Free church SVG files

Spires, crosses and thin parts

The cross on top of a spire is the part of a church most likely to tear. In these files the arms and shaft of every cross are 2 mm wide or more when the church is 100 mm tall, and the spire is cut off square just under the cross rather than run to a needle point, so the cross sits on a neck as wide as itself.

Pointed windows are split by a mullion about 2.2 mm wide that stays in the wall, and the slats of the belfry are left standing in the same way. Doors are cut round the sides and top and stay joined at the step. That is fine in card and vinyl from 90 mm tall; in wood, cut at 150 mm or more, or choose the church silhouette, which has only plain openings.

Weddings, christenings and Christmas

Churches are cut for the days people spend in them. The wedding church has a heart for its round window and another on the door; the church ornament has an open front for names and a date and a ring for a ribbon, which also suits a christening. The church in the snow and the church on a hill are drawn for Christmas cards and paper lanterns: back the windows with yellow vellum and they glow.

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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