Free corgi SVG files

Sizes, materials and the fine parts of a corgi

Every file is 100 mm on its longer side. A corgi is mostly body, so the side views are solid, forgiving shapes: the legs are short and about 7 mm across at full size, and nothing sticks out far enough to snap. The parts to watch are the ears. They are tall, and on the faces the rim left around each cut-out inner ear is about 2.5 mm wide at full size, so keep a face at 70 mm or wider in vinyl and at 120 mm or more in 3 mm plywood.

The white markings are windows. On the standing, sitting and loafing corgis the bib on the chest is cut out, and on the faces the blaze and muzzle are one opening with the nose left standing in the middle of it. Put white or cream card behind a red, sable or tricolour cut and the markings appear without a second layer. On vinyl, a pale wall, mug or shirt does the same job.

Which corgi for which job

The loaf is the lowest file, about a third wider than it is tall, which suits mugs, pencil cases and shelf edges. The view from behind is exactly symmetrical and taller than it is wide, for car decals and the backs of phone cases. The paw print is five loose pads and needs transfer tape in vinyl or a backing sheet in card.

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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