Your cricut machine can be used for more than just cutting paper for scrapbooks.
Will regular cricut vinyl go on a shirt.
This clever crafting material works without a cutting mat so you can just load and go.
The one exception is if you want to use an activewear shirt material like nylon or stretchy polyesters.
You ll find many designs for iron on t shirts right in cricut.
After recently posting my tutorial on using heat transfer foil i wanted to go back to basics and do a tutorial on using regular heat transfer vinyl.
The template will help you size your design so it looks good on your t shirt.
Prepping the cutting file cutting and weeding your vinyl and transferring your vinyl.
Now it s no biggie to create a label on the fly or a birthday banner with big impact.
My favorite material to cut with my cricut explore air is adhesive vinyl.
Select images and size and load the mat into the machine.
Refer to kiss cut guide below to adjust machine settings.
Supplies and materials for making shirts.
You can do so much more than just cut paper with it.
Press flashing go button.
Choose classic t shirt and pick a style size and color.
Unlike the vinyl or htv process where artwork is attached on top of a base material using adhesive an infusible ink transfer becomes one with the material itself.
I wanted to make her a cute gift that she would love so i decided to draw her a mermaid and put it on a shirt.
Remove the negative pieces from each of the images leaving the clear.
In general at its most simplest explanation creating your first t shirt with vinyl summarizes into just a few steps.
Infusible ink is an all new system of cricut diy products that make it possible to achieve pro level personalized heat transfers on t shirts and more at home for the first time.
Water and uv resistant this vinyl lasts up to 3 years even in the great.
Your cricut machine is so versatile.
Find or make your t shirt design.
Cutting vinyl with a cricut machine.
I had heard that if you used a shirt that was over 50 polyester the higher the better you should be able to get decent results so i decided to try and find a shirt like this as well as test out how it looked on a regular 100 cotton shirt and compare both to the cricut t shirts.
Go to cricut design space click on new project then click on templates in the upper left corner.
Place vinyl liner side down onto cricut standardgrip mat.
Here is a step by step guide on how to cut vinyl with a cricut machine.
There are tons of other materials you can cut.
Step by step instructions for creating custom t shirts in cricut.
Fashion a quick decal for your water bottle or decorate your mailbox.
Preparation with cricut transfer tape.