Truthfully, that’s a very low startup cost for any side hustle. While you can make all sorts of things with a Cricut machine, many beginners like to start with custom t-shirt designs. So for ...

For most Cricut projects, you’ll need to use an adhesive cutting mat (Cricut’s software doesn’t allow the Explore 3 to cut designs any longer than 6 inches without a mat).

Cricut Infusible Ink requires the press to be at 400 degrees for the transfer of ink, and instructions for where to avoid touching the press is one of several warnings this app should provide its ...

The $180 Cricut, for example, cuts out patterns into paper, but requires software to load and create the cuts. So I tested the most interesting feature of this Brother’s cutter: the ability to ...

The Cricut Joy Xtra ($199) is an electric crafting machine (12.5 x 6 x 5.5 in, about the size of a small shoe box) that prints and cuts a range of shapes, photos and letters on different materials ...

This is considerably larger than many competing presses, but not in a way that is useful. Many shirt press plates support designs up to 15x15, whereas Cricut supports only 15x12.

But this isn’t just about making beautiful things. Every time someone cuts a shirt stencil, poster or tote bag using one of these designs, money is donated to Indigenous charities chosen by the ...