So today I thought I would try cutting felt the guide I had for the regular blade and mat were blade 7, pressure 9 and 1 pass.
So I did all that apart from I put my blade on 6 I did a test cut and it cut perfectly.
I loaded up my mat with various bits of felt which I had ironed heat n bond ultra on the back of, removed the paper backing and put the heat n bond side down onto my mat.
I brought in all the various pieces of the designs I wanted to cut, scanned my mat and positioned all the shapes onto the respective bit of felt.
Sent it to cut, but before I removed the mat from the machine I lifted a corner of each piece of felt to make sure everything had cut.
They all did except the pale green top right of the mat, although all the felt was different thickness this one was more fibrous then the others.
I left the mat in the machine went back into my edit screen and deleted all the shapes except the one on the pale green felt, I increased the blade to 7 then I just sent the machine to cut again. I could have probably left the blade on 6 but wanted to be sure it would cut this piece second time around.
Removed the mat and removed all the waste. everything cut perfectly as you can see from the photos.
I will post a photo of the finished projects when they are done.
Ok so here they are, what do you think.
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This is just what I was wondering about doing. Have you tried cutting craft felt without fusible? I wonder if freezer paper would act as the stabilizer instead. I want to use the cut outs for machine embroidery appliqué. Enjoy reading your site.
Thanks, Donna
I haven’t tried freezer paper, but I believe it works. I would use the same setting as i posted and try a small simple square as a test. Also try with the paper up and the paper down as you may well get different result.
Thanks Ashley, I’ve bought some wool felt and just need to try cutting it. I want to use it with my embellishing machine so will have to use freezer paper.
Hi,
What felt should I buy to cut with me scan n cut please? Will acrylic be ok, I want to make some drinks coasters in felt. I’m a new user of the scan n cut.
Many thanks,
Anne
Felt is just fluff so you really need to stabilise it either with an iron on the adhesive like heat n bond or maybe some kind of paint on starch if you don’t want to use something on the back I would just buy a small quantity and try it and see what happens
I have used a homemade mixture of water and cornstarch to brush on acrylic felt to make it stiff. I am cutting 3 inch gingerbread men that have some tight curves so I want the felt rather stiff. I usually rinse it out before using them on my embroidery machine. Cook the mixture until it has thickened a bit like gravy without flavoring.