Vinyl Iron-On

I am having so much fun with iron-ons and my new Cricut Explore Air 2.

I received the Cricut Explore Air 2 in June to replace the original Cricut Expression I've had for years. The Cricut Expression is a great machine that was still working wonderfully, however, some of its features like using Cricut Craft Room for digital files were no longer supported.

I have only dabbled in a couple of projects since getting the new machine but don't be surprised if I post a couple more before the end of this year.

Here are projects using two types of t-shirt iron-on vinyl also known as HTV - heat transfer vinyl. The first one was made with Siser Easyweed Stretch HTV and a design from Craft Genesis that I could not resist.

and the other was made with Cricut SportFlex Iron-On vinyl and a design purchased on Etsy. It is amazing the stretch these products have which definitely work well on t-shirts.

Prepping the design prior to applying to the shirt;
weeding out the negative space

I made three shirts with this design

I found that on average you can machine cut one t-shirt design per every 12 inches.

I also learned that the final product needs to be laundered with care. The t-shirt should be washed inside out in cold water and hung to dry. I had placed my first project (the cat) in the dryer and parts of the design were pealing away. Since none of the design was completely off, they were just lifting in areas, I ironed them back in place and it was new again.

If you have a cutting machine, let us know what projects you are creating with it.