Heat transfer vinyl is a special type of vinyl that can be cut on the silhouette cutting machines which can then be applied to fabric be it clothing pillow covers bags etc with heat and pressure.
What paper do you need to iron on silouette vinyl.
The reason that you need to mirror your design when working with heat transfer or iron on vinyl you cut the design on the back side of the vinyl.
But before cutting make sure to mirror your image.
Youc an use a heat press or an iron although a heat press is highly recommended if you re doing a lot of htv projects or selling at all.
Tips for using an iron for heat transfer vinyl htv this was a previous facebook live on silhouette school blog s facebook page like video tutorials.
In addition to printable sticker paper there s one more printable material you may run across printable iron on vinyl.
The silhouette cameo is designed to cut a wide variety of materials including cardstock paper vellum vinyl patterned papers fabric iron on heat transfer and many more.
Use the silhouette software to design your custom iron on transfer just as you would for any project.
Both printable iron on and printable vinyl use your printer to create your design but the main difference is how they are applied to your base surface.
And when you load your heat transfer vinyl into the machine make sure you load it shiny side down and adjust the blade and settings in the software accordingly.