Cricut Infusible Ink T-Shirt Tutorial

In today’s post, you’ll learn how easy it is to make a personalized Cricut Infusible Ink tee shirt!

Cricut’s Infusible Ink transfer sheets are a fun and easy way to make T-shirts that won’t peel, crack, or flake.

Cricut Infusible Ink is a BRAND NEW ink transfer product that lets you create handmade, personalized projects with a professional finish.

Infusible Ink delivers seamlessly smooth, professional-quality transfers that become one with your material – and last a lifetime. You can get really vibrant colors that are permanently infused into the material. And because Infusible Ink heat transfers are permanently infused into your base material, they last as long as the project itself.

No flaking, no peeling, no cracking, and no wrinkling – ever!

Let’s make a fun Cricut Infusible Ink T-shirt using Cricut Infusible Ink transfer sheets for a personalized look!

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Here’s What You’ll Need

Materials List

Cricut Infusible Ink You can find some here.
Cricut Infusible Ink-compatible Tee Shirt. Get one by clicking here.
Cricut Easy Press 2. You can get one here.
Cricut Easy Press mat. You can get one here.
Butcher paper – provided inside your package of Infusible Ink Transfer Sheets
White yardstick, 12×12
Lint Roller. You can get one here.
Scissors
Standard grip cutting mat. You can get one here.
A way to cut your vinyl. I used the amazing Cricut Maker. You can get one here.

You need a way to cut your Infusible Ink vinyl

For this project, you’ll want a Cricut Explore or Maker (either one works fine.) And yes, you can certainly use the Infusible Ink with a Silhouette Cameo as well!

You also need a heat press or an EasyPress (either an original EasyPress or an EasyPress 2 — and it needs to be big enough to cover your design in one pass). You cannot use a household iron — it won’t get consistently hot enough across its surface to properly infuse the ink, and it’s not typically big enough for a T-shirt design anyway.

Beyond the machines, you need the Cricut Infusible Ink transfer sheets in the colors or patterns you want to use (I’m using Tropical Floral.)

So are you ready to make something fun? Let’s make a Cricut Infusible Ink T-shirt together!

Here’s the step by step video, followed by the written directions.

Step 1: Upload your design

Find or make your tee shirt design. I’m a Carolina Girl, so I chose this SC mandala.

Then go to Cricut Design Space. Click on New Project, then click on Templates in the upper left corner. Choose “Classic T-Shirt” and pick a style, size and color. The template will help you size your design so it looks good on your T-shirt.

When you are ready, click the green Make It button in the upper right corner. You must then toggle the MIRROR to on (green) — all Infusible Ink designs must be mirrored before cutting!

STEP 2: CUT OUT YOUR DESIGN FROM CRICUT INFUSIBLE INK TRANSFER SHEETS

It’s super important you put your Cricut Infusible Ink transfer sheets SHINY SIDE DOWN on your cutting mat.

STEP 3: REVEAL YOUR INFUSIBLE INK DESIGN (REMOVE THE NEGATIVE AREAS) often also called weeding

Here’s how mine looked after weeding.

STEP 4: APPLY YOUR INFUSIBLE INK DESIGN TO YOUR T-SHIRT

Use the heat from an EasyPress 2 or a heat press to transfer the design on the blank — your heat source needs to get up to at least 390°F for the heat transfer to work. See more detailed instructions by clicking here. Again, a household laundry iron will NOT work for this.

Preheat heat press and prepress your blank

Do I really need to prepress my blank t-shirt?
Yes. This removes excess moisture and wrinkles (if you’re working with fabric-based blanks). If you choose not to preheat, the transfer process will convert excess moisture into steam, which will likely displace pigment and result in unwanted effects.

While heating up, arrange shirt with papers in this order:

Cricut T-shirt blank

INSIDE Cricut T-shirt: White cardstock

Infusible Ink Transfer Sheet design, ink side down, shiny side up

Butcher paper

Once your heat press is ready, just press. The ink is then infused into the surface — it is not an adhesive that melts onto the surface like iron-on vinyl (HTV). Unlike an iron-on transfer or vinyl application, where image is stuck to the top of a base material using an adhesive of some sort, an Infusible Ink heat transfer becomes one with the material itself. That’s why it works so well!

Seamlessly smooth.

No seams, no edges, no weight, no bulk. Nothing to distract you from your art. Every Infusible Ink project comes out perfectly smooth to the touch – and with a perfect touch of you.

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