Card dies for felt ornaments?

I bought felt from Taylored Expressions a few years ago to cut with their dies. It cut beautifully with their regular dies., but I didn’t try any intricate cuts. I backed it with double sided tape to stabilize while cutting. I also put a piece of wax paper on top to prevent felt dust from sticking to my plates.

I see Spellbinders is selling felt and dies described as “$twitched felt dies”.

Another vote for Poshta designs. Dies make felt anything go so much faster.

ETA: depending on your machine, you may need to shim. I’ve found I have to shim black and white but colored felt usually cuts fine without. If you have a metal shim for intricate dies, that works great.

Has anyone tried Sizzix felt? I saw 2 packs at ACOT and it is specifically for die cutting.

I love making felt ornaments and use dies the majority of the time. The easiest to work with are dies that have the stitching holes included in the design, but traditional dies work great too.

In addition to the companies listed already (Poshta, Spellbinders) some other ones that have made stitching dies are:

Papertrey Ink
Benzie Design
Heffy Doodle (they have a stitching tooth plush die)
Simon Says Stamp
Concord & 9th
Honey Bee Stamps (they have a stitching bee die)
Ellen Hutson (they only sell on Amazon now)
The Stamps of Life
Waffle Flower
Paper Rose
The Stamp Market
Pigment Craft Co.
Memory Box


I have found that using a metal shim helps to get cleaner cuts for the stitching holes. Some colors are harder to die cut than others. Red tends to give me the biggest issues. I recommend using 100% wool felt (3mm thickness). I typically buy felt from The Felt Pod. I've also used felt from Benzie's and Poshta. Their colors are all very similar, if not identical. My understanding is pure wool felt all comes from the same supplier in Europe.

Spellbinders just came out with dies for felt.

spellbinderspaperarts.com/search?q=Felt+dies