Layering Iron On Vinyl Cricut
Starting with the bottom layer of your design iron it on the shirt.
Layering iron on vinyl cricut. For the pinkie promise i used cricut iron on vinyl neutrals sampler and cricut glam squad glitter iron on vinyl sampler along with black cherry red bright teal green apple and yellow. Cricut product marketing manager cortney haymond. When adding the top layer of your image apply firm pressure with the cricut easypress for 15 seconds. What types of iron on can i use when layering.
If you are new to iron on io or also called heat transfer vinyl htv you are welcome to learn about the material here in my iron on basics post. March 21st 2018 contributor. If using foil iron on for the top layer apply heat using firm pressure for 10 seconds. Layering iron on vinyl.
Once you get comfortable with iron on vinyl it can be fun to branch out and experiment a little bit. Flip your base material over and apply heat and firm pressure for 10 15 seconds. January 24 2019 at 1 40 pm reply. We recommend only using certain types of iron on as a bottom layer.
Regular iron on can be used as a base for specialty iron on. Would love to learn how to do multiple colors on vinyl projects. If you are just using one layer type of iron on i have detailed. Layering htv is an easy way to give dimension and color to your shirt designs.
When you layer iron on you have a base layer and a top layer. Layering heat transfer vinyl. There will come a point where you want to have multiple colors of vinyl in an iron on project. Layering iron on vinyl can be a great way to do that and it s really not complicated at all.
I ll show you how to layer heat transfer vinyl using siser easyweed while making this sweet fox tee for my daughter. Make sure to read the directions for whichever heat transfer vinyl you are using different ones have different instructions i used cricut everyday vinyl and learned that you will get the best results if you pre wash your fabric and then pre heat your shirt. Htv iron on vinyl such as cricut everyday iron on vinyl for the sunflower i used yellow lemon brown and black. While not all types of htv can be used as a base layer most standard varieties can be.
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