Cutting Patterns Out Of Plastic Sheets

Small scissors or nail clippers are good for inside cutouts or small items.

Cutting patterns out of plastic sheets.

Scissors kitchen shears or craft cutters are good for cutting long straight lines and most diagonal shaping. Routers can be used to cut acrylic for both curved and straight cuts. How to cut plastic canvas into a pattern step 1. If you have a number of pieces with the same width which you likely will set yourself up by cutting out strips first and then sub cut the templates from that.

How to hold the knife. Crayon grease pencil or washable marker work well for marking. For best results use another tool like the earlier mentioned table saw to cut your acrylic roughly before getting a more exact finish with the router. Unless the pattern specifically tells you to flip or reverse the template keep your template right side up.

You cannot bend and fold the. Transfer the needlepoint pattern by counting the number of squares in the design chart and matching them to the. You need a good clear working surface. Heavy duty plastic templates.

Helpful plastic canvas tips. Extra durable for repeated use for making applique patchwork or quilt templates translucent for tracing patterns and positioning on fabric cut with scissors rotary cutter or utility knife. You have to keep the pattern pieces safe without making scratches. The plastic and vinyl is not going to bend and drape like cloth.

I have so many patterns but only a few i use regularly. The ones i use all the time are the ones i need to protect. A large cutting surface. Lay practice sheet 2 print side down onto the transparency film and tape to the transparency film at the notches.

This is a game changer. Unless your template is equilateral equal on all sides it most likely has a direction. To get a neat finished edge. Most patterns need your pieces to be facing a certain way.

The practice sheets are the same size as the transparency film so you need to cut some notches out of the paper practice sheets. Plastic and vinyl will stick to metal and plastic. Experiment to find which marking and cutting tools you prefer. I simply traced my pieces onto the plastic mats and cut them out then labeled them with a sharpie.

It s very easy u don t need any expensive tools. Be sure to use a compressor to keep the sheet in position to avoid chipping and more time needed to polish the cut. Check out the video below for an example of how to do this. Turn this over and place onto your cutting surface.