If you have a Cameo 3 or Curio, Silhouette Studio has a stipple feature that allows you to turn any design into a series of dots. This is helpful for rhinestone designs, but it also creates great embroidery templates! You can turn most design files into embroidery templates with the stipple feature and stitch to your heart’s content! Here we’ve done a fun and easy phrase, perfect for summer.
Supplies Needed:
- Silhouette CAMEO® or Silhouette Portrait®
- Silhouette Studio®
- Printer
- Printable Cotton Canvas
- Embroidery Floss
- Needle
- Embroidery Hoop
- Scissors
- Design ID #92310 and #269762
Step One: Prepare Your Design
1. Insert Design #92310 into Silhouette Studio®, resize it to fit your desired dimensions (we sized ours to 4 inches tall), and position it in the center of the page.
2. Then insert Design #269762 and Ungroup it (right-click the design and select Ungroup). Delete the 1- and 2-wave designs, only keeping the 3-wave design.
3. Size the waves to match the width of the phrase or slightly longer. Then Duplicate and Flip the waves horizontally using the Replicate panel and place below the phrase. Center all three components using the align tools in the Transform panel.
4. Now select your entire design, open the Stipple Panel, and select “Stipple Edge.” This will turn your design into small black dots.
5. Change the Spacing of the stipple to 1.00 and the Stipple Size to 2.00. Check the “Print Stipple” box.
6. Now you’re ready to print! Load your Printable Cotton Canvas into your printer, select your cut settings, and click Send.
Step Two: Embroider Your Pattern
1. Place your printed cotton canvas in an embroidery hoop. Now you’re ready to start stitching!
2. Thread your needle and tie a knot at the end of your string. Thread your needle up through the cotton canvas, using the printed dots as your guide.
3. To do a backstitch, push your needle down through the fabric on the dot directly behind where your needle came up first.
4. Then come up through the dot directly in front of your first stitch, and back down into the very same hole of your first stitch. This will make the stitches appear connected, which is great for this cursive font!
5. Continue this motion for the entire embroidery process. When you run out of thread, tie a knot on the underside of the embroidery and begin again with new thread.
6. Trim your canvas around your embroidery hoop to hang, or you can release it from the hoop and frame it. Either way, it will look lovely!
LaRinda
July 10, 2019
I have a silhouette SD, I’ve had it for a LONG time, just now retired and can’t wait to Learn, however, I have lost all but a few of my purchased designs and now I can’t get the design library to come up to purchase more. Also, I want to get patterns for Paper Embroidery (thread art) for greeting cards or wall hangings, I want my silhouette to pierce the paper in the pattern? HELP…
Kelly Wayment
July 15, 2019
LaRinda, you may need to update your software. Please contact Silhouette Support to help you troubleshoot. https://www.silhouetteamerica.com/contact For the type of designs you’re looking for, try searching for “embroidery” in the Design Store from a browser instead of your software. https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/
Beryl Lello
August 6, 2019
Just tried searching embroidery in Design Store and says ‘no results’.
Kelly Wayment
August 21, 2019
Try this, and make sure you have the filters cleared on the left. https://www.silhouettedesignstore.com/designs/?search=embroidery&sortby=relevance&submitted_search=true
Your questions will be answered the fastest through Silhouette’s chat function at https://www.silhouetteamerica.com/contact
Cheri Grundmann
August 4, 2019
If you would like to use a fabric other than canvas, you can print the design on a wash-away printable embroidery transfer that has an adhesive on the back. Then just stick it to the fabric you would like to have the embroidery on and embroidery. When finished, dissolve the transfer in water. Also, using this method will eliminate the showing of the printed dots if one is not exact. Experienced embroiderers would not need to convert the designs to dots, but having the dots ensures even stitches. Thanks for the idea.
Silhouette
August 5, 2019
That’s such a great tip! Thanks for sharing!
Patricia Haddad
August 4, 2019
I have Studio Business Edition and two Cameos (1 and 3). The stipple panel is not available for me, it appears in a light gray. So I cannot follow this tutorial. Any ideas about what’s happening?
Kelly Wayment
August 21, 2019
The CAMEO 3 should be able to access the Stipple feature. Please make sure it is connected and recognized as your machine. If you still have trouble, please reach out to Silhouette Support and they can troubleshoot with you. https://www.silhouetteamerica.com/contact
Cheri Grundmann
August 4, 2019
I also have Business Edition but I cannot get the stipple to work.
Kelly Wayment
August 21, 2019
The Stipple feature is available if you have a CAMEO 3 or a Curio. I’ll report the error.
Lisa
August 4, 2019
It says it’s available in the designer edition??
Kelly Wayment
August 21, 2019
The Stipple feature is available if you have a CAMEO 3 or a Curio. I’ll report the error.