The Ultimate Hack for Weeding Iron-on Vinyl Cut on a Cricut

Struggling with weeding iron-on vinyl? Want to try distressed designs but don't want to weed all of those small pieces? I have a hack that will show you have to have the Cricut do the weeding for you! It is almost like self-weeding HTV! Sounds amazing right? This video is sponsored by BELLA+CANVAS however all projects and opinions are my own. Let's dive into how this hack works!
First seen on the ‪@SilhouetteSchool‬ blog but I modified it for the Cricut!
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0:00 Introduction
0:43 BELLA+CANVAS Colors
2:19 Supplies needed
2:53 Modifying in Design Space
5:01 Cutting iron-on
6:23 Weeding hack results
7:35 Finishing design
8:03 Pressing shirt
9:52 Finding settings
10:43 B+C Dye Process
11:05 Ideas for using hack
11:28 Wrap up

[@Dee_B23]

Hi Angie! Thanks for all the great tips. Take care and Happy Crafting!🤗🤗🤗

[@flawsbydesign]

Awesome hack Angie……thank you. Going to try it.

[@pammeadows9862]

This will be awesome, I have to try this

[@Yorkiesrule001]

That’s an amazing hack! Thanks for sharing!

[@delciethompson8920]

I’m probably the odd ball but I love weeding vinyl 😂 I do love your videos though! You always share awesome ideas! ♥️

[@AngieHolden]

I don't mind it until it is REALLY intricate then I just can't do it!

[@carolegraham772]

I am super excited about all those t-shirt colors!!!

[@AngieHolden]

Me too!!

[@bridgeteastman2560]

I really like this hack for htv and I might even try it for removable vinyl! Thanks for sharing the hack.

[@AngieHolden]

Have fun!

[@carolynneff4980]

I use that same theory when cutting infusible ink. Place a shape around each color, multiply by there and attach. Cuts all the way through to the carrier sheet. This is genius for HTV. Thank you.

[@AngieHolden]

Oh that is a great idea!!

[@wolfepakcrafting931]

Way cool! Thanks for the hack.

[@AngieHolden]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@marybraunlich]

What a game changer!!! THANK YOU ANGIE!!!!!!!!!

[@AngieHolden]

You are so welcome!

[@cherylwortman9194]

This is awesome. Thank you.

[@julieann5196]

What a great hack!! I am going to try this for sure.

[@AngieHolden]

Hope you like it!

[@cherieszollosi2728]

Thank you for the tip, I am always afraid to try all these different things you do, and I enjoy watching your videos.

[@AngieHolden]

No need to be afraid! if I can do it you can do it!

[@lindastepp8094]

Wonderful, Wow, I will definitely use this tip. Thank you

[@AngieHolden]

Wonderful!

[@Bride961]

Thank you for the hack!! I don’t know what project I am going to do yet!! 😊

[@AngieHolden]

Hope you like it!

[@HeatTransferWarehouse]

This is a sweet hack!!!! We never knew this, thanks for sharing!

[@AngieHolden]

Thanks for watching!

[@suemarie6032]

WOW Thanks for sharing.

[@helenroberts3681]

Great tip. I love weeding but sometimes I am doing too many projects to take time to weed extensive patterns. Thank you for sharing.

[@AngieHolden]

Thanks for watching!

[@joanbjornas682]

Thank you!

[@beatrixstickercafe6724]

Hello Angie, new here! Loving your content! I got so excited when I saw this shirt you created! Orange vinyl with a white shirt vice versa would be PERFECT for football season! Go VOLS! 🧡 Thank you for the tutorial!

[@AngieHolden]

YES! That would be perfect!!

[@cynthiabeard1510]

That is genius!!

[@AngieHolden]

Thanks!

[@dei.preswors]

Angie! Where was this video two hours ago? Took an hour to weed glitter HTV. You are a GENIUS! ❤

[@AngieHolden]

Ha! You can try this next time!

[@kelliedawn4745]

Love your utube. Thank you, I’ve learned a lot.

[@AngieHolden]

You are so welcome!

[@tiffanyjohnson5899]

I second that emotion. 🙋🏾‍♀️

[@christinekranz4844]

Hi Angie! Hey - I have an intricate weeding HTV design and I remembered this video. When I went to it, I realized that the design I want to do, is the opposite -- where I need to LEAVE the small pieces in my design. (I made this last year and this is an update. What i did was weed the best I could the first time around and then the names (yes they are names of football players) that were messed up i completely took off my HTV. Then, I took my design in design space and made shapes to hide the names that i didn't need to recut - and then cut the ones I still need a second time but they were alone on the HTV so I could weed the names 'alone'. Then I pressed the first go at weeding (after removing the names that didn't turn out), and then I did a second press of the ones I had to redo. THAT.WAS.A. LOT.OF.WORK.AND.SO.MUCH.TIME.!!!! I'm wondering if your amazing brain had any other ideas that I could try.......I don't know if I have overdone it today - but I'm at a loss. How can I upload a pic of the design to show you what I mean? Sorry so long! Thanks in advance! ~Christine

[@tiffanyjohnson5899]

I always assumed that distressed designs were a no-go for HTV-just made sense to do them with sublimation instead. But I’m intrigued. 🤔 Also, those shirts are nice. 😊

[@AngieHolden]

They are really nice! And yes I was a HUGE no to distressed but this saved me!

[@chellagirl3664]

Awesome! I am about to make a vintage/distressed shirt and was wondering how I could do this exact technique.

[@AngieHolden]

Happy to help!

[@FlyingCircles]

Thanks for the vid! FYI the comparison you did at around the 7 minute mark uses two patterns, and the pattern on the left (which performed better) might have not only been a function of the number of iterative cuts but ALSO the fact this other pattern has longer continuous geometries cut. The tiny dots are harder for the machine to cut, so these results may be slightly biased by the patterns used. It would be interesting to compare the "floral" design at 3 cuts and the "dots" design at 5 cuts to see how they measure up against each other in THAT case.

[@pattishelton3169]

I love the frilly TN shirt!

[@AngieHolden]

Me too!

[@pamtilsonrodgers2825]

Will definitely try this hack but after the wk end because I have to go to Tn for the wk end! 😊 Tfs!

[@AngieHolden]

Have fun!

[@pamtilsonrodgers2825]

Always fun to go home…if just for wk end.😊

[@barbarastoffel8820]

Good morning from California

[@maeve4385]

Awesome

[@cherimccain12]

@AngieHolden I saw this one awhile back, thank you. I do have an unrelated question: I feel, that even though the mats are eventually disposable, there has to be a less damaging way of removing any products "bits" without scraping a mat, which seems to remove the adhesive coatings. Washing also seems to do that!! I wish someone would find something that is less damaging to the mats or cricut should develop a longer lasting adhesive. All of these crafters dumping these mats into our landfills can not be good! Cricut needs to fix that.

[@AngieHolden]

I don't like the scraping I will say that. But washing doesn't damage it!

[@cherimccain12]

@AngieHolden after awhile I have noticed my adhesive is speckled looking after washing my mats two to three times, using just a sponge & warm water. That is what is causing them to not be as sticky because there seems to be small areas with adhesive and without adhesive. I don't craft a huge amount either. Biggest project was 120 poppies, lol. So I'm just frustrated that the adhesive doesn't hold up better.

[@maryann4721]

You are a wealth of information! I just bought my first two Bella+Canvas shirts and I do love them. I know this question as been asked a lot, but I'd like your thoughts. I prewash my shirts because they are just for me .... but if you are gifting them, will htv stick as well if the shirts are not prewashed? Thanks!

[@AngieHolden]

HTV will stick to the BELLA+CANVAS shirts fine with no pre-washing!

[@maryann4721]

@@AngieHolden thanks so much

[@zullo3529]

I really like this hack. I’ve avoided distressed items because of the weeding. Have you tried doing small cursive text? Or a Mandela? Great muon! Thanks Angie

[@AngieHolden]

I saw someone else do a mandela with this same technique so definitely possible!

[@christinekranz4844]

Yes! Smaller Words was one of the first things I wondered about as well. Every new football season, I like to do an outline of my city, made with the names of all of the players on the team and the weeding of this is the hardest project I do. I'm going to try it!!!

[@valariedukes9286]

I love the second design you showed (like the one on your shirt). Is there any way to use the design that was left on that mat? It was equally pretty and seems a shame to waste it.

[@AngieHolden]

You could use a heat transfer mask UNDER the sheet when cutting. Then maybe don't cut through that and use it to transfer?

[@alexia6806]

@@AngieHolden Hello! Thank you for your videos they are so helpful. I also had the same question as @valerieduke9286. Would you mind showing a tutorial for this? I am trying to figure out how I would set it so that It doesn't cut all the way through to the heat transfer mask under the sheet when cutting. Thank you!

[@FlyingCircles]

When you mentioned "just scrape those away later" with regards to removing the weeded bits left on the mat, I'm curious about how well that part works. I figure the mat is sticky and won't want to let those go easily - can you really scrape them? Or does it turn into a matter of picking each piece off one by one (in which case you're still doing manual weeding, right)? I get lots of re-use out of my mats, so I'd hate to damage them & their sticky surface with scraping (and definitely don't want to just throw away) - but I've never tried scraping them

[@AngieHolden]

I use a scraper or a spatula and don't have issues. Here is an example: kzbin.infoEGiEMBDtEEU

[@cynthiaminto79]

I want to do this on a pillow. We're traveling in our RV, space is a premium, but I would like to change out the pillow cases for the holidays, or whatever. Do you have a resource for blanks that you could recommend. I checked with Bella Canvas first, none there. TIA

[@AngieHolden]

I generally get pillow covers for HTV just from Amazon frankly!

[@cynthiaminto79]

@@AngieHolden thank you

[@andreatthatsme]

Hi Angie. 👋🏾 I tried finding the "orchid" but your shirt is darker than the one on Bella canvas website. Can you please check the link again? Or is the camera playing tricks on the color you are wearing 🤔? To me, your shirt looks like a Berry color.

[@AngieHolden]

Definitely different camera colors. I think it looks different in person than on the website.

[@donnad5064]

Hey! I’m on East Tennessee!

[@AngieHolden]

Yay!

[@shariz2998]

How hard is it to clean the mat afterwards! Did it cut the mat too? Looks awesome, btw.

[@AngieHolden]

It did NOT cut the mat and I just scraped off the pieces. It wasn't hard!

[@bridgetsummerfield9283]

Is there a benefit of using a Teflon sheet over parchment paper?

[@AngieHolden]

Either one will work! I just find it easier to use the Teflon over and over again. It can be harmful to birds though so parchment works!

[@nancycole6710]

Is there a difference between the brown and white Teflon sheets?

[@AngieHolden]

Not that I know of.

[@vanessabryce]

It looks like the Orchid colored shirt you have on and the one in link you added are very different…the one online is a muted pink color, not the pretty bright one that you have???

[@AngieHolden]

Sorry! I don't understand what is happening! I will look and see if I can figure it out!

[@christinekranz4844]

(sorry - I forgot to add that the pieces are so small, that doing this with heat from my heat press didn't really help. I can't make the design much bigger because my shirt is an adult small and I have it at 9.5W 5.0H.) I LOVE BELLA CANVAS! I went on the wholesale site and ordered a bunch! woo! ~Christine

[@AngieHolden]

Some designs and issues won't work with this hack unfortunately!

[@christinekranz4844]

@@AngieHolden i thought so! But thank you for responding and I'll definitely be using this hack! Have a great weekend! 🤗

[@ALI-hm5mb]

What if i want to take the inside layer i just want the outline of the state

[@AngieHolden]

Sorry not sure what you mean?

[@laurenhall5053]

Hi from the uk👋 I love watching your videos they are great 😊 I have an issue at the moment on my circuit app, when I have removed a background on an uploaded image and add to canvas it has a black outline which I cannot get rid of I’ve tried flattening and even turned the bleed off for print and printed and the black outline is still there which is very frustrating. I was wondering if this has happened to you or anyone else? And if you have a fix for this It’s driving me insane, I’d you could help at all I would be super great full

[@flawsbydesign]

It sounds like you may have the setting of the cut on ‘print then cut’ setting? Maybe double-check your settings. I hope this helps you.

[@laurenhall5053]

@@flawsbydesign thank you for your reply 🤗 I want to print then cut, I uploaded an image onto design space when on the remove background section I remove the background and add to print then cut then add to canvas but once it’s on the canvas it has a black edging/outline which also shows up once printed which I don’t want, I have layered and flattened and turned the bleed off for print

[@david-cy9dd]

@@laurenhall5053 are you meaning the black square lines after you have printed? If so they are sensor lines so your Cricut knows where to cut your print

[@laurenhall5053]

@@david-cy9dd hi thank you for replying no it’s actually on the image itself, so if I’ve removed the background on an image then added it to the canvas it shows a black outline. it’s definitely not the black outline for print and cut 🤗

[@david-cy9dd]

@@laurenhall5053 ahhhh ok I understand now 😊

[@glenda316]

Does it only work with pictures ? I tried it with letters and I couldn’t use the contour button

[@AngieHolden]

You would have to weld any text to get the contour.

[@glenda316]

@@AngieHolden ok thanks. I will do that

[@lauramartin7300]

Great hack. Beautiful colors. Are their shirts true to size, smaller or larger than you normally wear? Also what is the material? Thanks for Sharing.

[@AngieHolden]

Definitely true to size. They have 100% cotton as well as cotton poly blends depending on which style you choose!

[@lauramartin7300]

@@AngieHolden thank you for info. I went to there web site . Was wondering cost etc. But you have to make an account first for basic info. One of the important things to me was the sizing. Thanks again.

[@susaneggen1113]

I think these shirts run small in the bust line.

[@lauramartin7300]

@@susaneggen1113 thanks Susan. That's where I need it. Lol

[@heatherr296]

Are their t-shirts pre-shrunk?

[@AngieHolden]

Yes they are!

[@heatherr296]

@@AngieHolden great! Thanks!

[@BrendaMoore-fn1wd]

making all those cuts would it dull the blade faster

[@AngieHolden]

It may. You can definitely just stick with the old way!

[@Joyce-Barker]

I,m a bit slow here. But the hack was the choice of the amounts of cuts ?

[@bridgeteastman2560]

Yes, by using the contour tool you are basically telling the machine to cut those inside pieces 3 times and the outline just once.

[@AngieHolden]

Correct. Cutting the inside pieces more times so they just come out and leaving the outside as just the single cut.

[@roxanne1092]

I was thinking the same thing😂. That’s why I’m in the comments😅

[@nilooferplasticwala7287]

Hi, hope I'm not late

[@JstcountryGirl]

I'd much rather weed the inside than clean the pieces off the mat.

[@AngieHolden]

I normally would but those distressed designs had me thinking of some other way!

[@JstcountryGirl]

@@AngieHolden Lol, oh I totally get it.... sometimes those designs take me hours...😭😭

[@reneenelson7089]

I know this is a different video, but I want to get a printer that can print stickers, don't want to do it the sublimation way, so what kind of computer do I need to get?

[@sharijd726]

Interesting, but seems a lot more work than just weeding the usual way.

[@tammylynne5410]

To long of a mess for more