How to Make Long Cuts of Vinyl on Your Silhouette Cameo
I made this incredibly fun project that I turned into a tutorial only to realize that you need to know this one crucial thing before you can do it.
Cutting extra long peices of vinyl is one of the big reasons I wanted a Silhouette Cameo to begin with. Being able to load a roll directly into the Machine and cut was a big turn on for me. But I was surprised at how few tutorials I could fine with pictures and easy to follow instructions, especially with Studio V3 out now. With so many things in ever so slightly different locations, I found some of the tutorials out of date, though helpful.
So, here is how to cut super long pieces of vinyl on your Silhouette Cameo
First, open your Silhouette Software. It’s kind of a gimme, but I hate to assume.
Your screen should look like my image below.
Head to the right top toolbar area and look for the page with arrow symbols and select it.
That opens your “Design Page Settings” toolbox.
Once open, make sure you are in landscape view, not portrait, and then adjust the WIDTH of your page. It can be as long as you want.
You can choose to adjust the height or not. I personally don’t because it doesn’t really change much if your item is not 12 inches high.
Once set, your screen will adjust and look like my screen shot below.
Don’t forget that this is best used for vinyl on a roll because you can cut that without a cutting mat. I honestly haven’t been able to think of another application so if you have one, I’d love to hear it!
You can now design and cut your project!
I’ll link back to my mystery tutorial when it goes live.
What kind of projects would you create with this technique?
I want to make a long stencil to use paint a long burlap banner. I don’t want to use vinyl because it’s expensive, I have cut card-stock taped together as a long piece – up to 24 inches without a mat (I forgot to put it on a mat) and it cut just fine – pulling the paper into the machine like vinyl, Do you think the card-stock would go into the machine in a single “roll” like vinyl? Or – could I connect mats together and put freezer paper on them and put them in the machine to cut a long stencil>
I’m not sure about the yardstick, but have you considered contact paper? It will cut really nicely on the silhouette and works amazingly for stencils. I personally prefer to get the clear matte, but really, any will do. It comes on a roll so you can cut it just like you would a long bit of vinyl. I have used contact paper for stencils when I don’t need them to be reusable for a few years now and have had great success 🙂 Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions 🙂
Hi there, I noticed under the cutting mat option you have it set to a 12×12 mat. I’m wondering if that’s what you set yours too for cutting rolls of vinyl? I have a silhouette but have yet to try it, I’m looking up how to use it first. There is an option for no mat so I’m not sure what to set it to. Thanks