Felt Garland Workshop

• Rotary blade required

• Strong grip mat or transfer tape on mat

• rotary cutter works best with sharp, straight lines if tiny

• you can put multiple colors of felt on a mat at a time

• default pressure (too deep cuts mat)

• make sure felt is brayed flat to mat

Making a Felt Garland

Preparing your workspace

Step 1: Gather materials.

Step 2: Cut a mat-size square of transfer tape and apply it sticky side up on the cutting mat. Remove excess.

Step 3: Cut your felt to mat size You can put 2+ colors of felt on the mat, but make sure your cricut design takes into account the spacing of your felt

Step 4: Apply felt to the mat and use the brayer to completely flatten the felt to the mat

 

 

Sending your design to print

Step 5: Finalize the design on cricut design space

• Attach all elements

• If you wanna import your own image click here

Design PSA

Similar to vinyl, make sure your design is one color and relatively simple shapes

Step 6: Click make and check that your mat is the same size as in your settings under material size

 

Step 7: Connect your laptop to the cricut and select Maker 3: 0USB

Step 8: Set your material as felt

Step 9: Set your pressure to ‘light’

 

Step 10: Select ‘Edit Tools’ and change settings from fine point blade to rotary blade

Step 11: Feed your mat into the machine

Step 12: Send to cut

 

 

Step 13: Watch your cut/remove when finished

Step 14: Peel off excess felt + transfer tape, then remove your pieces

Assembling your garland

Step 15: Take your upholstery needle and thread it with a full skein of embroidery thread

 

Step 16: Sew the needle through 2 adjacent parts of your felt piece so that the thread leaves the felt piece on the same side it goes through the first time

Step 17: Continue sewing until you have a fully threaded garland

Step 18: Space out your pieces and enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maintenance consideration: The rotary blade may become dirty with felt build up