Adventures of Cutting Fabric With the Cricut

So... Many many people have said you can cut fabric with the cricut and I have even watched videos and I have no idea how they can but I cannot. So here is my experience.

First I tried the first way I heard was to iron on heat and bond to the back of the fabric and leave the paper on and use masking tape to keep it held down on the mat. I did this several times trying letters and shapes, did NOT work.

Second I used just fabric on the mat with the tape, did NOT work.

Third I saw a tut where they starched the fabric to make it stiff. stuck it to the mat and viola clean cut. For me it did NOT work.

I tried starching and heat and bond combination and still didn't work. I am very frustrated. As cricut claims it will cut fabric. I even bought a new mat (in a pack of two) thinking mine were just not sticky enough. As well as installing a new blade.

I bought the cricut for the multiple uses as in scrap booking as well as fabric cutting. Well I haven't been doing much scrap booking lately and honestly I am very upset (not like crying or anything just angry) I feel like I just cant figure it out. Any way if you have any secrets or and tips that you know please fill me in!!!

For  those that may ask:
                                 Yes I was using 100% cotton
                                  It is a Cricut Expression
                                  If you use heat and bond and pull off the paper on a new mat the mat will just pull off  
                                  some of the bonding stuff.        

I had a vision I could cut what ever shape the Cricut does into my fabric and no way! Please let me know if you have had a similar or different experience.

Here is a link I found about cutting fabric with cricut http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=4838822

Edit: Here are some pics of what I was ending up with...

I did get it to work however it was with a larger cut no smaller than 2.5in and it was with heat and bond on and paper also kept on leaving the backing on the mat, however it cut. Minus a few corners i took my scissors to and it was good.