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Well I finally tried it...cutting fabric which is why I bought the cougar...

1st attempt: Steam a seam applied to back of fabric, fabric side down on sticky mat...45 degree blade on click 3

Results: It cut but left a gooey mess on the fabric...yuck...

2nd attempt: Spray starch (Mary Ellen's Best Press, unscented) three coats on back and one coat on front on regular mat, doesn't stick so no go...

I watched them cutting fabric on the new Silhouette Cameo and they put a stabilizer (looked like steam a seam) but before they put the fabric down they took the paper backing off....aha...let's try that...

3rd attempt: Spray starch as above, apply steam a seam, take paper backing off, put on regular mat fabric side up, Force 125, Velocity 100 and 45 degree blade on click three.

Results: Voila! success! The only thing is that it cuts into the mat a bit...not through by any means but I can feel it when I run my fingernail across it...what should I try next? the cut is fabulous...I think I just need to tweak the force a bit so it doesn't cut into the mat so much...what do you guys/gals think?

looks great, Nancy! I used a super sticky mat with my starched fabric, and didn't need a stabilizer. I can't wait to cut some more.

the cut looks great.
Try dropping the force a little and see if you can get a clean cut without it cutting into the mat.

My mom cut with wonder under from a roll on the back of fabric with paper and a sticky mat. You probably wouldn't need the paper and it shouldn't leave a gooey mess. Also a starched piece on a really sticky mat should work also. And try just lowering your force just a few not many just a few.

I'm trying it now...stay tuned!

Okay looks like it's V 100 and F 65...still cuts a little bit when in points but overall yahooo!!! A friend is coming by to see it in action tonight...so Sherri might have another sale on her hands....

Looks wonderful!!! Contests!

Looks terrific Nancy

Nancy -

keep up with the tests because it will help me out when I am ready! Looks so nice so far.

Pat

Well I tried letters like and O and an E lower case and that didn't do so well...it shifts when it cuts the interior before the exterior...but I will keep at it until I figure it out....

Thank you so much for doing this! I am going to keep an eye on this to see what you find works best for you!

Nancy -

cutting the "innies" is actually preferable and that is known as an inline sort. If the material is shifting, that means the mat is not sticky enough. From everything I read, and my own experience when I had cut fabric on the gazzy, you need a super sticky mat for fabric.

Pat

extra sticky mats and sometimes startching the fabric also helps

Actually...the sticky mat that came with my machine was laminated cardstock (that's what it looks like) with some adhesive on it...did not work at all and very gummy...

i can't wait to try fabric myself as i did alot of that with my cricut. one thing i found in general - super sticky mat, very sharp blade and wonder under without the paper backing - works every time with the cricut so i am sure i will have superb results with the BC when i get to that point! (i am still brand new and learning!)

I think Penny has been working with fabric. I would think the biggest thing to have is a REALLY sticky mat. You could probably take an old mat and resticky it just for fabric.

Looks great and 10 of 10 for finding edison moments, and a lot lesss than he took to get the bulb to light

Will be watching closely since I had no desire to cut fabric till I saw this - then I remembered I have some christmas fabric somewhere stuffed away - thinking Christmas tree on mats for the table or similar .........and just when I thought I had settled on vinyl being the thing I enjoy cutting most

Good luck - off to see if we can get wonder under in the UK or something similar

Pandora