The green cricut standardgrip cutting mat is the mat that i use most often.
Cricut fabric mat vs strong grip.
Now that you have your fabric and perhaps your bonding material what mat should you use when learning how to cut fabric with a cricut.
Right now there are four different types of mats light grip blue standard grip green strong grip purple and fabric pink.
For extra fuzzy materials like felt and fleece consider putting transfer tape behind your fabric before sticking it to the mat this will keep your mat free of fuzz.
Hands down the best mat is the fabric grip mat.
Mat to use with fabric.
Heavy cardstock glitter cardstock magnet material chipboard poster board fabric with stabilizer i have used all three of these grip mat types and found they are definitely great with each of the material types listed.
Strong grip mats come 1 in pack and are purple size available is 12x12 only.
Depending on the materials that you are working with you will need a different mat.
If your fabric is fairly wrinkled it is a good idea to iron it to remove any stubborn wrinkles.
The fabricgrip mat combines increased strength and density plus a light adhesive to create beautifully cut fabrics with the rotary blade or bonded fabric blade.
Bumps or bubbles in the fabric may result in imprecise cuts.
Use tweezers the cricut spatula or cricut s stronggrip transfer tape to clean fabric grip mats.
1 reusable machine mat 12 x 12 30 5 cm x 30 5 cm use with specialty cardstock matboard and backed fabric formulated for best possible adhesion and longest life for cricut maker and cricut explore cutting machines.
This innovative cricut fabricgrip 12 x 12 mat is a unique solution for fabric projects.
A cricut mat is the surface where you cut all of your projects.
All fabrics have what is called a grain.
The fabric should lay very flat on the mat.
Designed to act as the interface between your material and your cricut machine each reusable mat holds your material in place as it s cut and still makes it easy to cleanly remove.
The standardgrip mat is perfect for a wide range of medium weight materials including.
For use with cricut maker or cricut explore family machines and rotary blade or bonded fabric blade.
This mat is perfect for cutting medium weight materials and it also has the perfect amount of grip that makes for easy removal of your material.
Do not use soap and water or any other cleaning agent on a fabricgrip mat.
Step 2 placing your fabric on the mat grain.
