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.
Silhouette heat transfer vinyl how to.
Well colleagues here we have the design that we are going to apply on t shirt here we have a design with enough details that was cut in our silhouette cameo 3 we can customize it either with a phrase or with a name.
How to use heat transfer vinyl with your silhouette or cricut there are a few basic steps to working with heat transfer vinyl and i will walk you through each one.
The cut settings for htv depend on your machine and what type of heat transfer vinyl.
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.
Heat transfer vinyl is the material used by most people who choose to use alongside the silhouette cameo because of its ease of use and supports a wide range of colors.
Vinyl also sticks to cotton polyester or a blend of two.
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.
Heat transfer permanently fuses to fabric when it is applied w.
For the silhouette cameo use the heat transfer material with the appropriate finish smooth flocked metallic etc.
They are preparing your cut file cutting weeding and applying.
With silhouette s heat transfer material you can make custom designs you can apply to fabric.
For the siser easyweed used in this tutorial siser s recommended settings are.
I want to show you also the type of details that we can cut with our silhouette cameo 3 regardless of the the limits of cameo 3.
Heat transfer smooth.
Use of vinyl gives you the designer the freedom to decorate any material that you have in mind.
Different blade settings accommodate for different material cut and thickness.
How to use heat transfer vinyl step by step.
It s incredibly versatile it comes in tons of colors and you can find it in smooth flocked or glittery.