Free angel SVG files

How the feathers are cut

A wing drawn as one solid shape reads as a blob, so each feather here lies over the next with a thin gap between them. On the pair of angel wings at 100 mm wide the gap is about 1.3 mm. Every long feather is joined to the leading edge of the wing by a small hidden bridge, which is why the whole wing comes off the mat in one piece.

Those gaps set the smallest useful size. In vinyl the feathered wings weed cleanly at 80 mm or more; below that, use the simple angel wings, which have five broad feathers a side and wider gaps. On a laser the gaps are narrow enough to char in thin plywood, so cut the feathered wings at 120 mm or more, or engrave the outline version instead.

Wings for memorials and names

Angel wings are most often cut as a memorial: beside a name and dates, round a photo, or on a bauble. The wings with space for a name are two loose pieces, so you can slide them apart to fit the lettering. The halo over the heart and over the spread wings is a loose piece too: place it just above the centre, or leave it out.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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