Cutting Felt With A Vinyl Cutter

This is the main methods which i use but there are others.

Cutting felt with a vinyl cutter.

The felt that i had on hand is approximately 12 inches by 12 inches 1mm thick and is slightly stiffer than the craft store variety. In contrast wool felt has a varying amount of wool in it and is much denser. You can use the cricut pen tool to draw your design on freezer paper then cut out the felt with scissors. Run the iron on medium heat no steam over the paper for several seconds.

Place the felt on the cutting mat with the heat n bond against the mat. Cutting your artwork can take as little as a few seconds to several hours depending on complexity. Jan 21 2019 explore judy wade helm s board vinyl cutter projects followed by 381 people on pinterest. Cutting felt with a cricut explore model series cutter one air air2.

I am going to show you how i cut felt on a cricut explore one. For any felt just add it to the mat and when the machine prompts you to pick a blade click edit tools pick the rotary blade instead of whatever blade it is indicating to cut felt. I consider it to be a bit of a hack as you do not use the machine to actually cut the felt. Lay the heat n bond on the felt with the adhesive dots against the felt and the paper side up.

We want to make our own stuff thank you very much. Most simple signs and decals take just a few minutes. A practical tutorial showing one method of cutting felt. But don t write off vinyl cutters just yet.

How to laser cut felt with a glowforge. Weeding and transferring cricut vinyl tutorial for. See more ideas about vinyl cutter projects vinyl cutter vinyl. Use the cutting feature of your sign cutting software to send your artwork to the vinyl cutter.

This method can also be used with any of the current cricut machines. If you are lucky enough to have a cricut maker it cuts felt like a dream. Advertisements for cutting plotters aka vinyl cutters in magazines market this technology as a distribution platform for costly design patterns available from retail outlets as files or physical cartridges. It s used in more professional products.

Today we are going to talk about cutting craft felt. It is so easy. That s a clash with maker culture. How to cut felt with your cricut maker.