How to Make T-shirts With Cricut and Easy Press

How to make custom T-Shirts for beginners

Supplies

Cricut EasyPress®
Cricut EasyPress Mat
Iron-on design
100% Cotton, clean

Step 1

To design from scratch, click “New Project” on the home page of Cricut Design Space.

Step 2

Once on the canvas, on the left-hand navigation bar, you’ll see an option for “text.” Click that button. A text box will pop open for you to add text.

Step 3

If you’d like to change the font, click the dropdown menu at the top of the screen that says, “font.”

Step 4

You’ll now be able to search through the hundreds of fonts available in the Cricut library.

Choose whichever font you like the best. We chose Trade Gothic LTD Bold for our t-shirt design.

Step 5

Now comes the fun part. On the Cricut Design Space Desktop App, you can curve text. Select your text and then click the “Curve” option at the top of the screen. A slider bar will appear allowing you to adjust the curve of the text.

Step 6

Once you’re happy with your design, click “Make It.”

The software will send the information from Design Space to your Cricut machine. Follow the prompts to continue to cut. Make sure you select “mirror” on the cut screen since you are using iron-on.

Step 7

Once cut, unload your material and remove the excess iron-on from around the letters. We call this process, “weeding.”

Step 8

Now it’s time to apply the iron-on to the t-shirt with a heat press. Follow the step-by-step instructions in the Cricut Heat Guide. The heat guide will show you the temperature the Cricut EasyPress needs to be as well as the length of time you need to press for best results.

Heat Guide

Select options to view instructions.

Cricut EasyPress 2

EasyPress

Cricut EasyPress Mini

Heat-Transfer Material

*Select heat-transfer material

Everyday Iron-On / Lite / Metallic

Everyday Iron-On Mesh

Express Iron-On™

Foil Iron-On

Glitter Iron-On

Glitter Mesh Iron-On

Holographic Iron-On

Holographic Sparkle Iron-On

Mosaic Iron-On

Iron-On Designs

Patterned Iron-On

SportFlex Iron-On™

Smart Iron-On™

Smart Iron-On - Glitter

Smart Iron-On - Holographic

Smart Iron-On - Patterned

Infusible Ink Pen / Marker on Copy Paper

Infusible Ink Transfer Sheet

Base Material

Select base material

Burlap

Cardstock

Chipboard

Corkboard

100% Cotton

Cotton Canvas

Cotton / Poly Blend

Faux Leather

Felt

Mesh

Muslin

Neoprene

Nylon

Polyester

Silk

Wood

Wool

Baby Bodysuit

Cosmetic Bag

Pillow Cover

Tote Bag

T-Shirt

Wine Bag

Cricut EasyPress Mat

APPLY

Prep

Preheat Cricut EasyPress® to 315°F
Place 100% Cotton on clean Cricut EasyPress Mat
Preheat 100% Cotton for 5 s

Application

Place iron-on face down, liner side up
Press with Light pressure at 315°F for 30 s
Flip 100% Cotton over and press for 15 s
Slowly remove liner when cool to touch