I am just loving all the crafts you can try with embroidery hoops, I mean what a wonderful way to transform an every day product into a work of art. Today I am sharing how I made a simple DIY Iron On Embroidery Hoop with Cricut Iron On Vinyl. This is a little different to my recent dream catcher project. But equally as beautiful.
What I love is how hoops can be built up with different fabrics to create a wall of simple but gorgeous art. Or alternatively added to an art wall as a single feature.
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What You Will Find Here
How To Make A DIY Iron On Embroidery Hoop With Cricut Iron On Vinyl
You Will Need?
- Cricut Joy or Maker
- Fabric, I used a Cricut Sampler
- Iron On Smart Vinyl
- Embroidery Hoop
- Rotary Cutter
- Cricut Easy Press
- Cricut Easy Press Mat
- Brayer And Tweezers
Step By Step How To Make An Iron On Embroidery Hoop With Cricut Iron On Vinyl
Prepare Your Fabric
Start by laying your fabric out on a cutting mat and using your rotary cutter to cut around the edge of the hoops leaving about 2 inches gap for an overlap. Don’t cut on the heat mat, I just used this to take the photo!
Make And Attach Your Iron On Image
Go into Cricut Design Space and choose your image. If you would like to use the & sign just click on the project in design space. Alternatively save the image below and follow these instructions to add your own image into Cricut Design Space.
When sending your image to cut ensure you mirror the image and place your iron on vinyl on the cutting matt shiny side down. Thus you can’t see the colour of the vinyl on the top. (The shiny side is the part you will use to apply your heat press to to protect the vinyl.)
Weed the design ensuring you have got all the little bits, once ironed on it is too late.
Heat press the surface you intend to iron onto to heat up.
Put your design into place and set the heat press to the appropriate heat as per the heat guide. For this project using the easy press 2 and a heat mat 315° for 30 seconds. Then flip and press for 15 seconds. Check the heat guide if you are using alternative products.
Now leave to cool before removing the plastic backing.
Building Your Hoop
Once your iron on image has cooled, separate your embroidery hoops and stretch the fabric over the bottom hoop.
Now place your top hoop over the fabric ensuring the screw is at the top to use as a hanger.
As you push the hoop down stretch the fabric so it is even with no creases, before tucking in the raw edges and tightening the screw on the hoop to secure.
Now display, hoops work well displayed as part of an art collection or with a selections of hoop sizes and fabrics for a hoop statement wall.
Check out my Pinterest board for a little more inspiration.
To search with the Pincode below, simply open the Pinterest app click search and then the camera icon in the search bar whilst hovering over the image to watch the magic happen.
For More Cricut Projects And Inspiration.
- No sew face masks with Iron On Vinyl.
- Paper Cut Alphabet Which Can Be Used For Multiple Projects.
- Make an Infusible Ink sequin cushion.
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DIY Iron On Embroidery Hoop With Cricut Iron On Vinyl
How to make a DIY Iron On Embroidery Hoop with iron on vinyl
Materials
- Fabric, I used a Cricut Sampler
- Iron On Smart Vinyl
- Embroidery Hoop
Tools
- Cricut Joy or Maker
- Rotary Cutter
- Cricut Easy Press
- Cricut Easy Press Mat
- Brayer And Tweezers
Instructions
- Start by laying your fabric out on a cutting mat and using your rotary cutter to cut around the edge of the hoops leaving about 2 inches gap for an overlap.
- Go into Cricut Design Space and choose your image. If you would like to use the & sign just click on the project in design space. Alternatively save the image below and follow these instructions to add your own image into Cricut Design Space.
- When sending your image to cut ensure you mirror the image and place your iron on vinyl on your cutting matt shiny side down. Thus you can see the colour of the vinyl on the top. (The shiny side is the part you will use to apply your heat press to to protect the vinyl.)
- Weed the design ensuring you have got all the little bits, once ironed on it is too late.
- Heat press the surface you intend to iron onto to heat up.
- Put your design into place and set the heat press to the appropriate heat as per the heat guide. For this project using the easy press 2 and a heat mat 315° for 30 seconds. Then flip and press for 15 seconds. Check the heat guide if you are using alternative products.
- Now leave to cool before removing the plastic backing.
Prepare Your Fabric
Make And Attach Your Iron On Image
Building Your Hoop
- Once your iron on image has cooled, separate your embroidery hoops and stretch the fabric over the bottom hoop.
- Now place your top hoop over the fabric ensuring the screw is at the top to use as a hanger.
- As you push the hoop down stretch the fabric so it is even with no creases, before tucking in the raw edges and tightening the screw on the hoop to secure.
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