Free earring SVG files

Scaling an earring file

Every file in the library is 100 mm on its longer side, which is far bigger than an earring, so the first step is always to scale the pair down with the proportions locked. Each note gives the height the design was drawn for: 50 mm for the long drops, about 40 mm for the arch and 30 to 36 mm for the hearts, flowers and hoops. At that height the hanging hole is 1.8 mm across, which takes a standard jump ring or ear wire.

If you cut smaller than that, the hole shrinks too. Below about 1.2 mm it is easier to delete the hole in your software and punch it by hand with a 1.5 mm leather punch.

Materials

Faux leather and cork cut on a Cricut or Silhouette with a deep-cut blade: mirror nothing, tape the sheet down well and use two passes. The fringe and the feather want a soft material so the strips move. The crystal frame, the chevrons and the bar are meant for 3 mm wood or acrylic on a laser, where slim parts stay stiff. The left and right earrings are mirror images, which only matters for material with a right side and a wrong side.

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.

Questions