A few years ago I got a Silhouette for Christmas. I wanted a cutting machine to do all the crafts. I had seen what amazing crafts could be made and I could not wait to get one. The honeymoon phase was very short lived. When I say there were times I was ready to throw it out the window I am not kidding. I actually stopped using it for a little bit because it frazzled me so. It has really only been this year that I have finally figured it out and now can create projects with much more ease. Just to be clear, those times I was frazzled were all due to user error, but this is not a review post. I digress. It is a project post to learn how you too can create an easy infusible ink onesie.
I promise this project is truly easy. You will not have to pull your hair out or say those few choice words. You know which ones. Those. Although the infusible ink is a Cricut product you can use it with the Silhouette Cameo. You will just need to have the pen holder holder (if using the infusible markers or pens). It is fairly inexpensive. The one linked here is $7.57 on Amazon (Side note here, I am not an affiliate of Amazon at this time so I will not make a commission off of this link). The other thing that makes this project super easy is if you just want to use your own design and free hand it on the paper you don’t even need a Silhouette or Cricut machine. You can just use copy paper, infusible ink pens/markers, and an iron or heat press.
Supplies Needed:
- Silhouette Pens (I used these to outline my design because I had very small letters, but you can just use the pens or markers depending on the intricacy of your design)
- Cricut Infusible Pens/Markers
- Copy Paper
- Butcher/Craft Paper or teflon sheet
- Iron or Heat Press
Let’s make an easy infusible ink onesie!
Obviously the new Cricut infusible ink pens/markers are made for Cricut, but with the pen holder adapter for Silhouette you can absolutely use your Silhouette Cameo.
The first step is to open up Silhouette Studio to create your own design. Once you have finalized your design you will want to flip your design horizontally so it mirrors your design. When you go to press your design the design will be face down. If you do not flip it your design will read backwards after you press it into your fabric.
Once you have finalized your design and mirrored it you are ready to send it to sketch. For my particular designs the font I was using was too small and even using the infusible ink pens did not properly outline the design so I actually used the Silhouette pens to outline my two designs. This is definitely an extra step I added, but may not be necessary to your design. You may be able to use the pen holder adapter with the infusible ink pen and outline your design. To note here, after a few tests the silhouette pen ink never transferred to my pressed design which is amazing. As far as I have noticed only the infusible ink transfers to your fabric.
You also do not have to have any special paper. I just used regular printer copier paper and it worked just fine.
Once you have printed out your design from the Silhouette Cameo you are ready to color it in with the infusible ink pens or markers. After you finish coloring it in you are ready to press it. I mean how easy is that! Design, Print out with your Cameo, Color it in, Press it and Voila! Easy as pie. oooh, now I want pie. Anyone else now thinking of dessert? Just me?
You are now ready to press it. I actually have a Cricut Easy Press 2 so I just refer to Cricut’s easy press settings page. I had the infusible ink blank baby body suit and using the infusible ink pens and markers. It let me know to set the temperature to 385 degrees Fahrenheit and press lightly for 40 seconds.
That is basically it. Overall I am pretty happy with how my two onesie designs came out. I do wish Cricut would come up with more color options, but it was cool to be able to experiment with infusible ink without having to invest in a sublimination printer.
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