How To Apply Heat Transfer Vinyl 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.

How to apply heat transfer vinyl cricut.

The process is just the same but the settings slightly different. 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. Expressions vinyl and cricut are both great places to get all of your vinyl.

Let me know what you think in the comments below and tell me all about your layered heat transfer vinyl projects. This is the vinyl mainly used to make custom tees and socks at home with a magical cutting machine like the cricut. The shiny side always goes down. There are a few basic steps to working with heat transfer vinyl and i will walk you through each one.

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. Click make it in the upper right hand corner. Size your design in cricut design space accordingly. I find that warming up the fabric gets rid of any moisture and makes the heat transfer vinyl stick better.

You can use a design from cricut access or make it projects or your own design. You will use the fine point blade that comes with all machines. 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. Applying heat transfer vinyl to the mat.

You can use any of the cricut machines with heat transfer vinyl. In this case i had yellow and the back is white. How to cut heat transfer vinyl on a cricut. They are preparing your cut file cutting weeding and applying.

Now you have your material on your mat and your design mirrored it is time to cut.