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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Cricut tips for cutting other medium

I found this on the Cricut MB - I wanted to put it here for safe keeping, it's regarding cutting fabric. The ladies were having a hard time cutting fabric and this is what one of posters wrote:

Heat N Bond is the simplest way to cut fabric. I made a huge, multi page book with all sorts of shapes and designs using my Cricut to cut the fabric. I have an Expression, but any of the cricut's will cut fabric. Note, I did not use a deep cut blade either. I also cut felt, adhesive felt and foam.

Here's what I learned:
Put heat n bond on fabric.

Adhesive felt: flip over and cut from adhesive side. The paper provides a nice smooth edge for the cricut to cut through. If your image isn't reversible, remember to press the flip button before typing in what you want it to cut.

Felt - use heat n bond and cut from reverse side. It will cut right through no problem. Again, remember to use flip button if your image isn't reversible.

Foam - adhesive foam cuts best from the backside as the cricut sort of dents the foam as it goes over a blank area to move to a new area. Basically, because of the depth of the foam, the blade housing is pressing in, even when not cutting. So to avoid unwanted lines, cut from reverse. You do need to watch carefully as the paper on the adhesive foam backing can sometimes lift and get stuck in the blade.

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