Cricut Pink Fabric Mat

Bumps or bubbles in the fabric may result in imprecise cuts.

Cricut pink fabric mat. The cricut maker is purpose built for cutting fabric among hundreds of other materials and the fabric mat is essential for getting perfect fabric cuts. Realike 12x12 cutting mat for cricut explore one air air 2 maker 3 mats gridded adhesive non slip cut mat for crafts quilting. After i cut all the pieces for the masks i knew i was in trouble. A cricut cutting mat you can a pink fabricgrip mat my personal preference but you can also use a green standardgrip mat what matters most is that your mat is clean enough for your fabric to stick to it when cutting i recommend the 12 x 24 size mat for cutting fabric.

That means scraping will actually pull off the adhesive and leave areas that will no longer stick. I previously used this mat a long time ago to cut out the fabric for this cute bunny pillow for easter. If your fabric is fairly wrinkled it is a good idea to iron it to remove any stubborn wrinkles. All fabrics have what is called a grain.

But how do you keep your mat clean. To cut out the fabric pieces i used a 24 inch pink fabric grip mat from cricut. It s intended for use with the cricut maker machine which puts the pressure on the fabric to hold it into place as opposed to other cricut machines which rely on the mat to hold the material in place. Step 2 placing your fabric on the mat grain.

The adhesive on the pink mat is specifically for fabric and is not as strong as the other mat adhesives. Right now there are four different types of mats light grip blue standard grip green strong grip purple and fabric pink. Depending on the materials that you are working with you will need a different mat. Xinart fabricgrip cutting mat for cricut maker explore air 2 air one 12x12 inch 3 mats fabric adhesive sticky pink quilting cricket cutting mats replacement accessories for cricut 4 7 out of 5 stars 3 600.

With the release of the cricut maker cricut also gave us a new cutting mat the pink fabricgrip mat. A cricut mat is the surface where you cut all of your projects. So put that scraping tool away and move on to step 2. The fabric should lay very flat on the mat.