Cutting Heat Transfer Vinyl By Hand

And it just takes vinyl scissors a star punch and a few minutes to make that s it.

Cutting heat transfer vinyl by hand.

Because heat transfer vinyl is on the carrier sheet with the adhesive side exposed it must be. And now i want to make one for myself. Start with a simple one color design for a t shirt. Expressions vinyl and cricut are both great places to get all of your vinyl.

Link they are my go to. For this project you ll need. Applying heat transfer vinyl to the mat. Heat transfer vinyl i always buy mine from expressions vinyl aff.

This process will be a little bit different for every cutting machine but just make sure to choose the settings for the particular type of heat transfer vinyl you are using flocked htv will have very different settings from smooth htv for instance. Hand cut heat transfer vinyl. If you are looking for a cricut design space tutorial on how to cut adhesive vinyl for hard goods check out this tutorial. If you have more than one color please note you need to mirror on all the mats.

Heat transfer vinyl is often called htv or t shirt vinyl. Adjust cut settings and cut. The shiny side always goes down. I m super excited about how it turned out.

In this case i had yellow and the back is white. Adhere your heat transfer vinyl with the shiny backing side down onto your cutting mat and load into your machine. Verify your design is mirrored and cut your heat transfer vinyl. It is applied to clothing or other textiles with heat and pressure.

Finally adjust your cut settings to work with the material you are using. Find out more about why we have to mirror here.