Great for making unique, fun baby clothes from plain onesies and t shirts!
I absolutely adore this! I use it to cut out iron on vinyl into fun shapes so that I can make beautiful, unique baby clothes for my own children as well as for those of friends. I also experimented with using glittered vinyl and ironing feather shapes onto simple canvas bags to give to my family and friends as Christmas gifts, and boy were they ever a hit. I see my friends and family using them all the time, so I know they were a gift that were truly appreciated and not just shoved in a closet.<br /><br />But back to the baby clothes, I don't know about you, but I don't actually like a lot of the standard baby clothes from inexpensive brands. Either they have a lot of cartoon characters that seem inappropriate for someone young who doesn't watch TV, or they just don't seem personalized or charming in any way. With my cricut machine, it takes 10 minutes to design and cut out a fabulous little iron on with, say, a mother and baby elephant, or autumn leaves, or a spider for Halloween. A lot of businesses sell things that I like less for $20 or more, while I can just buy a simple package of plain onesies or T-shirts and make something perfectly unique and customized for much less money.<br /><br />While this is supposed to be the lowest end model, it does everything else the more expensive versions do, with just a little more effort. For example, you need to actually plug it into your computer via USB rather than using Bluetooth from your iPad. And if you want to cut and make designs on paper with a pen during the same cutting cycle, you need to buy a special blade. I don't use that functionality at all, so I don't notice any inconvenience or difference between this and the more expensive models. If you primarily want to use this for fabric cutting or cutting out iron ions for making clothing, and don't mind hooking this up to your laptop or computer, this is absolutely sufficient for all your needs.<br /><br />Though I received a sample machine for review, the opinions are my own.