Free American flag SVG

Distressed American flag SVG

Distressed American flag, as a solid black shape
Distressed American flag. The preview is the SVG file itself.

The one-colour flag worn as if screen-printed long ago: flakes of ink missing in patches, dry streaks along the stripes, chipped edges and a few stars rubbed into their neighbours. No part is thinner than 1.4 mm.

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What is in the file

Size100 × 53 mm (3.94 × 2.07 in), scales to any size
Pieces24 separate pieces
Outlines to cut75: 24 outer edges and 51 cut-outs
Cut length2,236 mm at this size
Narrowest part1.4 mm at this size
Nodes1,396 curve and line segments

Measured from the file. PNG: 2,000 × 1,088 pixels, transparent. About the three file types.

Will it cut at your size?

Scaling a design scales its thinnest part too. Here is this one at seven sizes, from 1 to 12 inches on its longer side, with how many copies fit a 12 × 12 inch sheet or mat.

Size, width × heightNarrowest partCut lengthFit on a 12 in sheetRule of thumb
1 × 0.53 in (25 × 13 mm)0.36 mm568 mm160Too fine for most machines
2 × 1.05 in (51 × 27 mm)0.71 mm1,136 mm45Fine detail: vinyl and paper only, weed with care
3 × 1.58 in (76 × 40 mm)1.1 mm1,704 mm18Vinyl, card and thin sheet
4 × 2.1 in (102 × 53 mm)1.4 mm2,272 mm10Vinyl, card and thin sheet
6 × 3.16 in (152 × 80 mm)2.1 mm3,408 mm3Vinyl, card and thin sheet
8 × 4.21 in (203 × 107 mm)2.8 mm4,544 mm2Vinyl, card and thin sheet
12 × 6.31 in (305 × 160 mm)4.3 mm6,815 mm1Any material, including 3 mm wood and acrylic

The narrowest part is the thinnest neck that holds the design together; sharp tips are not counted. For wood and acrylic, keep it at least as wide as the sheet is thick. How to open the file in Cricut, Silhouette and laser software.

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