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Trendsetting DIY Quilting Tees with Cricut EasyPress 2 and Quilt Tips

I’ve always wanted a Quilting Tee – but never found one that I really liked. Created my own Trendsetting DIY Quilting Tees using the Cricut EasyPress 2! What fun it was too!

Grab some of your favorite basic clothing pieces! At H&M, I found some modern shaped sweatshirts and t-shirts with trendy colors. Gather together the design you would like to use along with the color of iron on to coordinate with your clothing article. Click here to make the “Just Quilt” Graphic tee in the Cricut Community!

The Cricut Maker cuts out the iron on perfectly leaving a clear carrier sheet to transfer to the sweatshirt. The gray “just quilt” graphic is ready now to iron on to the blush colored sweatshirt. That is where the Cricut EasyPress 2 comes in handy! Cricut has an interactive quick reference guide to know how much heat to use for how long on whatever material you are transferring to.

You can see how I used the Cricut interactive quick reference quide online to select that I was using iron on material, sweatshirt & the Cricut Pressing Mat. With the Cricut EasyPress 2 you set the temperature and time while following their handy tips. If you follow the instructions exactly then it is difficult to get it wrong.

As a quilter, I really appreciate the Cricut EasyPress 2 and the even heat plate (Image courtesy Cricut). An regular household iron plate has many different temperatures but the Cricut EasyPress 2 has a very consistent heat plate. You can feel the difference when pressing a quilt top flat. The quilt top just melts like butter into perfect smoothness as you glide the Cricut EasyPress across it.

Want your quilt blocks flat? Well the Cricut EasyPress comes in handy for that too! I use it with or without starch.

The Cricut Pressing Mats are so fine to use and come in three different sizes. I love how portable they are right next to my sewing machine as I stitch away.

Binding… oh sweet binding… The best part of a quilt is the binding, because it means you are almost done! Pressing binding with the EasyPress is as sleek as sleek can get. Just fold your binding in half, slip it under the EasyPress and slide right through. I don’t feel like I’m stretching my fabric into a completely different shape using the EasyPress. Remember as quilters we “press” not “iron” our fabrics to distort them right?

The insulated safety base keeps my sewing room safe to store the Cricut EasyPress hot or cool. It’s a relief to know I won’t knock it over or easily burn myself in tight creative sewing spaces.

Well I’m enjoying sporting these new Quilting Tees and Sweatshirt as I’m stitching away! I can’t wait to design and make more! Take a creative spin in Cricut’s Design Space that is free to use with some quilting phrases. What would you like to see on the next Quilting Tee? Cricut Design Space is convenient to use on either my iPhone, iPad or LapTop, then connect via bluetooth to the Cricut Maker.

Now remember these playful designs can be used on pillows, tote bags and sewing room decor…. wait till you see what I am making next! With Cricut and my sewing machine everyday is a great day to wake up and create!