Splitting the design up into separate templates helps make sure the right rhinestones go in the right spots. My heart-shaped rose design uses a total of seven separate templates – one for each different color or size rhinestone. Cool, huh? I can’t wait to share everything I learned so you can get dazzling results your first time. That’s right, there’s no fancy software needed you can make and cut the whole template in the same program.

I love discovering unique new ways to customize T-shirts, so when I stumbled upon some tees with gorgeous rhinestone appliqués, I thought: “Hey, I can make that!” Designing and creating a rhinestone T-shirt was easier than I thought, and the results were just beautiful! So, I knew I had to share what I’d learned so you could make them too! If you’re ready to add some major bling to your wardrobe, you’re going to love this tutorial.įirst we’ll start with my rose heart rhinestone template, then I’ll show you how to make your own rhinestone template design in Cricut Design Space. See the fu ll step-by-step video tutorial on how to make rhinestone templates with Cricut:

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DXF and open it in silhouette studio Basic. Save your design as SVG and open it in cricut design space or save it as.

It is important that you write the measurement of the design in inkscape, because you will need to resize the image to this measurement in cricut design space.ĩ. Clic in Apply, then you can ungroup and move or delete any circle after select the design by color (Edit/select same/fill color) then GROUP and clic in menu Patch/ Combine.Ĩ. A new window will open, then check: follow path orientation, stretch spaces to fit skeleton length, I put 0.8 in space between copies, Original pattern will be COPIED and finally select the option Duplicate the pattern before deformation.ħ. Select the image and the circle, go to EXTENSIONS menu and clic in Generate From Patch/Scatter.Ħ. Select the circle and in the OBJECT menu clic in Raise to Top.ĥ. Draw a circle and select the options Path/Object to patch, depending on the size of rhinestone you want to use, will be the size of the circle:Ĥ. Select the image and clic on the OBJECT Menu/ Lower To Botton.ģ. Trace the image you want to convert into a rhinestone template, or draw your own image.Ģ. This is a quick and easy tutorial, where you will learn how to make your own rhinestone template, which you can then cut with your cutting machine, such as cricut, silhouette cameo or more Additional you can download a free file of mardi gras which was made with this method, so you can see how it works.ĭo you need to install and open the free software inkscapeġ.

Making a rhinestone template