What Do You Need To Make Vinyl Shirts With Cricut

More of our favorite t shirts for iron on are listed below.

What do you need to make vinyl shirts with cricut.

First you want to decide if you will make the designs yourself or if you ll buy premade designs and fonts to make your shirts. Today we re talking t shirts. If you make a shirt with your cricut please share a photo in my helpful cricut facebook group or tag me on social media with jennifermaker. Whether you want to make a one off shirt for an event or a dozen different shirts for a family trip to a theme park you ll want to follow the tips and tricks in this post to get the best results.

You can still find quality designs and graphics from sellers on places like etsy and creative market. Yes i suggest using infusible inks if you want a longer lasting design. You don t need this for your first project but as you start using your cricut more you ll want to invest about 10 on one of these sheets. T he best shirt materials for iron on vinyl are cotton or cotton blends.

Temperature and time to transfer vinyl to shirt next use cricut s guide on the heat transfer vinyl to figure out the temperature setting and time to add to the vinyl. Lately i ve been writing more basic cricut tutorials things that beginners need to know to make the most of their machine right out of the box. The most important thing you need to remember when making shirts is that you need to cut your iron on vinyl in mirror setting. This is because the plastic transfer sheet is on the front side so when you apply the heat to the plastic the bottom of the iron on vinyl will melt and adhere to the fabric.

If you re not artistic that s ok. I have a cricut infusible ink t shirt tutorial you might enjoy. You use this green cricut mat for materials with medium. Get my free craft svg cut files for your t shirt.

There are two places to turn on mirror setting.