How To Put Htv On Cricut Mat

Whatever mat and machine you are using put your htv glossy side down onto your mat so you will be cutting on the matte side see image below.

How to put htv on cricut mat.

See video for more details. Size your design in cricut design space accordingly. The mats are durable and this method works great. Cricut lightgrip cutting mat cricut standardgrip cutting mat and the cricut stronggrip cutting mat.

Remember we are cutting on back side of the vinyl where the heat sensitive adhesive is. Learn how to tell which side to cut iron on vinyl in my tutorial here. Because heat transfer vinyl is on the carrier sheet with the. Cricut easypress 2 or a household iron easypress mat or a super fluffy towel.

If you peel the vinyl from the mat it can curl. The cricut cutting mats are really similar and i have used cricut mats with my silhouette. Heat transfer vinyl i love siser easyweed htv but cricut has fun iron on too a blank shirt onesie tote bag etc. When your design is finished cutting peel the mat from your iron on heat transfer vinyl.

A cricut machine i used the cricut maker for this tutorial but any cricut machine will work standardgrip mat. You can use a design from cricut access or make it projects or your own design. Then push the cricut button to start the cutting. It s super important you put your iron on vinyl shiny side down on your cutting mat.

After you send the test cut design to your cricut weed the shapes and ask yourself these 3 questions. It should grip your cutting mat and bring it into the machine. I have some advice and tips to help you deal with it better. Heat transfer vinyl is often called htv or t shirt vinyl.

It s now time to weed our iron on design. Each of these mats is used to cut many different types of materials from lightweight materials like printer paper and washi tape sheets to heavyweight materials like. If you are looking for a cricut design space tutorial on how to cut adhesive vinyl for hard goods check out this tutorial. Insert the mat into the cricut and press the arrow button on your cricut.

Open cricut design space and decide on a design to cut on your cricut machine. It is applied to clothing or other textiles with heat and pressure. Click make it in the upper right hand corner. When the htv is on the mat load it into the cricut and select iron on on the dial as a starting setting for your test cuts.

Cut out your design in iron on vinyl htv on your cricut. Once on the mat insert it into the machine using the flashing arrow button. Weed your iron on t shirt design. Pretty much all designs on so fontsy can be cut on heat transfer vinyl or htv.

Cricut makes 3 different mats to use with their explore air machines. Place your iron on vinyl plastic side down on your cutting mat.