Silent Night SVG

About this design

Silent Night is perhaps the best-loved carol of all, first sung in 1818. This design gives it a hushed, old-world feel. Silent and Night are stacked in tall, narrow gothic letters with angular, pen-cut strokes, a cleaner and more readable cousin of traditional blackletter. Above them hangs a gold crescent moon with three small stars around it, and a line of gold dots runs underneath, like a row of distant lights. It came from a small village church in Austria, where it was played on a guitar, and its gentle mood suits soft colors.

Because the letters are tall and narrow, the whole design is close to square, which suits pillows, frames and round signs.

Color layers

• Lettering in navy, the base layer with both words
• Accents in gold: the moon, stars and dotted line

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 29 pieces, many of them the dots in the line, and 2 cut-outs. Transfer everything with one sheet of tape so the dots stay in a straight row. The heavy gothic strokes pass our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Projects

• Nursery decor for a December baby.
• Bedroom pillows with iron-on vinyl.
• Night lights and lanterns in permanent vinyl.
• Framed prints on dark blue paper.
• Ornaments cut from wood rounds.

Step by step: a sleepy-time pillow

1. Use a 14 or 16 inch cream or pale blue pillow cover.
2. Set the design to 10 inches wide and download the color file.
3. Mirror both layers, then cut the lettering from navy iron-on vinyl and the moon, stars and dots from gold.
4. Press the navy layer first, then the gold accents on top.
5. Let it cool, peel the carrier and insert the pillow form.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Navy and gold, as shown
• Silver on charcoal for a modern bedroom
• White on midnight blue with yellow stars for a child’s room

About the lettering

The gothic letters come from a free, open-licensed font, already converted to shapes. The moon, stars and dots were drawn for this design.

Variations to try

• Cut only the moon and stars as a small companion decal.
• Use the editor’s offset border for a printed sticker with a white edge.

Pairs well with

O Holy Night is a matching carol design, and the Shooting Christmas Star adds a little movement to the night sky.