Each mat will need to be mirrored because it is heat applied in reverse onto the t shirt.
Can i layer two different vinyls on a shirt.
You can drag and drop the colors in the order that you want them cut.
In the upper right there will be different cut options.
I have a beginners guide to heat transfer here if you are unfamiliar once it was cut i used my hook tool to weed the vinyl.
Xpress cut is easy to layer and requires little time and low temperature making it a great heat transfer vinyl to use on cotton polyester rayon and other blends.
Now it is time to start placing the design on the shirt.
Once i had the shirt designed in the silhouette designer edition software i cut each piece out using heat transfer vinyl in the color i wanted.
I started by pressing the blue layer first as this made the most sense.
Next came the green htv layer.
If you re layering vinyl on top of each other i would probably stop at 3 maybe 4 colors.
If you can pull up the carrier sheet without the vinyl peeling up then it s ready.
You want the design to stick to your shirt but you don t want to overpress it since you ll be pressing a new layer.
Lay the second layer down on top of your first along with the pillowcase or teflon sheet and press for another 3 5 seconds.
I realized that you can layer the vinyl right on top of each other without slicing it shouldn t hurt the vinyl at all.
How to layer vinyl faqs.
For this project i m using this cute fox svg which has several different layers in it.
Saves time layering and vinyl.
Next the red layer.
The list of products in the horizontal row across the top shows the materials that can be applied as an upper layer on top of a different product.
I ve uploaded it to cricut design space where i can customize and size it for my t shirt.
The list running vertically down the left side shows the same products suitability for use as the bottom layer under itself or a different product.
How many layers of vinyl can you layer.
Next the pink layer.
I ve got three different mats in ds for each color in my design.
You can also uncheck all the color boxes that you don t want to cut instead of adding in a.
I started to do that recently.
Here are two different ways to layer htv vinyl with ease.
I pressed on top of a silicon pad and used a teflon sheet to protect the heat transfer vinyl from melting.
Use the shirt as part of the design.
Layering iron on vinyl.
We are applying the orange vinyl first because it outlines the entire design and makes it easy for the next layer to.
Choose the fill option.
We are placing our design on a dark 100 percent cotton shirt.