Draw With Cricut. Fill In Your Text. No More Bubble Letters Or Outlines!

In this tutorial, we are talking all about drawing and writing with your Cricut machine! The best part is I will show you how to fill in a drawing with Cricut and turn pen outlines into solid colors, so you do not have to be limited by bubble letters or outline-only drawings! To draw and write with your Cricut, you will need a pen, Design Space, and a Cricut machine (Cricut Joy, Maker, Maker 3, Explore 2, and Explore 3 will work!)

When I first started with my Cricut years ago, I was continually frustrated with using pens in Design Space. Bubble letters are cool and all (we all remember the 80s and 90s!), but I wanted to know how to color or fill in my text or images with a pen, not be stuck with outlines only.

How to Draw with Cricut Both Text and Images

The good news is there is a way to fill in your images and text in Cricut Design Space to create solid results when you draw with Cricut – this is known as hatch fill patterns.

There are two methods by which you can create a filled-in image for your Cricut to draw. Before we get to those, let’s talk about what a hatch-fill pattern is.

What is a Hatch Fill Pattern?

So, what exactly is a hatch-fill pattern?

Hatch-fill is a pattern of lines or dots that make a solid fill result when looked at from a distance.

By adding these hatch fills to our designs, we can achieve a filled look to our text and images once drawn out with our Cricut pens. The tighter the hatch pattern, the more solid it will look.

Free Hatch-Fill Patterns for Filling in Text and Images with Your Cricut

Download these free hatch-fill pattern templates by signing up via the form below.

Once you set your password via the email sent to you, enter the vault, and search at the top with the keyword hatch-fill or design #338, or just click here to log in and access instantly!

I’m also including 6 FREE frame SVG files if you wish to frame your typography quotes and turn them into wall art!

Need help entering the vault? Read this helpful post here.

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How to fill in a drawing with Hatch Fill Patterns

I am going to show you two ways to draw with your Cricut and add hatch fill to text and images.

1. The first will require Inkscape and the axi-draw extension.
2. The second will be all done in Cricut Design Space with the help of my free hatch-fill patterns.

Inkscape can seem daunting, especially if you are just trying to understand your Cricut machine, too, so I wanted to create a second option that is Inkscape-free.

If you are wondering how to create your own SVG cut files and convert images into layered SVG files, make sure to watch my FREE Magic of SVGs workshop, where I give you a full tutorial!