Making a vinyl shirt on Silhouette Cameo 4 is a great way to add unique, personalized flair to an outfit. With the Silhouette Cameo 4’s advanced cutting technology and user-friendly software, it’s easy to customize a t-shirt with your own design.
To get started, you’ll need a few supplies: a Silhouette Cameo 4 machine, some heat transfer vinyl, some scissors, and an iron.
First, prepare your design. If you are using a pre-made design or text, you can open it in the Silhouette Studio software. Otherwise you can draw out your own image or text using the drawing tools in the software and add it to the canvas.
Next, place your heat transfer vinyl onto the cutting mat with the plastic side facing up. Load this into your Silhouette Cameo 4 machine and feed it through so that it can cut out your design. Once finished, remove the excess material from around your design.
Now you can move on to applying the vinyl to your shirt. Place your shirt onto an ironing board and preheat the area of application with an iron for about 15 seconds. Then take your cut-out vinyl design and place it onto the shirt with the plastic side facing down.
Iron over this for about 30 seconds until all of the edges have been securely applied. After that, carefully peel away any remaining plastic from around the edges of your design.
Finishing Up: Now that your Vinyl Shirt is complete, you will want to give it some extra protection by ironing one more time over top of it with a thin piece of clothing between them so as not to melt any parts of the vinyl.
With these simple steps, you can make yourself or someone else a one-of-a-kind custom t-shirt using only a Silhouette Cameo 4 machine and some heat transfer vinyl!
Conclusion:
Making a vinyl shirt on Silhouette Cameo 4 is easy and fun! All you need is some supplies like heat transfer vinyl and an iron as well as access to their user-friendly software.
With these steps outlined above, you’ll be able to make yourself or someone else a unique custom t-shirt in no time!