How to cut felt with the Cricut Joy and Joy Xtra

Did you know that it is possible to cut felt with a Cricut Joy or Joy Xtra even if the setting is not found in Cricut Design Space? I’ll tell you how. And we’ll do it with a pretty Easter decoration.

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Felt can be cut with the fine point blade. The fine point blade is the basic blade that comes with any Cricut.

In short, what’s important to know is that not just any felt can be cut with the fine point blade. You’ll need Cricut felt or thin felt.

If you’re working with thick acrylic felt, you’ll need to use the rotary blade, and therefore, a Cricut from the Maker family.

To find out more, I invite you to read the post on The different types of felt and how to cut them with your Cricut.

How to cut felt with a Cricut Joy or Joy Xtra

If you have a Cricut Joy or Joy Xtra, you’ll notice that the “felt” is not available in the cutting settings in Cricut Design Space.

However, I just mentioned that the fine point blade can cut thin Cricut felt.

I’ve done several tests and yes, the Joy family’s fine point blade can cut thin felt, but you’ll need to create your own cut setting.

So, in Design Space, click on “Browse all materials” and scroll to the bottom.

Then click on “Add new material”, give it a name and click on “Save”.

Move up to the top to adjust the new material.

To cut felt with the Cricut Joy or Joy Xtra, you’ll need to set the cutting pressure to 130 and multiple cutting to 2x (so that the blade passes twice).