Cutting Iron On Vinyl

Htv has a clear plastic carrier sheet that covers the top of the vinyl and the other side is where the heat sensitive adhesive is it is not sticky or tacky to the touch.

Cutting iron on vinyl.

This step takes the longest especially if you have a large image. This is a great step by step project for beginners. Place your iron on vinyl plastic side down on your cutting mat. I let the pillow cover cool for a few seconds and then i peeled back the plastic.

With a hot iron mine is a little down from cotton so not the max hottest setting iron through the plastic. Learn how to make an easy iron on vinyl t shirt with a cricut. The ink will soak through the tissue paper and mark the vinyl backing. Here is my first cuts with cricut iron on vinyl with the explore.

I often use my cricut brayer to help press my vinyl into my mat particularly if my mat is on the older side. The reason that you need to mirror your design when working with heat transfer or iron on vinyl you cut the design on the back side of the vinyl. Gently pull on an edge if the vinyl comes up with it iron some more. Iron over the back of the shirt or fabric for about 20 25 seconds.

Cricut foil iron on vinyl is available in 12 different colors and can be used with all cricut cutters. It comes in a roll measuring 12 inches tall by 24 inches wide. Overlap presses to ensure full adhesion. Hold for a few seconds still and then wiggle and them move positions until you ve hit all the vinyl.

Place the tissue paper over the clear backing side of the vinyl and re trace over the pencil marks with a fine tipped permanent marker. Get the free craft heart svg design 151. First whenever you cut any and all iron on or heat transfer vinyl regardless of the type or brand you must always mirror flip your design before cutting. To see how the onesies turned out check out my etsy shop.

Insert the mat into the cricut and press the arrow button on your cricut. Press the iron down on the vinyl for 20 30 seconds then lift the iron before repositioning to a new area of vinyl. Cricut iron on lite cricut iron on lite is the standard cricut htv material and will probably be the one you use most often in your craft cutting. If desired you can use the marker to sharpen up the lines after you are done tracing.

Mirroring means to flip your design prior to cutting so it appear.