So today I’ve sold two of my appliqué cushions and thought I would cut some more fabric with the ScanNCut to replenish my stock.
I started cutting the fabric as I always do using iron on HeatNBond, but I found some Vilene Bondaweb in the draw that I must have had for years and never used.
So as a test I tried it on the back of some cotton fabric and cut it with the ScanNCut, it cut great, this stuff leaves almost no residue or glue on the back of your fabric, so if you have not tried fabric yet because you didn’t like the idea of having the HeatN bond glue left on the back give the. Bondaweb a go.
I ironed it onto a project and then machine stitched over it and it’s fine but you could use it for cutting quilting shapes too.
Ok so last night I was looking for something on YouTube on my iPad and came across this video done by Cleversomeday. In this video she shows how to write on your iPad and save you work as an SVG file, which you can then put in Dropbox Inkpad
She used the SVG file with the Silhouette software, but I’ve just tried it and imported my file from Dropbox to Canvas, converted it to a ScanNCut file downloaded it and got the machine to write out my words with the pen tool.
The top one in the picture was done last night when I was in bed it’s supposed to say “hello” although the last letter looks more like an “a”.
The Happy Birthday underneath I’ve just drawn again with my finger on the iPad screen it was drawn in an A4 landscape page and filled the width then I reshaped it using the icons in the app.
Once in Canvas I shrunk it down to under an inch and the ScanNCut has drawn it perfectly, so this could be any greeting for a card or scrapbook page done in my own handwriting.
Watch her video she has a link to the free app in the comments box under the video. Have fun.
I know we can use our own handwriting and scan it through the machine to do something similar but this app gives you another way to play.
Ok so here is the video tutorial on how to make wordbooks using the ScanNCut online software, Canvas.
Ive cut the “Smile” wordbook here, but only at about 3.5 x 4.5 inches as I don’t need a Smile wordbook at the moment. You could cut yours from any type of media at any size and decorate as you wish.
Please give it a go it is a nice simple tutorial but you will have made a great project at the end of it that can be used for any occasion.