And when we're talking about wasting vinyl and t-shirts if you make a mistake, it's better to just get it perfect in one shot with the heat press. This is because you're cutting it face down. If you cut it the correct way plastic side of vinyl down on the mat, with the design mirrored , when you peel up your design and look at it applied to the surface, it should read correctly.
It's hard to explain, but you're reversing the negative. Once you do it the first time it will always make sense! Just never forget to flip your design. If you're not in a rush to finish your project, I would definitely recommend pre-washing your fabric! If you're ironing on a t-shirt you just brought home from the store, imagine how dusty that fabric is from the factory it came from. Anything adhesive will always stick better to a clean surface. If you want your HTV to last, wash your garment with detergent and skip the fabric softener!
If you've finished your project and forgot to wash, no worries! Your HTV will still stick for a while. Great news- HTV's carrier sheet acts like transfer paper! So save your transfer paper for your adhesive vinyl. As for the squeegee, you do not need one for HTV! How fun! Did you know you can cut by color? Check out this post for more on that! The short answer is yes! Begin by choosing your design. Today I'm making a monogram pocket t-shirt. Make sure to measure the area where you would like your design and keep that size in mind while you're designing your project.
While you're designing and cutting, it would be smart to start heating up your iron or heat press. For the vinyl I'm using, Craftables Smooth , the iron needs to be somewhere bewteen degrees Fahrenheit. My iron just has fabric settings and not the actual temperature.
If your iron is like mine, go for high cotton setting - low linen setting. For this project I'm using Silhouette Studio. Open your design in whatever design software you want to work in. If you're working with an image like I am, go ahead and trace it by clicking on the butterfly button and selecting the area you'd like to trace.
Once your design looks alright, click "trace". Right after tracing, mirror your design by finding the rotation icon and clicking one of the horizontal flip buttons. Delete your original tracing and now resize your design by dragging the boxes on the border of your design in or out.
Silhouette Studio will tell you how large or small you're making your design, make sure it's the right size! Measure twice, cut once will save you a lot of time and money! Now you're ready to cut! Depending on which type of HTV and which machine you're using, your cut settings will vary.
Firefly flock vinyl is favored by many designers and DIYers. This vinyl comes in 6 colors, and is slightly more expensive than Siser. Important to note that you can not layer this flock vinyl, so best to use it for single color designs.
If you want to create multiple fancy designs, flocked vinyl works pretty good. You can layer it with smooth vinyl as well. Just lay down a sheet of smooth vinyl and heat press it, followed by a layer of your cut flocked vinyl also heat pressed.
Moreover, with the Siser Stripflock, you can even layer one sheet of vinyl on top of another sheet of flocked vinyl to create multi-color designs. As we have mentioned before, you will need a vinyl cutting machine to cut your flocked vinyl. Also note that flocked vinyl requires more blade depth than smooth vinyl. However, this varies from one manufacturer to another. They will likely put instructions about the cutting requirements on their packaging.
Here is a general guideline that you can try out — best to try it one a small sampler size to see if your machine cuts correctly. I personally use the latest Cricut Maker Fabric Cutter to cut my flocked vinyl and have never had an issue with the settings.
Do remember that if you cut your vinyl and you realize it didn't cut through properly you can always ask the machine to do a re-cut. Next, simply weed and peel your design as you normally would in order to prepare it for the application. Change what needs changing and then go for it. Pre-press your garment without the transfer first to get rid of moisture and wrinkles. Please note that most flocked vinyl requires a cold peel of the backing paper.
Here are some great flocked vinyl projects to give you some ideas for projects and to better show you how to use this vinyl. A post shared by jamie isanhart ink. A bit different — flocked HTV on socks. What projects have you completed with this product?
Please note: This post contains affiliate links. Read our full disclosure policy here. When applying HTV to wood just make sure you give it a good sanding to make it smooth, you can also paint or stain it before applying the HTV. Have fun! You can sublimate on top of flock, but not just any flock! Here is some that comes in sheets that will work. One of the things that I like about HTV is that it can be applied to a variety of materials. For example and as you mentioned, you can apply it to leather.
That would be pretty neat in some applications where you could a custom vinyl or something similar! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Use some cotton fabric doubled-up or one of these heat transfer cover sheets.
When my iron was hot, I double-checked the placement on my shirt and placed the iron over the top of the design. The instructions I found said to press firmly for seconds. I just counted in my head and checked it after 45 seconds, then moved my iron over to cover more of the design, counted another 45 seconds and so on, until I felt I had ironed everywhere.
If not, just replace the cotton or cover sheet and press the iron in the spots s that need a little more heat. When I pulled the plastic backing off, I was a little disappointed to see that my vinyl appeared to have discolored a bit because it was a little bit tan instead of the white that it should have been.
So I guess you and I will be the only ones who know. My only two complaints about the flocked HTV are 1 the chance that there could be discoloration if you leave the heat on it for too long and 2 the fuzzies that get stuck to the design. You can however tell me how darn cute my kids are.
Keep an eye out for my tutorial on using smooth heat transfer vinyl! Do you think using a heat press would have prevented the discoloration? I find that I have to put the temp just under the cotton setting and I use a pillowcase between the vinyl and the iron. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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