Cutting Iron On Vinyl

If you are ironing on to a pillow you can place a piece of a thin fabric over the vinyl.

Cutting iron on vinyl.

Place your iron on vinyl plastic side down on your cutting mat. Get the free craft heart svg design 151. If desired you can use the marker to sharpen up the lines after you are done tracing. It comes in a roll measuring 12 inches tall by 24 inches wide.

To see how the onesies turned out check out my etsy shop. The ink will soak through the tissue paper and mark the vinyl backing. Mirroring means to flip your design prior to cutting so it appear. Insert the mat into the cricut and press the arrow button on your cricut.

Hold for a few seconds still and then wiggle and them move positions until you ve hit all the vinyl. This step takes the longest especially if you have a large image. I often use my cricut brayer to help press my vinyl into my mat particularly if my mat is on the older side. Learn how to make an easy iron on vinyl t shirt with a cricut.

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. With a hot iron mine is a little down from cotton so not the max hottest setting iron through the plastic. This is a great step by step project for beginners. Overlap presses to ensure full adhesion.

Place your vinyl vinyl side down onto the preheated area and flip over your shirt. Press the iron down on the vinyl for 20 30 seconds then lift the iron before repositioning to a new area of vinyl. I let the pillow cover cool for a few seconds and then i peeled back the plastic. 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.

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 the tissue paper over the clear backing side of the vinyl and re trace over the pencil marks with a fine tipped permanent marker. Iron over the back of the shirt or fabric for about 20 25 seconds. Here is my first cuts with cricut iron on vinyl with the explore.

Overlap presses to ensure full adhesion.