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These cute DIY customized seashore towels add an expensive, resort-like really feel to your yard patio, pool, or subsequent seashore journey! No extra mixing up towels!
We often attempt to get in no less than one seashore trip every summer time, however since we’re staying house extra this summer time, I made a decision to deliver a few of that beachy really feel to us. I wished to create extra of a resort-like really feel for our again patio and thought I’d make some DIY customized towels to make use of on our loungers and patio chairs. I like how they turned out!
Custom towels additionally work nice for seashore days, tenting journeys, or shared bogs. You’ll all the time know whose towel belongs to who and the children can’t struggle over who didn’t put their towel away! 😉
DIY Custom Beach Towels Utilizing Cricut Maker
These DIY customized seashore towels are straightforward to make with a Cricut reducing machine – even when it’s your first challenge! Simply collect up your supplies and comply with the directions beneath. You’ll have some cute, customized towels very quickly!
Supplies
Instructions
Create Your Design
In Cricut Design area, create your design. I used Martha Stewart Marriage ceremony Cake for the font in addition to some cute sea animal pictures which are all out there by means of Design area. Yow will discover them right here:
- crab define #MB0D8BF0
- hammerhead shark define #MB0D8CCF
- jellyfish define #MB0D8B52
- sea turtle #MB533FC8
Decide what dimension you prefer to your iron-on to be and adust the font and picture dimension as wanted. I additionally wish to mess around with the font letter spacing and often alter this down. {TIP: if you happen to discover the capital letter of the names is just too far-off from the remainder of the font, do the capital letter as a separate textual content field than the remainder of the identify. You’ll be able to then alter it to wherever you prefer to.}
Group and Connect Every Design
After you have accomplished your designs, you wish to group and connect the font/pictures that you simply wish to keep collectively. In any other case, the Cricut machine will separate the designs for the perfect reducing possibility when it kinds the photographs onto the mat. I made all four towel designs on the identical time and then simply grouped every identify and one picture collectively. Click on “Make It” while you’re prepared to maneuver on to reducing.
Lower and Weed Your Design.
Earlier than reducing, verify the picture format on the preview mat to make sure that every part is the best way you prefer to. Crucial factor to recollect when reducing iron-on is to click on the button to reflect the photographs. Place your iron-on materials shiny aspect down on the usual grip (inexperienced) reducing mat and comply with the prompts to chop your pictures. Choose On a regular basis Iron-On from the checklist of supplies. Weed your design utilizing a weeding software. In the event you’re making a number of towels, minimize the totally different names aside utilizing a paper cutter or scissors.
Switch Your Design.
Use the Cricut Warmth Switch Information to find out what temperature and time setting you could use in your Straightforward Press. Preheat the towel utilizing the Straightforward Press to warmth it up and take away any wrinkles. Place your design on the towel wherever you prefer to with the shiny aspect up. I centered ours in direction of the underside of every towel. Apply the warmth together with your Straightforward Press for the really useful period of time {as proven within the warmth switch information}. Flip the towel over and apply warmth to the again of the design. Permit to chill and then peel away the liner.
And that’s it! Your towels are carried out! Retailer your towels in a bin, basket, or seashore tote on the patio for simple entry everytime you want them.
What else can Cricut Maker do?
Cricut Maker is just about the last word reducing machine and good for any crafter or DIYer. I’ve had mine for nearly two years now and I like how versatile it’s. You should use it for SO many alternative craft and DIY tasks together with indicators, pillow covers, group labels, customized house decor items and extra. It could actually minimize over 300 totally different supplies, from extra delicate gadgets like foil and crepe paper, to thicker supplies corresponding to materials, wooden, and leather-based. {You’ll be able to see the complete checklist of supplies HERE} Regardless that I’ve used my machine quite a bit, there are nonetheless a ton of concepts that I nonetheless wish to attempt. Test a few of the superb challenge concepts over on the Cricut weblog. The chances are countless!
Now don’t be scared off by all the features that Cricut Maker has – it’s nonetheless very person pleasant!! It’s straightforward to set-up and you’ll be able to actually get began together with your first challenge in lower than 30 minutes. I like that Cricut Design Area {the place you create your designs} is out there on each desktop and cellular so you’ll be able to simply create from nearly anyplace. With just a bit observe, you’ll be designing, reducing, engraving, and drawing like a professional! It’s so enjoyable to have the ability to create your personal customized items with only a contact of a button. Right here’s a photograph of a final minute birthday shirt that I made for my son’s thirteenth birthday this 12 months…
Can I exploit a daily iron as a substitute of Cricut Straightforward Press?
The brief reply is “sure” you should use a daily iron, nevertheless, there are lots of advantages to utilizing Cricut Straightforward Press over an iron. In the event you haven’t heard of Cricut Straightforward Press earlier than, it’s principally an at house warmth press that makes any iron-on or infusible ink switch virtually idiot-proof. The press offers even temperature all through your switch and will permit you to set the precise temperature you want for the particular supplies you’re utilizing. An everyday iron, alternatively, has variable warmth (the entrance of the iron has totally different warmth than the again), you have no idea the precise temperature, and the floor space is smaller and irregular. This may end up in extra issue getting your iron-on to truly switch and stick or, even worse, harm to the fabric.
So, if you happen to’re simply going to be doing a random challenge or two, you’ll be able to undoubtedly get away with utilizing your common iron on a linen setting (simply watch out!) however I’d extremely suggest Cricut Straightforward Press if you happen to do the transfers extra commonly. For extra inspiration and concepts for iron-on switch crafts in addition to different house decor tasks that you are able to do together with your Cricut, try the Cricut Inspiration Weblog.
What towels work greatest with Cricut iron-ons?
Whereas most towels will work with iron-on transfers, I want to make use of towels with a tighter weave like hammom/Turkish towels or a flour sack towel if I’m making dish towels. Towels with a unfastened weave {just like the extra looped terrycloth towels} will nonetheless work, however you’ll nonetheless see a few of the texture below the iron-on materials. The iron-on will nonetheless adhere however it would look somewhat bumpy. Alternatively, you’ll be able to search for terry fabric towels which have a flat ornamental band in direction of one {or each} of the ends and create your designs to suit on this.
Can my towel be washed within the washer?
Towels made with the On a regular basis Cricut Iron-On materials like I used are in a position to washed within the washer. You simply wish to be sure to wait no less than 24 hours after software earlier than washing and keep away from utilizing bleach. It’s vital to notice, nevertheless, that various kinds of Cricut Iron-On supplies have totally different care directions, so be sure you comply with the washing and care directions on the packaging if you happen to’re utilizing different Iron-On supplies. For extra methods to make sure the sturdiness of your Cricut Iron-On, try this submit on the Cricut weblog.
I hope you get an opportunity to offer these DIY customized seashore towels a attempt. They’re a enjoyable summer time craft and a cute method to gown up your patio area! If in case you have any questions on any of the Cricut merchandise used, let me know. I’m comfortable that will help you out!
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