half, and snipped the "V" in the bottom to give it that design. On the wreath, I hot glued brown twine to hang my pennants on. I hot glued the fabric pennants, evenly spaced. Then, I removed the paper backing from the glitter tape pieces I'd cut and folded them in half, lining up the ends just right.

I just freehand cut the shamrock and "L U C K Y" out of gold glitter foam. I originally drew the word "LUCKY" and the shamrock on the back of the foam piece to cut out, but then I cut it out and the letters were backwards! Because I hadn't drawn them mirrored - which I can't do, ha ha. So I just cut them out and was "LUCKY" they looked okay. {To view how I made wrapped the polka dot burlap around the wreath, check out my birthday wreath tutorial HERE}

Thanks for hanging out with ME on this lovely holiday. If you have a Silhouette machine, you MUST try cutting fabric. It's so so so so awesome. I used it to make custom Disney shirts for my family when we went to Disneyland last year, and I'm totally wanting to use it to make a baby mobile. What do you love using your Silhouette machine for?

Happy St. Patty's Day! What are you doing? If you have a fave St. Patrick's Day treat, post the link. Fun! Thanks for being here!