Buffalo Plaid Christmas Truck SVG

About this design

Buffalo plaid and an old red truck: the two favorites of farmhouse Christmas decor in one design. This pickup faces left, and a grid of crossing lines is cut into its door and bed, like the check of a flannel shirt. A tree with a gold star rides in the back.

In a single color, the grid shows the material underneath, so a black truck on red gives true buffalo plaid.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 16 pieces and 4 cut-outs. The plaid grid is cut into the side of the truck, along with the window, door line and handle; the tree, wheels and headlight are separated by thin cut lines. Keep everything on one sheet of transfer tape so the parts stay lined up. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Color layers

• Tires and outline in charcoal: the whole design, cut as the base layer; it shows as the tires and the fine lines between parts
• Truck in red: the truck
• Tree in green: the tree
• Accents in gold: the star and the headlight

Projects

• Flannel-style pillows in iron-on vinyl.
• Farmhouse signs on reclaimed wood.
• Camp mugs in permanent vinyl.
• Family shirts in red and black.
• Tote bags for gifts.

Step by step: a buffalo plaid pillow

1. Set the design to 12 inches wide and download the solid file.
2. Mirror it and cut it from black iron-on vinyl.
3. Weed the plaid grid, the window and the door lines.
4. Press it onto a red pillow cover so the red shows through the grid.
5. Insert the pillow form once the vinyl has cooled.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Black on red for buffalo plaid
• Red and white on natural wood
• Red, green and gold, as shown

Getting the plaid look

The grid only reads as buffalo plaid when there is strong contrast. Cut the truck in black and place it on red, or cut it in red and place it on cream; the grid then shows the background color in neat checks.

Good to know

This truck faces left, the opposite way from the classic red truck, so the two make a matching pair on either side of a door or at both ends of a mantel.

Cutting tips

Weed the plaid grid before anything else, while the vinyl is still flat and stuck to the mat; the long lines lift cleanly if you pull them along their length rather than across. In the color file the grid is cut through the red truck layer, so the charcoal base shows through the checks. For a softer plaid, cut the base in cream instead of charcoal. The color file has 4 layers, and every layer can be changed in the editor on this page before you download.

Pairs well with

The Vintage Christmas Truck faces right, and the Plaid Hat Gnome wears the same pattern.