How to Make T-Shirts With Puff Vinyl

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How to Make T-Shirts With Puff Vinyl

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Make your t-shirt designs pop using heat transfer puff vinyl! This tutorial will guide you through how to cut an image using a Cricut vinyl cutter and transfer onto a t-shirt using a heat press.

Supplies

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Tools Used In This Tutorial:

Cricut Maker 3

Laptop with Cricut Design Space Installed

1 x Cricut Sticky Mat


Materials Used In This Tutorial:

1 x Black T-Shirt

1 Roll x Heat Transfer Puff Vinyl

Setup Workstation

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Power on your Cricut and Connect the Cricut to your laptop.

Upload Image Into Cricut Design Space Canvas

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Remove Background and Unwanted Parts of Image

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Select Cut Image and Finish Upload

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Select Uploaded Image and Add to Canvas

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Resize Image and Select "make It" When Ready

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Select "on Mat" and Confirm

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Mirror Your Image and Move Image If Applicable

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Select Iron on Vinyl in Materials List

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Set Pressure to "More" and Follow Directions Given by Cricut Design Space

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Roll Out Vinyl (glossy Side Down) on to Sticky Mat and Load Into Cricut

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When Done, Remove Vinyl From Mat and Cut Away From Roll

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Peel Away Negative Space

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Using a Jig Stick Logo Onto T-Shirt

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Cut Out a Piece of Butcher Paper and Place Over Vinyl

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Heat Press at 315 Degrees Farenheit for 15 Seconds

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Remove Butcher Paper, Peel Away Plastic Covering, Watch the Vinyl Puff Up!

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Clean Up Area and You Are Done!