What Do You Need To Make Vinyl Decals For Tshirts

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What do you need to make vinyl decals for tshirts.

Selling your vinyl crafts on etsy is the best way to launch your vinyl decal business. So if you are just getting started in vinyl cutting for t shirts and don t really know what materials you need to buy for the job the us cutter provides you with a ready to use package. Almost the same as for vinyl sign making. I would recommend getting some vinyl that is easy to weed for your very first project.

You ll need a personal computer a cutting plotter or vinyl cutter and some vector software. But let s go ahead and assume that decorated t shirts will continue to reign supreme as some of the most popular items to spend money on and you want a piece of the t shirt industry pie. Pocket decals should be around 4 x 4 and sleeve designs are typically 2 x 11. If you re selling t shirts jackets or canvas bags with iron on decals you ll probably want to invest in something better than an iron for applying the decals.

For anything xl or above you ll want to measure the shirt and size the design accordingly. Arhiky heat transfer vinyl for t shirts 12x10 37 sheets iron on vinyl htv bundle 1teflon sheet 30 assorted colors vinyl 4 7 out of 5 stars 2 102 23 99 23. When you re ready to iron it onto your shirt center and lay the vinyl shiny side up. My design for this shirt was inspired by one of my favorite artists cheers to charley harper.

You ll want to make sure you understand all the options i listed above. As far as the shirt i would stick with the recommendation of choosing something that is 100 cotton. Here s a look at what you need to know. The most affordable option is the cricut easypress which provides a flat 9 x 9 heating area that is incredibly more effective than a regular iron.

And that way you won t need to make any wild guesses especially if this is your very first time exploring this passion. Since both sign making and cad t shirt graphics are vector based processes the essential hardware for making t shirts is almost the same as that for making vinyl signs. Women s fitted t shirts run smaller than regular t shirts so the decal naturally runs a bit smaller. Selling vinyl decals on etsy.

All you need to do is set up your profile make sure that it s optimized respond to queries and shipping the item promptly once it s sold.