Cutting Iron On Vinyl

This is a great step by step project for beginners.

Cutting iron on vinyl. Mirroring means to flip your design prior to cutting so it appear. If desired you can use the marker to sharpen up the lines after you are done tracing. 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. Overlap presses to ensure full adhesion.

This step takes the longest especially if you have a large image. It comes in a roll measuring 12 inches tall by 24 inches wide. I often use my cricut brayer to help press my vinyl into my mat particularly if my mat is on the older side. To see how the onesies turned out check out my etsy shop.

If you are ironing on to a pillow you can place a piece of a thin fabric over the vinyl. Overlap presses to ensure full adhesion. 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. Learn how to make an easy iron on vinyl t shirt with a cricut.

Place your vinyl vinyl side down onto the preheated area and flip over your shirt. Insert the mat into the cricut and press the arrow button on your cricut. Get the free craft heart svg design 151. Here is my first cuts with cricut iron on vinyl with the explore.

I let the pillow cover cool for a few seconds and then i peeled back the plastic. Iron over the back of the shirt or fabric for about 20 25 seconds. 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. With a hot iron mine is a little down from cotton so not the max hottest setting iron through the plastic.

Hold for a few seconds still and then wiggle and them move positions until you ve hit all the vinyl. 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. 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. Place your iron on vinyl plastic side down on your cutting mat.

Cricut foil iron on vinyl is available in 12 different colors and can be used with all cricut cutters.