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I have been working on all sorts of stuff since I got my new Cricut maker. My niece is having a baby soon so I wanted to try and make some super cute owl appliques with my Cricut EasyPress 2 for when I start making things for her.

And yall this Cricut EasyPress 2 was a total game changer for the whole project.

I could see in my head exactly how it should look, I wanted to use different patterned fabrics and it came out of my head just how I thought it would look! I mean just look at them!

EasyPress 2: How To Make A Cute Owl Applique With Your Cricut Maker

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I love that my Cricut maker cuts virtually any fabric and that Cricut design space makes doing something like cutting fabric and creating appliques such as this one super easy!

It gives you heat press or professional iron results in 60 seconds or less with its advanced heating plate design, the ceramic coated surface make for an edge to edge heat.

Then there is the safety base which protects the base and your hands from burns and also the EasyPress 2 has an auto shutoff feature, that shuts it down after 10 minutes inactive.

I love to use the Cricut brand of heat transfer vinyl on all of my projects using heat transfer vinyl. And If you are on the fence about the easypress, I promise you it is the perfect complement to Cricut Machine.

There are both time and temperature settings up to 400 degrees. It gives fast and foolproof results and more importantly it is portable & easy to store.

Super Cute Owl

So I got the idea for this super cute owl because I saw some fat quarters that had these really cute owls on them. And since I know that my Cricut Maker cuts hundreds of materials I knew it would have no issue cutting these.

And working with the heat and bond was super easy for this diy project.

I can think of so many places that I can use fabric appliques. Pillows, clothes, even shadow boxes. If you have a sewing machine, although it isn’t necessary you can stitch around your applique and give it a little added touch of something unique.

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I am so happy with my machine, and the EasyPress and bright pad just kinda set the whole thing off.

I am honestly not sure how I lived without it all. If you try this project, please come back and rate it.

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EasyPress 2: How To Make A Cute Owl Applique With Your Cricut Maker

Yield: 2

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Active Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Difficulty: Intermediate

Estimated Cost: $10

My niece is having a baby soon so I wanted to try and make some super cute owl appliques with my Cricut EasyPress 2 for when I start making things for her.

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Materials

• Owls Free SVG
• 4 fat quarter colors
• 3 colors of vinyl
• Heat and Bond
• Scissors

Tools

• Cricut Maker
• Cricut EasyPress 2
• Rotary Blade
• Pink Fabric Mat
• Green Standard Mat

Instructions

1. Load your files to design space, click the link above and adjust size and colors.
2. Cut your heat and bond and fabric to the size you need for the project, for example I used mine on a 3 to 6 month onesie, so I made it 4.5 inches.
3. Turn on your easy press and set it to 305
4. Using your easy press 2 press out the lines and wrinkles from your fabric
5. Place the WRONG side of your fabric on the rough side of your fabric
6. Heat with the Easy Press 2 for a few seconds moving it around similar to how you would with an iron
7. Set aside, allowing to cool completely
8. Repeat this step with all of your pieces
9. Remove the paper backing from all of your fabric pieces and place on your pink mat shiny side down
10. Load into your Cricut maker
11. Click make it
12. Adjust pieces so they are within the size of your fabric pieces
13. Click continue
14. Select your machine and make sure you have the rotary blade inserted
15. Click go and allow it to cut (I used vinyl for the eye pieces) also I had to get rid of some of the smaller pieces due to them being too detailed
16. Remove all of your pieces from the mat
17. Layer the pieces in the order that they should go in, on top of the SHINY side of the heat and bond paper backing (save vinyl for last)
18. Use your easy press 2 to bond them all together, settings 305 for 30 seconds
19. Now place they vinyl pieces 1 at a time
20. Set aside and allow to cool completely
21. Once cooled you can apply the applique to whatever you like, you may sew around each piece, I did not

Notes

Although you don't have to, and this is a no sew project, you can stich around the patch to make it a little more unique