Hands down the best mat is the fabric grip mat.
Cricut fabric mat vs strong grip.
Bumps or bubbles in the fabric may result in imprecise cuts.
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.
This has the best adhesion for fabric for both sticking it down as well as controlling the fray when removing your pieces from the mat.
Use tweezers the cricut spatula or cricut s stronggrip transfer tape to clean fabric grip mats.
Strong grip mats come 1 in pack and are purple size available is 12x12 only.
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.
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.
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.
Step 2 placing your fabric on the mat grain.
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.
All fabrics have what is called a grain.
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.
Do not use soap and water or any other cleaning agent on a fabricgrip mat.
A cricut mat is the surface where you cut all of your projects.
If your fabric is fairly wrinkled it is a good idea to iron it to remove any stubborn wrinkles.
Depending on the materials that you are working with you will need a different mat.
Mat to use with fabric.
This innovative cricut fabricgrip 12 x 12 mat is a unique solution for fabric projects.
The standardgrip mat is perfect for a wide range of medium weight materials including.
The fabric should lay very flat on the mat.
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.
For use with cricut maker or cricut explore family machines and rotary blade or bonded fabric blade.
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.
