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Originally Posted by MaineGirl76

I use my Cricut for quilting. That's actually why I got it in the first place. It works great! I love it! You don't have to starch your fabric, just use Heat-N-Bond.

Are you serious! You mean I can have sweet little letters all accurately cut for me?

Correct me if I am wrong... You iron the heat and bond on the wrong side of the fabric. Attach the paper backing, and fabric to the cutting mat, load the mat and cut?

I hope this works!

All I do is apply the heat and bond to the fabric, remove the backing paper and the put in on the mat.

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Originally Posted by kluedesigns

i understand, i prefer the look of needle turn and use it whenever possible.

what i don't understand is why you need to use heat n bond for needle turn, if you can cut freeze paper on this machine why aren't you attaching the fabric to the freezer paper and cutting it that way?

or you could use fusible interfacing which is only glued on one side.

i'm not trying to give you a hard time, i'm sorry if its coming off that way.

i'm OCD and there's a thousand ways to do applique and your way might be better and i would like to understand your method.

please forgive my interrogation like posts :oops:

Not a problem! I'm not taking it the wrong way, questions is the only way to get answers right :) . When I first got my Cricut I used to use the heat and bond with the freezer paper for a stiffer applique, now I just cut the freezer paper with the machine and bypass the heat and bond. But I have friends that still use both, it gives you a lot more prescion and a lot stiffer applique to work with. With the Cricut your able to cut alot of images some with fine detail.

MaineGirl76 what settings do I use to cut fabric with heat-n-bond on the back so it goes through all but does not eat into my cutting mat. I have a friend who has a Cricut and her mat is trashed cause she has her blade set so deep it has eaten the mat. There is no info in the book that I can find. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by kwhite

Which Cricut does she have? The small one or the expression?

She has the Expression I have the smaller one

On both make sure you have a new mat and new blade to start.

on the small one, I use, a slow speed, blade depth at 4 and pressure at high.

On the expression, I use slow speed, blade depth 4 and pressure at medium.

And I always take the paper off the heat-n-bond

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Originally Posted by MaineGirl76

Thanks! And one more quick question... is that heat and Bond Light or the heavier stuff?

I use the heavier one. :) but a few of my friends use the lightweight one without any problems.

I watched a youtube video where she said to put the fabric down and tape the edges. Have you tried that or do you put the fabric up or down?