How to Make Applique on the Cricut
An applique is a piece of fabric or other material that is sewn or ironed onto an object. The Cricut is a cutting machine made by parent company Provo Craft. The Cricut cuts a variety of materials by using cartridges loaded with images and fonts. The Cricut enables you to cut fabric that has been stabilized, and then apply the cut fabric pieces to pillows, quilts, clothing and more.
Things You'll Need
- Scissors
- Fabric
- Iron on stabilizer
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Cricut cutting mat
- Painter’s tape
- Cricut
- Cricut cartridge with keyboard overlay
Instructions
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Use scissors to cut a piece of fabric and iron on stabilizer to the size of your cutting mat. Cricut makes cutting mats 6-by-12-inches, 12-inches square and 12-by-24-inches.
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Heat your iron to the setting noted on the stabilizer instructions. Place your fabric face down on the ironing board and lay the stabilizer, paper side up over the fabric. Iron the stabilizer onto the fabric following the instructions noted on the package. Remove the paper backing from the fabric.
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Smooth the stabilized fabric onto the cutting mat. Apply painters tape to all the edged to help keep the fabric in place.
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Load the cartridge slot on the front of the Cricut.
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Turn the Cricut on and lay the keyboard overlay over the blank keys of the Cricut.
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Feed the mat into the rollers of the Cricut and press “Load Paper.”
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Press the corresponding buttons for the letters or images you want to cut. Adjust the size of the image by turning the size dial on the Cricut machine.
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Press “Cut” on the keypad. When the Cricut has finished cutting press “Unload Paper.”
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Remove the fabric applique from the mat. Sew or iron the applique onto your item.
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