DIY Silkscreening: Cheap Easy Way to Make Personalized Clothing

Measure your wooden frame and then log onto your cricut design space to make a design that fits the dimensions you calculated.

Now set your vinyl so that it is ready to cut and then have the cricut cut it out. The video shows me going through the prompts on the computer. 

Now it is time to reverse weed your design, please make sure you do not make the mistake of weeding it the normal way.

Measure the silk and vinyl so that it fits the wooden frame. 

Now iron the HTV stencil to the silk screen, make sure it is well applied to the screen. It is also helpful if you wait for the vinyl to cool before peeling off the plastic. And after the plastic is peeled you will want to have the iron go over it again with a teflon sheet in between. 

Now it's time to staple the Silk screen onto the wooden frame. Make sure the silk is being pulled very tight. 

 Grab the apparel you plan on using and pull it over the table/board that is attached to the machine  

 Tape of the edges that require it then place the screen on to the clothing so that it looks like it is upside down. 

 Now apply the paint onto the shirt and spread it around using the spatula. 

Lift the screen up off the clothing by pulling straight up. 

Take the clothing off the board and then blow dry it with a blow dryer until it is no longer sticky.  

Iron the paint into the shirt with a teflon sheet in between. 

You now have your final product. Repeat this process however many times you need it. 

   Rinse off the spatulas and the screen, and then leave it out to dry.