Layered Heat Transfer Vinyl Tutorial

  Anita here with a fun and easy tutorial on how to apply layered iron on heat transfer vinyl to your projects.  My daughter got engaged recently and I wanted to make her a fun t shirt to wear.  I used Lori's SVG including Hand Lettered Bride and Groom (SVG, Silhouette) and Wedding Rings Card (SVG, Silhouette).  I prewashed the shirt first and gave it a good press.

Here are the pieces that I cut out of Vinyl.

Here are the pieces laid out on the t shirt for placement.

I removed all the pieces from the t shirt except for the gold ring.  I lightly pressed that down at 315 degrees for 30 seconds.  You have to work from the bottom most design piece and build your way up.  I have a Cricut Easy Press and if you don't have one you can use a regular iron.  The wool, silk and polyester settings on a standard iron are at around 300 degrees so if using a regular iron I would just increase the time a little bit.

Once the item was cool to the touch, I peeled off the protective plastic over the design.  Next, I put on the white layer which is the background for the stone.  I again pressed that down at 315 degrees for 30 seconds.  I then removed the  plastic layer from that piece once it was cool to the touch as well.

 Lastly, I applied the top of the diamond stone and adhered that in the same manner.  Once it had cooled to the touch I removed the plastic topping from the stone.

Next, I laid out the bride word and the decorative swirl.  I like to put it where I think I want it to be and lightly press one edge to make sure that it did not move when I adhered the last two pieces.  I pressed the bride and swirl for 30 seconds at 315 degrees and there was some overlap with the ring and it did not cause any issues.  After waiting for it to cool, I peeled the last two plastic protective layers off, flipped the shirt over and pressed the back for 15 seconds.

I find that these t shirts are best cleaned and dried inside out and that they design holds up well. That's it for me today.  Have a great day.

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December Lori Whitlock Blog Hop

Anita here with the next stop on the blog hop. You should have come here from Kathy Skou's blog and next will be going to Brandie Harding Adams' blog.  If you did not get here in that way then you can start at the beginning at Lori's blog.  I used some Vinyl and Lori's font called Matilda which you can find here in her store and here in the Silhouette store.  I bought the new Cricut Easy Press and have been making lots of onesies for my new grandbaby boy who is due to make his appearance in May.  Lori has many different fonts and designs that you can use to decorate gifts for your loves ones.

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Holiday Dog Bandanas

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Anita here with a fun and easy tutorial to make your furry friend a dog bandana.  My son and daughter-in-law have three dogs and they like to include them in their Christmas photo.  I made some personalized bandanas for my fur grand dogs using some of Lori's fun fonts and heart cut files.  I used the Wide Marker font at 288.0 pt which can be found here in Lori's store and here in the Silhouette store.    The font for Lily's  and Sully's bandana is called Wide Marker, and for Scout's bandana I used LW Thick at 288.0 pt which can be found here in Lori's store and here in the Silhouette store.  The cut file for the hearts is called 4 hearts and can be found here in Lori's store and here in the Silhouette store.  I found a doggie bandana pattern on the internet from Sew Caroline and the free pattern is here.  

Here are the supplies that I used for Lilly's bandana.  You can really use any heat transfer vinyl.

I measured across the part of the bandana where I wanted to put the letters so that I would have a sense of how wide the name could be and fit nicely.

Lori's fonts are so easy to find in your Silhouette font library and they start with the letters LW.

I had fun experimenting with some of Lori's different fonts to see which one I liked the best.  

Heat transfer vinyl has a clear plastic sheet which is sticky over the front of the vinyl which allows you to protect the vinyl while ironing it on.  You are going to want to place it with the clear/front side down on your mat.  You can cut vinyl without a mat but I didn't want to move my rollers so I put it on a mat.

As you can see from above there are many different types of heat transfer vinyl.  I chose to use a metallic one so that is what I selected in the cut settings.  Notice that the letters are not mirrored on my mat.

Isn't Silhouette so smart?  They know I am cutting with vinyl and asked me if I wanted to mirror my design.  Given that I was cutting out letters I said send mirrored.  I also chose to do two passes as my blade isn't brand new and I was asking it to cut through three layers.  I could also have mirrored it before sending it to cut.

Wows, my mat is looking well loved.  Here are the letters cut out and the extra vinyl removed.  Don't remove the top plastic sheet, you need it on until the letters are ironed down.

Everything is ironed down now.  I used a plastic pressing sheet and did not heat it for the 45-60 seconds as they recommend on the package because my iron runs really hot and I didn't want to bubble the vinyl. I usually choose a middle point and put the first letter down there and then add the rest one at a time.  I find that things move less that way when ironing.  Apply even pressure, not steam and don't move your iron back and forth.

I used Velcro circles on each corner point and stitched them down.  I used a seam ripper to gently peel away the top plastic piece.  I have also used a pin in the past.  If the vinyl starts to pull up then you might have to reheat it.  Be careful to not overheat it.

Here is Lily's completed bandana.

Here are all three bandanas.  Can't wait to see how the photo turns out.

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