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.
Cricut pink fabric mat.
Product description this innovative cricut fabricgrip 12 x 12 mat is a unique solution for fabric projects.
With the release of the cricut maker cricut also gave us a new cutting mat the pink fabricgrip mat.
The fabric should lay very flat on the mat.
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Unlike the other cricut mats the pink fabricgrip mat is a bit more sensitive to scraping.
But how do you keep your mat clean.
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Bumps or bubbles in the fabric may result in imprecise cuts.
Right now there are four different types of mats light grip blue standard grip green strong grip purple and fabric pink.
I previously used this mat a long time ago to cut out the fabric for this cute bunny pillow for easter.
To cut out the fabric pieces i used a 24 inch pink fabric grip mat from cricut.
A cricut mat is the surface where you cut all of your projects.
Depending on the materials that you are working with you will need a different mat.
So put that scraping tool away and move on to step 2.
So i had a lot of old strings and fluff on this fabricgrip mat already.
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.
That means scraping will actually pull off the adhesive and leave areas that will no longer stick.
If your fabric is fairly wrinkled it is a good idea to iron it to remove any stubborn wrinkles.
Step 2 placing your fabric on the mat grain.
All fabrics have what is called a grain.