Since we have 4 granddaughters, we are pretty familiar with the 18 inch dolls that are so popular. I decided it would be fun to make matching shirts using HTV, for a special little girl and her doll.

Materials:

1. Child’s T-Shirt
2. Doll T-Shirt – Look here for the ones I purchased.
3. ThermoFlex Plus
4. GlitterFlex II
5. Red Capped Blade
6. Heat Press
7. Teflon sheet

Settings for KNK Zing:

1. Speed 10
2. Force for GlitterFlex II – 45
3. Force for ThermoFlex Ultra – 20
4. MultiCut – 1 or 2

Steps:

1. Import or open design in your cutting software.
2. Measure the areas that you will be placing your designs on, and be certain you size the designs appropriately for each shirt.
3. Make sure you reverse your design before you cut.
4. Check design to make sure it is ready to cut. If there are extra nodes or line segments, now is a good time to use your node editing tool to clean things up. This will give you a better cut. (The arrow below is indicating an extra line segment that needs to be deleted.)
5. Lay out your cut designs on each shirt to check for placement. Lay the doll shirt in your heat press. The doll shirts I purchased have a Velcro closure in the back. I opened this up so that I could lay the shirt flat. I laid it near the corner of my heat press in such a way as to get good pressure where it was needed. Place your design on the shirt, vinyl side down. Cover with Teflon sheet.
6. It’s important to follow the manufacturers instructions for temperature and time, so check that out before proceeding. KNKusa.com has that information on their website.
7. After completing the doll shirt, you are ready to follow the same steps for the girl’s shirt.
8. Now…. surprise a little girl in your life with this sweet gift for her and her 18 inch doll.