Heat transfer vinyl is a unique kind of vinyl that can be sliced cut on the silhouette machine and transferred to fabric through vinyl printing.
How to cut heat transfer vinyl on a silhouette.
A silhouette cameo machine heat transfer material the fabric you want to decorate which can be anything and an iron.
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Youc an use a heat press or an iron although a heat press is highly recommended if you re doing a lot of htv projects or selling at all.
How to use a silhouette cameo.
Here are 5 tips for cutting heat transfer vinyl with a silhouette.
Either way this post is for you.
Or maybe you have had yours for a while and just need a gentle push to get it out of the box.
Create your design within silhouette studio.
Then pull off the extra vinyl off the plastic backing.
Here s what you need.
The silhouette cameo is designed to cut a wide variety of materials including cardstock paper vellum vinyl patterned papers fabric iron on heat transfer and many more.
Maybe you got a brand new silhouette cutting machine for christmas.
Starting at one corner slowly peel the transfer paper up with the vinyl attached.
Use your silhouette scraper to burnish the transfer tape onto the vinyl.
Heat transfer vinyl is a special type of vinyl that can be cut on the silhouette cutting machines which can then be applied to fabric be it clothing pillow covers bags etc with heat and pressure.
This fabric can be t shirts bags pillow covers etc.
Using heat transfer vinyl for silhouette cameo is simple and straightforward.
How to apply heat transfer vinyl.
I buy heat transfer vinyl from happy crafters and expressions vinyl.
Flip your design horizontally so it s a mirror image of the original this is so the design is facing the right way when you iron it on.
When the cutting process is completed unload the mat or the media.
The very first thing that you need to do is cut the vinyl according to your design.
How to cut heat transfer vinyl for silhouette cameo.
Something to decorate a shirt a baby onesie a canvas bag a pillow case.
Cut down the vinyl close to your design trimming through both the material and the plastic backing.
Heat transfer vinyl is perfect for decorating t shirts canvas bags baby onesies etc.
To use the heat transfer vinyl in conjunction to silhouette cameo you need a few items.
The silhouette hook can help you in weeding out small pieces of the vinyl.