How To Cut Heat Transfer Vinyl On Cricut

Adjust cut settings and cut.

How to cut heat transfer vinyl on cricut.

My favorite heat transfer projects have to be t shirts and onesies. 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 are new to cricut i recommend reading my getting started with your cricut post. What is iron on heat transfer vinyl htv 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.

If applied correctly htv can last. Applying heat transfer vinyl to the mat. It s just as easy to use heat transfer vinyl for cricut as it is for silhouette. 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.

How to use heat transfer vinyl with a cricut machine. You can also read all about heat transfer vinyl here. It is applied to clothing or other textiles with heat and pressure. This tutorial will show you how to cut heat transfer vinyl using a cricut maker and cricut design space the free online design software that comes with all current cricut machines cricut explore air explore one explore air 2 and cricut maker.

Heat transfer vinyl is often called htv or t shirt vinyl. In this case i had yellow and the back is white. How to cut heat transfer vinyl for cricut how to use cricut iron on vinyl. 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.

Create your design within cricut design space. The shiny side always goes down. Expressions vinyl and cricut are both great places to get all of your vinyl. If you need help uploading an svg file into design space you can find my video and tutorial here.

Because heat transfer vinyl is on the carrier sheet with the adhesive side exposed it must be. Here are some of my favorites. How to cut heat transfer vinyl on a cricut. Click the mirror image checkbox at the bottom of the mat preview window.