Cutting The Wrong Side Of Iron On Vinyl

For iron on vinyl you want to get the mirror image it s not important unless you have text or an image you need to face a certain direction.

Cutting the wrong side of iron on vinyl.

Here s the two sides of cricut everyday iron on vinyl here is the carrier side of the iron on vinyl which you can see is shiny. This way when you weed the excess you re left with your image adhered to the plastic sheet. Because you re actually cutting the back of your vinyl if you don t mirror your image it will end up backward. Tips for weeding iron on vinyl.

You need to place iron on vinyl shiny side down on your cutting mat then mirror the image for cutting. You can mirror your iron on vinyl in the prepare screen in cricut design space and if you select iron on vinyl as your material there will be a warning reminding you to mirror your image. Let me tell you it s not a matter of if but when you go to cut and you ve forgotten to flip your images so i highly recommend just getting into the habit of that whenever you have an iron on vinyl project whether it s necessary or not.