Free ribbon SVG files

Rosettes and where the words go

A rosette has three parts: a frill, a centre and tails. Here the frill is drawn with a fold line for every pleat, the centre is a plain disc, and the tails hang from behind with a thin gap where the frill overlaps them. That gap stops short of each side of the tail, so the whole rosette lifts off the mat in one piece.

The centre of the pleated rosette is about 27 mm across inside its dashed ring when the file is 100 mm tall, which takes two or three characters or a small picture. Cut the place or the name from a second colour and stick it on, or slice it out of the centre so the backing shows through.

Sizes and materials

The fold lines in the frills are about 1 mm wide at 100 mm. They weed cleanly from vinyl at that size, and in card they are best left as score lines. For a rosette under 60 mm, use the set of three ribbons, which is drawn with fewer and wider lines.

The curly streamers narrow to about 3 mm at each turn. That is fine for vinyl and iron-on, but cut them at 150 mm or more from card, and lift them with transfer tape so the three strands keep their spacing.

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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