The shiny side always goes down.
Heat transfer vinyl not cutting.
Use the recommended cut settings in your silhouette then do a few test cuts to make sure they work.
I have made this mistake multiple times.
Start with a simple one color design for a t shirt.
Place your htv on a cutting mat with the shiny side facing down and adhesive side facing up.
Today we ll be showing you a surefire way to know which side of your heat transfer vinyl to cut.
A few tips for cutting glitter heat transfer vinyl.
Impressed vinyl heat transfer vinyl teflon sheet cutting machine i used a silhouette cameo weeding hook or craft tweezers home iron or heat press blank tea towels step one.
Adjust cut settings and cut.
Your vinyl is not sticking to your transfer tape.
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.
Blade fin is not aligned at 6 o clock the black fin on the ratchet blade housing must be pointed at the 6 o clock position or the silhouette will not cut correctly or at all unlock the lock and turn the blade until the fin is in the correct position.
Glitter heat transfer vinyl can be tricky to weed so we d only recommend using it once you ve gotten used to it with normal vinyl cutting.
You can also try using a tennis ball to rub the vinyl while you apply the heat rather than a squeegee.
Load the cutting mat containing the vinyl with your design into the cameo silhouette cutting tool.
Finally adjust your cut settings to work with the material you are using.
You create a decal but when you go to pick it up with the transfer tape the vinyl refuses to release from the backing paper.
The wide open space of t shirt fabric gives you lots of room to maneuver and isn t too fiddly for your first time.
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.
Applying heat transfer vinyl to the mat.
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.
In this case i had yellow and the back is white.
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.
You will cut any heat transfer vinyl from the back side so must mirror your image.
When it comes to rozzy crafts htv the rule about which side to cut is the same for all colors and types.
Create open your computer software program i used silhouette studio and either create your design from scratch or import a file.
Expressions vinyl and cricut are both great places to get all of your vinyl.
