This beginner friendly tutorial will show you how to use heat transfer vinyl with your cricut explore or cricut maker to make some amazing shirts.
Transfer vinyl to shirt.
For instructions on using the cricut easy press or your household iron see below.
Learn how to apply heat transfer vinyl to wood.
Preheat your heat press to 305.
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Most vinyl transfers require a very hot iron setting to adhere the vinyl so be sure to read the heat transfer vinyl s instructions before ironing.
Cover the vinyl with a towel or handkerchief or if you have a teflon sheet or parchment paper.
Now that you know how to use heat transfer vinyl to make a simple t shirt you might want to try out some more advanced htv techniques.
Learn the knockout technique for layering heat transfer vinyl without extra thickness.
You have to mirror the image so that when you apply the heat transfer vinyl to your t shirt your design is not backward pressing your heat transfer vinyl.
Here s a link to all of the temperature settings if you are using the easypress machine.
After weeding your clear transfer sheet will look like the image to the right.
Unload the cutting mat from your silhouette cameo.
If you want to use heat transfer vinyl to customize your t shirts and other items but don t have the cash to invest in a heat press machine you can turn to your household iron to help you do the job.
Learn how to apply heat transfer vinyl to leather.
Ironing the vinyl transfer.
Next position the vinyl on the shirt with the vinyl facing down and the backing paper facing up.
Next use cricut s guide on the heat transfer vinyl to figure out the temperature setting and time to add to the vinyl.
It seems super hard but really once you do it once you ll want to keep.
Available in a variety of styles and sizes our heat transfers will create interest and add value to t shirts garment mouse pads totes and more we also provide a wide range of product help for heat applied graphics transfer papers sublimation and transfer vinyls.
Today i am showing you how to use heat transfer vinyl on a t shirt.
The iron alternative is easy fast and produces quality long lasting results just like the heat press machine itself.
Before you apply your image to your shirt make sure and iron the shirt first to remove any wrinkles and prepare the garment.