Originally Posted by Elisabethann
Just a FYI - I used Wonder Under on the ones I cut and I did have some air pockets between the fabric layer and the wonder under. Not good - it causes the blade to get caught on the fabric or the paper. I would stick with Heat n Bond - heat n bond lite is what was recommended by the people on youtube. I cut some letters for my DD's quilt with heat n bond and didn't get those air pockets.
Prior to reading anything, I was going to use Steam-a-Seam Lite, mostly because I have a ton of it. I guess I'll have to test it first before committing.
So I went to Joann's this afternoon to check out the machines. :roll: Yeah, I know. But I was really curious.
The demo video was playing when I got there. Huge coincidence that they were demonstrating flowers on the Gypsy thingamijig. It's very, very, very cool. The way you lay it out and adjust the location and the size and whether it's welded (or melded) to other motifs. I watched it twice.
And, most importantly for me, they showed how the blade actually works on the Cricut. I finally "got" it - I kept thinking it was like a die and I couldn't understand how all this flexibility was possible. Now I know. Yay!
The manager says they aren't selling the Gypsy anymore - retail $299. She thought this could mean a new model was coming out. The Expression was on sale for $199, and the little guy was under $100.
But I just checked on eBay and there seems to be a ton of the Gypsy devices listed with ending prices of around $100. So if I got that with the little Cricut, that's less than the HSN special. Not that I'm going to go that route but it's nice to know all my options.
(Sorry for the long url but no tinyurls allowed.)
http://completed.shop.ebay.com/i.htm...=p3286.c0.m282
Anyway, thanks for sharing all the great information. It's been really helpful and I really, really appreciate your attempt to educate a complete newbie.
This quilt might actually get made sooner rather than later.