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How to Make an Ugly Christmas Sweater Shirt

December 13, 2018 By: Katie10 Comments

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Use the Cricut and Iron-on Vinyl to create an Ugly Christmas Sweater Shirt. An easy DIY craft tutorial idea for cat lovers and cat haters. Meowy Christmas! This is a sponsored post on behalf of Cricut. All opinions are my own because I love giving you helpful tutorials!

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Ugly Christmas sweaters are just a part of holidays. In fact, I am starting to think that all of those ugly Christmas sweaters are actually cute! Okay, okay, not all of them, but a lot of them are.

My ugly sweater is actually a shirt, but since it is an iron-on you could put it on whatever type of shirt or sweater that you want.

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How to Make an Ugly Christmas Sweater Shirt

I created this file using several images from Cricut Design Space. You are welcome to use it but may have to purchase the images before you cut.

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When working with Iron-on it is very important that you click the box to mirror the image so that when you iron on the words they are going the right direction.

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It is also very important to make sure that the dial is set to the right material. When I first hit go on my Cricut and it began cutting I did not check the dial. A couple rows in I noticed it was set to cardstock so the blade actually cut through all layers of Iron-on. You don’t want it to do that. I paused the cut, set the dial to Iron-on and hit resume. The rest of the image was cut out correctly. It only affected a couple of rows so I recut those when the first was finished. I learned my lesson!

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When the Cricut is finished cutting you’ll need to remove the negative Iron-on film. This is called weeding.

Now it’s time to iron on the Iron-on! 🙂 Set iron to the Cotton/Linen setting with the steam setting shut off. Preheat your fabric for 10-15 seconds by running the iron over the shirt.

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Then lay the image right side up on the shirt. I like to use a towel between the Iron-on and the iron.  Apply medium pressure with the iron for 25 – 30 seconds making sure to cover all areas of the images. Flip the shirt over and again apply medium pressure with the iron for 25 – 30 seconds.

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Let the Iron-on cool completely before removing. If there are areas of the image that aren’t sticking, use the front point of the iron and go over the image.

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That’s all there is to it. Easy Peasy! Now you have a super cute ugly Christmas sweater that is really a shirt!

This ugly sweater design is so much fun whether you love or hate cats. Great for that Ugly Sweater Party or cute enough to wear just cuz it’s cute!

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So what you think, is this an Ugly Christmas Sweater Shirt or a Cute Christmas Sweater Shirt? You can tell me the truth! 🙂 Share and leave a comment below!

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Comments

  1. Shantel says

    December 15, 2015 at 8:51 am

    That is the cutest idea ever! I love it!!!!

    Reply
  2. Kate says

    December 15, 2018 at 12:17 pm

    Thank you!! The weeding took time (as usual) and I had to be particularly careful around the paw prints with my weeder tool, but it turned out GREAT. I did have to purchase some of the images.

    Reply
    • Katie says

      December 27, 2018 at 1:21 pm

      You are welcome Kate! I am so glad you liked the project!

      Reply

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