Silhouette Heat Transfer onesie

Hey y'all! 

I mentioned in my last post that I was doing the Silhouette Challenge with some REALLY AWESOME and CREATIVE bloggers, I'm super EXCITED to see what everyone has created and everything that will be created when you let your creative juices flow!

I'm at a point in my life that I always knew would come.  It seems like everyone I know is pregnant or just had a baby! I have about 6 friends that I needed baby gifts for, and I thought what a fantastic reason for me to play with the Silhouette Smooth Heat Transfer vinyl! I didn't want to mess anything really expensive up with it, and I wanted something small that I could start with and learn from. So, lets do a walkthrough of how everything went down and what I messed up, so that you don't have to make the same mistakes!




**I wish I had more pictures to share, but the only ones I can get to right now are on Facebook.  My area was part of the Mississippi tornadoes that hit yesterday and I was out of town and planned on finishing and putting all my pictures in.  However, Mother Nature had other plans and so I just have a few - future posts will have more step by step...**

I have seen some really cute baby clothes on Etsy, and gathered my inspiration from there and Pinterest. I think that the tie onesies for the boys are so freaking cute that I want to make them in every color!  Unfortunately, I had black and teal that came with my machine so they would have to make do.

I created the designs in Silhouette Studio and worked with them a little to make sure they were the right size (I'm not a very good "measurer" because I just don't like it, so for things like this I just kind of guess at it) and went by the squares on my mat to make sure that I would have a newborn sized baby tie and not an elephant one. Then, I cut the transfer material with the wrong side up (matte side=no go).  After that I forgot to move the bar and put it back down so I didn't get a good cut.

Place the material in the Silhouette SHINY SIDE UP, put all your levers in place and double check (maybe that's just me that has to double check). Cut out the design and peel off the excess (you can flip it to the matte side now). Alright.  Now I had my images on clear transfer tape. Now comes the hard part - the IRONING!

The instructions say to put it on a Cotton setting, place a piece of fabric between it and press for 45-60 seconds. Then, you are supposed to remove the iron & fabric and check to see if its "transferred", well the fabric they mean is something THIN (not a dishtowel) and by press they mean set it down on the fabric covered design, go do something else for about 5 minutes and come back. The first baby onesie I did was with the dishtowel and I just ended up removing my "fabric" and ironing directly onto the heat transfer clear tape stuff (I'm pretty sure that's frowned upon by the instruction writers at Silhouette) but I didn't leave it and just checked it every minute or so...on the second one I tried some just regular weight fabric and turned the iron up a little higher.  They took around 5-6 rounds of the 60-90 second checking before I was getting progress with sticking I thought. Once the transfer is on there, I took it and removed the clear tape, put my fabric back over the design and ironed for about another minute or so.

Here are the links to download the STUDIO file: Tie onesie and Pearls onesie

I was more than thrilled with the way they turned out!  They are so cute and easy (once you get the hang of things...remember I'm a newbie)

Now for the fun part, go and see what all the amazing women that are in The Silhouette Challenge whipped up this month! If you want in on the fun too, email Lauren at The Thinking Closet and let her know.  We would love to have you!

Burlap Love Banner & hearts; Free Cut File - The Thinking Closet
Valentine's Day Mantle and Banner - Daily Dwelling
"We're Better Together" Valentine's Day Card - Tried and True
"Love is All You Need" Art - Coley's Corner

Thanks for looking, see y'all in a bit!

And, this is where I did my VERY FIRST link-ups to party!