Iron On Vinyl To Burlap

The first step in decorating burlap is to make sure there are no wrinkles in the fabric.

Iron on vinyl to burlap.

How to iron vinyl onto burlap. Moisture in the fabric will prevent the heat transfer vinyl from fully bonding to the fabric. Htv or iron on i like siser easyweed from amazon here cricut explore or cricut maker. Supplies needed burlap found at any craft or fabric store cutting machine i used a silhouette cameo smooth htv i used black iron or heat.

The easiest way to cut burlap is by pulling out strings to show you where a straight line is. The trick to ironing htv is keeping your iron in one place while applying pressure for about 20 seconds or so letting it cool for about 30 seconds. The first thing you ll want to do is cut your burlap to the size you want it. Cut the bunny outline from iron on vinyl i used metallic rose gold remember to put the shiny side down on the mat and switch the fine point blade back in the machine and mirror the image.

Burlap has big giant holes in it. Heat press or iron. Use heat transfer vinyl on burlap to create a fun cheerful and welcoming burlap garden flag. When you remove the burlap from the heat peel up the htv carrier sheet carefully.

Weed out the extra vinyl and layer onto the burlap bunny. Then apply with an iron or an easypress. Since burlap requires steam to flatten out make sure to run a dry iron over the smooth burlap afterwards to remove lingering moisture. A really loose weave becomes a little bit of an issue as there isn t really anything for the vinyl to grab onto when you re ironing on.

If the iron isn t large enough to cover the entire design repeat in another section until the entire design has been pressed onto the burlap. But it s not the end of the world you just have to know how to fix it. If using an easypress set the. I just finished an easy and fun project that i can use to decorate any time of the year.

Tape glider or glue dots. Heat transfer vinyl is one of my favorite crafting materials to use because it can turn blah into yeah i m going to show you how to customize a burlap placemat for any event so let s get to it. I made 4 banner strips by applying htv on burlap that i can then attach to a wood box diy click for tutorial i made to change the look of it. Use heat transfer vinyl on burlap to create a fun cheerful and welcoming burlap garden flag.