This is important will reduce the risk the of plastic melting onto your shirt. I have a cricut bright pad.
Find or make your t shirt design.
Vinyl shirts made with cricut. Temperature and time to transfer vinyl to shirt. I made a harry potter and a triquetra shirt and tried to make a yoda shirt and will tell you what i learned. If you purchase something through the link i may receive a small commission at no extra charge to you.
How to make an iron on htv design for a t shirt with a cricut step 1. Most of the time the instructions for your vinyl will say put the shiny side down. This post and the photos within it may contain amazon or other affiliate links.
Go to cricut design space click on new project then click on templates in the upper left corner. Place your iron on vinyl where you d like it. It s typically 350 degrees for 15 seconds.
These matching cricut couple shirts i made a little. Iron on vinyl comes attached to its own carrier sheet and the sheet is transparent. These shirts look extra amazing because i used black iron on vinyl on black shirts.
For iron on vinyl you have a lot of choices when making t shirts with cricut. Other companies call it heat transfer vinyl or htv for short. So it is the same thing just different brand names.
The shiny side is the carrier sheet of course. The bleach shirts made with vinyl are awesome. Iron on vinyl heat transfer vinyl and htv are all used interchangeably among crafters so just know it s the same thing.
Cutting and weeding htv for cricut shirts. I have tutorials on simple iron on shirts and print then cut iron on shirts but what do you do when your shirt design calls for multiple colors and layers. Using cricut iron on vinyl on a shirt.
Next use cricut s guide on the heat transfer vinyl to figure out the temperature setting and time to add to the vinyl. Make an amazing shirt for any day of the week featuring these fun sugar skull designs from cricut. Cricut has its own brand but there are many other choices too that will work too.
The best combination is star wars and halloween. Here s a link to all of the temperature settings if you are using the easypress machine. Press the iron on top of the press cloth for about 30 seconds.
Put a press cloth or plain cotton cloth on top of the plastic. They are about 48 at amazon. April 24 2019 by cori george 291 comments.
You can find iron on vinyl in the crafts section of your local arts and crafts store. The cricut is perfect for t shirt making as it cuts out iron on vinyl also known as heat transfer vinyl or htv really well. Star wars sugar skull shirts with cricut.
You need some type of light source to put under the project. Once the pattern is all cut you need to weed it. Choose classic t shirt and pick a style size and color.
Cricut vinyl for shirts is called iron on vinyl. How to iron on vinyl to shirt. They are subtle but stand out.
Now you ll need to put your first color of htv on the cut mat.