PDF & scan to SVG · for every cutting machine

Turn any PDF or scan
into a cut file.

Upload a pattern, template or drawing as a PDF or scan. QuietBookCut traces every shape and hands you a clean SVG or DXF for Cricut Design Space, Silhouette, ScanNCut, Sure Cuts A Lot or your laser cutter — at real size. Handwritten notes like “hippo body – pink felt” are read too, so pieces arrive grouped by color.

Try it now — no account Create free account

Upload a PDF and see it traced straight away. You only need a free account (25 pieces a month) to download.

💻 QuietBookCut works best on a computer. Sign up now on your phone, then log in on your PC — we'll email you the link.

A hand-drawn owl pattern page: outlines of the body, belly, wing, eye, pupil, beak and branch, each with a handwritten note such as 'body - brown felt' and 'wing - orange felt, cut 2'.
Step 1: your pattern page
The same owl page after conversion, shown as felt: every piece traced and filled in the color from its note - brown body, cream belly, orange wing, white eye, black pupil, yellow beak, green branch.
Step 2: your cut file
Step 3: your cutterCricut · Silhouette · ScanNCut · laser

7 pieces → 7 color layers

  • brown
  • cream
  • orange
  • white
  • black
  • yellow
  • green
A real conversion — the colors came from the handwritten notes, not from us.
How it works

Three steps, one afternoon of hand-tracing saved.

1

Upload your PDF or scan

Your pattern, template or drawing — hand-drawn lines and handwritten notes, exactly as they are. No cleanup needed first.

A PDF keeps the pattern's real size. Photographing the pages works too (the app does it for you).

The QuietBookCut jobs page with a Choose PDF button and a finished pattern listed below it.
2

We read every note and trace every piece

Every page is scanned, the handwritten color notes included, and each outline is traced — you watch the pieces appear as they're found.

Now and then a stray mark resists tracing: add, adjust or recolor it in the editor before you download.

The processing view mid-run: a progress bar and a live feed naming each pattern piece as it is found.
3

Download your cut file

Grouped by color, page or pattern — SVG, DXF or printable templates, ready for Sure Cuts A Lot, Cricut Design Space, Silhouette, ScanNCut or your laser.

The download dialog: choose how to group the pieces and the file type, then download.
See the full illustrated walkthrough →

Not just quiet books

If it's on paper or in a PDF, it can be a cut file.

Cut felt and cotton pieces for a small bird next to the printed pattern page they came from.

Sewing & appliqué

Pattern pieces traced and grouped by fabric color from the notes on the page.

A weeded leaf-and-flower vinyl decal on a laptop lid, transfer tape half peeled off.

Vinyl decals & stickers

Line art and silhouettes become clean cut paths for your vinyl.

A mint t-shirt with a heat-transfer vinyl fox just pressed on, carrier sheet lifted.

Iron-on for shirts

Trace the design for heat-transfer vinyl; mirror it in your cutter software and press.

A greeting card with layered card-stock balloons and a cake, beside the sheet they were cut from.

Cards & paper crafts

Templates and shapes from printed or PDF sheets, ready for card stock.

Laser-cut plywood tent, trees and moon shapes next to the sheet with their cut-out gaps.

Laser cutting

SVG or DXF for xTool, Glowforge, LightBurn and other laser software.

A felt quiet-book page with a stitched owl and loose felt pieces beside it.

Felt, leather & foam

Quiet books, toys, ornaments and costume pieces at their real size.

A wooden sign with a painted fern stencil, the cut stencil lifted to one side.

Stencils & signs

Painting stencils and lettering from a printed template.

A printed paper template being cut out with scissors, a ruler alongside.

Cutting by hand?

Printable templates at true size, A4 or US Letter, with a check square.

Reads handwritten notes

No retyping color legends — the notes already on your pattern are the input.

Checks its own work

Pieces it couldn't confidently color are flagged for you instead of guessed.

Grouped your way

Download by color, page or pattern, each piece in the right layer, ready to cut.

Easy to fine-tune

Recolor a piece or re-cut a shape in the editor, no re-upload. Missing too much? Ask support straight from the job.

Why “QuietBookCut”? It started as a tool for my sister, who makes felt quiet books and spent evenings tracing pattern pieces by hand. The name stuck — the converter works for anything you need to cut. For patterns you own or may use; never a redistribution service. More about converting PDFs to SVG →

New · Quiet book designer

No pattern yet? Design your own quiet book.

Describe a shape in plain words and it's drawn as a cut-ready felt piece. Arrange it on your pages, see the page as felt, then download cut files for your cutter. Making and changing shapes is free — you only pay when you download.

  • Peek-through windows and holes — eye windows, I-spy pockets, lacing holes, cut right into the shape.
  • Story ideas — pick a classic tale and get a ready list of shapes to make.
  • Break into parts — split a shape into movable pieces, or add features with AI.
  • Real materials — felt, tulle, clear vinyl, zips, buttons, velcro, beads… listed for you to buy.
  • Basic shapes free — circles, strips, hearts and clouds at an exact size, instantly.
  • Double-layer pieces — loose pieces cut twice, so they stay stiff and hide the velcro.
A felt starfish page made in the designer: an orange starfish with two round eye windows, buttons showing through grey tulle behind them, on a sand strip.
Peek-through eyesButtons under tulle, behind two eye holes.
A felt I-spy whale page made in the designer: a navy whale with a large round clear-vinyl window in its belly, colored beads inside.
I-spy whaleA clear vinyl window with beads to find.
A felt apple-tree page made in the designer: a green tree with four loose red apples and a brown basket pocket.
Pick the applesDouble-layered loose apples and a basket pocket.
A felt clock page made in the designer: a light-blue clock face with twelve black hour dots and a short hour hand and long minute hand turning on a yellow button, showing ten past ten.
Tell the timeHour and minute hands that turn on a button.
Start designing free Read the designer guide →

Making and changing shapes is free. You only pay when you download: 5 credits per shape, however many parts it has — a whole 30-shape book is about one $5 pack.

Pricing

Simple, and mostly free.

Every account gets 25 free pieces a month. Every piece beyond that is 1 credit — that's the whole system.

25 free pieces every month · no card required
150 credits
$5 USD
→ $0.033 per piece
~1 book
Most popular
350 credits
$10 USD
→ $0.029 per piece
~3 books
750 credits
$20 USD
→ $0.027 per piece
~7 books
1600 credits
$40 USD
→ $0.025 per piece
~15 books

An average quiet book is about 107 pieces, so one pack covers a whole book — plus your 25 free pieces every month.

Converting is always free and credits never expire; you only pay to download. Invite a friend: 50 credits when they first buy.

Bring your next pattern — we'll trace it.

Converting and previewing are free. No account needed until you download.

Try it now — no account