First and foremost, it felt amazing to actually finish a project and check this one off as a success. I’m thrilled with how well this Maker Nerd t-shirt turned out. After the dismal failure of The Maker Nerd maker coin, I worried that this one might be another failure.
And that’s the thing about these videos, especially the live ones; I’m taking a chance each and every time with how things might turn out. When you shoot a video and edit it (not live) the temptation is real to cut out the things that didn’t work and only show what did. But I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve wished more people would show the full process in their videos: mistakes included.
Maker Nerd T-Shirt: Completing the Project
If you missed Part 1 of the video, click here to watch that. This video picks up exactly where Part 1 left off. I did not touch the project until I filmed this live. So let’s chat a little about the process for completing this project. Part 1 leaves off just after I finished cutting the Siser EasyWeed HTV (heat transfer vinyl).
Here’s a confession. After I completed that video, I actually figured out a way to clean up the image and add the lips back into the design, and smooth the edges of the entire svg file by using a higher resolution image to start the project. This is what I mean about people NOT showing the entire process. Someone out there might watch Part 1, follow my process, and never realize the process could be improved. I’m not saying that people aren’t as smart as me, I’m just saying that seeing the entire process can save someone time and vinyl.
At any rate, the finished project has the improved image. All I had to do to complete the t-shirt was first, weed the vinyl, a process of getting rid of the vinyl you don’t want on the t-shirt. Then I centered it on the back of the shirt (I hate things on the front of my shirts unless they are small on the upper left), and then used my Cricut Easy Press to adhere the vinyl to the shirt. Easy Peasy. I’m happy to report that I have already worn, washed, and dried the t-shirt and it held up perfectly. I even forgot to turn it inside out which I usually do with my homemade shirts. I would call this one a WIN.
This t-shirt will likely be my first product for sale, so be looking for that soon here on the site. Till next time.
