Creating my T-shirts - problems have been solved - 4/11/2022

Creating my T-shirts - problems have been solved

Daisy Jackson / 4/11/2022

As said previously I finally found out the reason that the vinyl was not transferring over to my T-shirts! It was because I was using Cricut branded vinyl which a lot of people had issues with. After changing this, all my shirts have printed perfectly and have actually been a faster process.

Here is the process for my T-shirts:


Here is the new iron on vinyl that I purchased from Amazon. Much cheaper and more to a roll - a win win!


To get the centre of the T-shirt, I wore the shirt and placed some tape on the area I wanted it. Since I am mass producing, it would be too stressful for me to measure everything as I feel it would waste time when I have this method that works more perfectly and accurately. 

After this, I turned the shirt over and heated the back as instructed on the Cricut heat guide.


I then placed the printed vinyl over the top of the parcel tape.


After this, I removed the parcel tape until I was happy with the positioning of the design. It looks wonky on the image but that is because of the placement of the T-shirt.


I then used one of my Cricut tools and flattened the vinyl onto the T-shirt so it was secure.


I then placed some cut out polyester fabric over the top. This works much better than the parchment paper as I do not have to keep replacing it. It also stops the T-shirt from staining brown and burning.


I then placed my heat press over the top of the polyester for 15 seconds. After this, I lifted the heat press up, checked the vinyl then repeated the process for a further 5 seconds. 


This was the vinyl on the T-shirt after the heat press.


I then began to peel it off.


This is the end product.

This is another tryout I did earlier:



These are images of the T-shirt being worn:




I also tried out a mini logo design on the sleeve which looked like this when being printed out:


I will be making this bigger so it is more eye catching.

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