This document was saved so it is possible to see the all the bits (so it's quite zoomed out). You will likely have to resize the design. The dimensions you need will be based on what project you are placing it around (more about this below).
This design is ideal for collecting last day of school autographs. I decided to veer from a tshirt like so many people do and created these cute lil puppies
Last day of school autograph stuffed animals.
Autograph stuffed animals are the identical concept for a top notch, but they're so.much.cuter! I understand, who needs another stuffed animal? However, the kids are dying over them and can not wait to get their friends sign their puppies.
Adding heat transport plastic to stuffed animals isn't much different than incorporating HTV to virtually anything else, but I have a few things I learned while doing these, so let's get into it.
The first thing you are going to want to do is step your stuffed animal. These dogs are about the small size therefore this sticker ended up being pretty small. I misplace my ruler Nearly every other second, so I usually catch my Silhouette mat and then measure things for this:
Use the Silhouette cutting mat to measure things, it's clear so that you can measure without having to get a ruler!
I had around a 2×4 inch region to work with. After I knew what sized space, I moved to resize the layout to match. I needed kindergarten and 2nd grade, so I clicked on kindergarten, 2nd, caliber and the last day of a piece of the plan. To choose more than 1 bit of a design at once, hold the shift key while you click:
Select the pieces that you would like to utilize and resize them all at once to make sure they will match. Once I've got my pieces selected, I piled them together by pressing CTRL and G. I transferred them off to the side. Next, I clicked and dragged a box round the rest of the grades and moved them from the bits I wanted to maintain.
I usually layout with no grid on my screen, but I had to flip it to make certain this design was the right size. I flipped the grid on for my electronic cutting mat at Silhouette Studio by pressing on G. This will pop up your own grid on your screen. Should you need to correct the grid settings, you can click the Grid Settings Window (upper right side ). By here, I slid the design to the dimensions I needed (2 inches tall in the slightest ) with the 1-inch grid lines as a guide:
Press G in Silhouette Studio and it'll bring up your own grid on your display.
It's very important to have all the pieces resize with each other to be certain they will still fit when you resize the design. Simply to make sure the words will still fit in the box, I pulled the pieces to the box to double check that they fit (into group by right clicking>group):
Whenever you've got a layout with various pieces, ensure that you resize all the bits at the identical moment. It will not hurt to create certain your design pieces fit by putting them on top of each other before trimming!
After I was all set about the dimensions, I created a replica of"the last day of" section of the design (since I had been making 2 puppies ) by clicking on the plan and then pressing CTRL C and CTRL V (Copy and Paste). Once that has been established, I flipped the layout to cut HTV by choosing what, right clicking and selecting"Flip Horizontally":
Ensure that you reverse your layout before cutting Heat Transfer Vinyl (HTV).
Since this layout was pretty little, I could use a smaller scrap piece of HTV. In this case, I loaded with the heat transfer on my cutting mat also moved my layout to the Perfect hand side of the screen prior to cutting:
Silhouette Hint: Changing where you cut in your Silhouette cutting mat along with help prolong the life span of your cutting mat.
TIP: altering where you cut your mat can help extend the life of your mat, even when you're not cutting through this material.
For you ever needed to learn about the Silhouette cutting mat, then check out Silhouette 101: Cutting Mat.
Once I had the layouts cut, I removed all the bits which weren't a part of the layout (weeding). Great light and also a sharp hook tool helped, especially because this layout was so little.
When the design was ready, I lined it up the black"Last Day of Autographs" slice and stuck it into the stuffed animal taking advantage of the sticky backing sheet that the HTV comes on. When it had been lined up, I put it into my heating press and gave the puppy a squeeze:
The way to heat press a stuffed creature.
NextI realised that the backing sheet lined up the caliber within the small box: Put the greatest piece down then add from the smaller components as you go. Use the sticky backing of this heat move to make the design stick.
It was going pretty well, so that I did not think twice when I stuck that in place, covered with a tea towel and gave it yet another press. When I opened the media I am pretty sure my mouth hit the floor from dropping open. Whoops:
Heat transfer vinyl mistakes happen, you can fix them! If you get messed up, then you can heat it up and peel off it again.
So piece moved a little bit once I pressed it seemingly...
That is fine - you can mend HTV mistakes! Take the step by step on How Best to fix this mistake her
