How Do You Iron on Vinyl With Silhouette Cameo?

Ironing on vinyl with a Silhouette Cameo is an easy and cost-effective way to personalize items with your favorite designs. The Cameo is a computer-controlled cutting machine that can cut out intricate patterns and designs from a variety of materials, including vinyl. With the right materials, some simple steps, and a few minutes of your time, you’ll be able to create custom apparel with your own designs.

Before you start, you’ll need to gather the supplies for this project. First and foremost is the Silhouette Cameo cutting machine. You’ll also need some heat transfer or “iron on” vinyl in the color of your choice, a cutting mat, an iron (preferably one with adjustable temperature settings), parchment paper, scissors or a craft knife, and a hard surface for pressing the finished product.

Now that you have all the supplies ready to go it’s time to start creating! First you will need to design your pattern or image using either the Silhouette Studio software or other compatible design software.

Once your design is complete, load it into the Cameo cutting machine and place your heat transfer vinyl onto the cutting mat. Make sure that it is lined up correctly with your design so it will cut out properly.

Next use the Cameo machine to cut out your design. When it has completed cutting out your pattern remove it from the mat. Since heat transfer vinyl has an adhesive backing you don’t need to use any additional adhesive when transferring onto fabric – simply peel off the backing paper and place it onto your garment.

Ironing on Vinyl:

With all of this done now all there is left to do is ironing on the vinyl! Place parchment paper over top of the vinyl so that it protects both your iron and fabric from any melting or burning.

Set your iron at a medium-high setting (around 300°F) without steam and press down firmly for 20 seconds. If possible try moving the iron in small circles so that it applies even heat throughout. Once 20 seconds has passed lift up slightly then press down again for another 20 seconds until all areas of vinyl are fully adhered.

Conclusion:

By following these steps you can easily use your Silhouette Cameo machine to create custom apparel by ironing on vinyl! With just a few simple supplies and some basic steps you can add personality to any piece of clothing with designs created especially for you.