Free poodle SVG files

Sizes, materials and the scalloped clip

Every file is 100 mm on its longer side. The side views show the poodle in a show clip, where the coat is left long in balls and shaved between them: a topknot, a pompom ear, a mane over the chest, a rosette on the hip, a bracelet above each foot and a pompom on the tail. The scalloped edges are those balls of coat. The shaved parts are the thin ones: the legs and the stem of the tail are between 4 and 6 mm across at full size, so keep the standing silhouette at 100 mm or more in 3 mm plywood. In vinyl it cuts well from about 60 mm, and below that the scallops start to merge.

The faces are a narrow muzzle under a round topknot with a long ear on each side. Where the topknot lies over the brow, its edge is cut as a fine scalloped line about 2 mm wide, with small eyes, a nose and a short smile below. Weed that line first, with a pin, and cut a face at 80 mm or wider.

Which poodle for which job

The standing silhouette is cut level under the feet, for the floor of a shadow box. It is also the shape most people mean by a poodle, so it suits 1950s style skirts, bags and party decorations in pink or black felt. The poodle with a bandana has a small heart on the cloth. The bone under the sitting poodle is a blank name plate, and the paw print badge is five loose pieces that need transfer tape or a backing sheet.

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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