HTV ON BLINDS TUTORIAL

Brain wave!!!!

OK I know I am not alone. I sat staring at my blinds for months wondering if I will ruin them If I put HTV on them.

I am using Cricut to cut out a design I purchased and edited years ago. 

Im also using vinyl from GmCrafts (Click Here). 

I have old blinds (not only are they old but they were cheap as chips) that I am going to experiment with you can pick one up from Argos, B&M's or Harry Corry's. 

I would advise at this point to only use a blind you are prepared to ruin and not one that you have paid over £300 for. 

 This is the design I used, you can find something similar on Etsy. Or If you are subscribed to Cricut Access then you can design your own (here is a basic example) Just search for music notes and swirls and experiment. I cut the vinyl on Glitter Iron On setting and it cut and weeded perfectly.

Weed It Out

Ready To Rock

Normally Metallic or Holographic HTV is so temperamental and is a nightmare to cut and weed. When cut on this setting it just cut so perfectly on both the Air2 and The Maker. So I will be adding that to my list of favourites.

Now comes the petrifying part. Honest you would think it was a £300 blind.... SO after I done all the weeding it was time to transfer it to the blind. I Use a Cricut Easy Press which can be purchased here > Easypress (if you use the code HFBCGKC you get 30% off anything if you are a new member).

I pressed for around 12 seconds and removed the transfer paper and covered the design with a Teflon sheet and pressed again for around 3 seconds. It turned out great BUT be aware that if you over press it you will loose some of the stiffness of the blind.

I only paid pennies for these blinds and they really were fit for the bin but the HTV brought a little life  back into them  I took them apart and resprayed the eyelets to gold, I also sprayed the back of them with Fabric Stiffener to add some more strength. I am delighted with the outcome. I will buy some more blinds that are better quality now that I know it works.

So if you have any old blinds that you are going to throw out, give this a try first. I still would not recommend doing it with an expensive blind. But this would be great for kids room.