Do you want to know if it’s possible to embroider on top of a heat transfer vinyl (HTV) design? On this episode of Print Pros, we’re taking our chances on this unconventional project to try and transform a hoodie into one of the most eye-catching and unique pieces we’ve ever created. We’ll walk you through the entire process, from what materials you’ll need to how to keep your embroidery machine from tearing up the HTV design. And be sure to watch until the end to find out if we succeeded!
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00:00 Intro
01:17 Materials
01:45 HTV design & software
04:36 Heat press
06:47 Digitizing embroidery design
12:07 Embroidery demo
18:45 Product reveal & product potential
We start this episode by showing you how to apply a heat transfer vinyl design to a hoodie. After going over the materials we’ll be using, we demonstrate how to set up your HTV design using the SignMaster CUT+ARMS software. After that, we’ll show you how to use the Ricoma RCP-6301 25” Vinyl Cutter to cut your design before using the heat press to transfer the design onto the hoodie.
Once that’s done, we move on to the embroidery portion of the project. After digitizing our design using our industry-leading Chroma digitizing software, we'll teach you some helpful hooping tips to keep your hoodie extra sturdy during embroidery.
From there, we go over what speed to run your machine at to avoid shredding your vinyl during the embroidery process. Finally, we reveal our final product and examine how much profit you stand to make from a project like this.