Cut Htv Without Mat

Heat transfer vinyl is often called htv or t shirt vinyl.

Cut htv without mat. You can only cut materials that have a backing without a mat on the silhouette machines. Pretty much all designs on so fontsy can be cut on heat transfer vinyl or htv. If you ve never done that before don t be intimidated by the idea of going matless. If you cut something like paper without a mat the piece you cut out won t have anywhere to go and it will be sliding around in your machine without any rhyme or reason which is no bueno.

Materials that have a backing would include adhesive vinyl or heat transfer vinyl htv these are the most common ones i see. Youc an use a heat press or an iron although a heat press is highly recommended if you re doing a lot of htv projects or selling at all. Check out this post if you want to cut htv without the mat. It is applied to clothing or other textiles with heat and pressure.

Of course there isn t a ten foot mat available omg how would one store such a thing so if you want to cut longer than 24 cut without a mat. Single layer materials such as cardstock or fabric need to be placed on a mat or you risk jamming your machine when it cuts. Change width and height to match your size of vinyl. Heat transfer vinyl is a special type of vinyl that can be cut on the silhouette cutting machines which can then be applied to fabric be it clothing pillow covers bags etc with heat and pressure.

The silhouette cameo can cut lengths of vinyl or anything with a backing up to 10 feet long. Because heat transfer vinyl is on the carrier sheet with the. If you ve cut an extra long piece of siser htv i d love to see the finished product. Place the mat so that it just touches the blue guide line.

Being able to cut longer than the mat allows for so many design possibilities. Change the cutting mat option to none. Cutting easyweed and other siser heat transfer vinyls without a cutting mat on the silhouette cameo is a breeze.