How To Apply Heat Transfer Vinyl Cricut

Expressions vinyl and cricut are both great places to get all of your vinyl.

How to apply heat transfer vinyl cricut. I like to pre heat my shirts and other blanks before applying the heat transfer vinyl. Open cricut design space and decide on a design to cut on your cricut machine. As part of showing you how to cut heat transfer vinyl with the cricut i want to show you some tips for applying the vinyl to the mat. They are preparing your cut file cutting weeding and applying.

How to use heat transfer vinyl with your silhouette or cricut. You can use any of the cricut machines with heat transfer vinyl. You will use the fine point blade that comes with all machines. Applying heat transfer vinyl to the mat.

The shiny side always goes down. Click make it in the upper right hand corner. I find that warming up the fabric gets rid of any moisture and makes the heat transfer vinyl stick better. How to cut heat transfer vinyl on a cricut.

Iron on vinyl or htv or heat transfer vinyl is a special vinyl that only sticks to the surface when the heat is applied unlike the adhesive vinyl. You can use a design from cricut access or make it projects or your own design. If you re using an easypress you can check the cricut heat guide to find the correct temperature pressure and time settings for your project. You don t have to have a heat press to layer htv you can also use the cricut easypress or an iron.

Size your design in cricut design space accordingly. In this case i had yellow and the back is white. There are a few basic steps to working with heat transfer vinyl and i will walk you through each one. How to cut heat transfer vinyl on a cricut.

This is the vinyl mainly used to make custom tees and socks at home with a magical cutting machine like the cricut.