I always found myself buying t-shirts with sayings and whatnot on them. Then it hit me, I can make these all myself and save so much more money. Here’s a simple tutorial – How To Make An Iron On T-shirt Design At Home – It’s super simple.

I made shirts like these for friend’s wedding shower as well as shirts to wear to a concert for friends. Here’s a few of the shirts, I’ve made so far. The one below I wore to a concert. I had a lot of people comment on how they loved the shirt too.

Save your money and make your own iron on t-shirt designs at home, let me show you how! Have you every caught yourself in the store looking at clothes and you thought to yourself, “I can do that.” It’s easier than you think and I’m going to show you how.

How To Make An Iron On T-shirt Design At Home

STEP ONE: Print & Trim Transfer Sheet

Before you print anything, you need to find a design. I have an Etsy shop of designs and I can create custom designs too. You can also buy tons of designs at DesignsBundles.net & CreativeFabrica.com.

Then you will need to order some transfer paper for the printer. I got this 20 pack, for all of these at home designs. You have to get ones made for dark clothes too, so pay attention to what it says.

Some of the transfer sheets I got you auto-flipped the transfer sheet and some you don’t. You have to read the instruction on whatever packet you buy.

DON’T FORGET TO LET IT DRY before putting it on the shirt. Trim around the extra white area, but leave about 1 inch around the image/text.

STEP TWO: Iron on to Shirt

After you print out the shirt and trip the extra white area. Put your shirt on a ironing board. Make sure your image is in the spot you want it and make sure it’s straight. (made that mistake once, lol). Turn on the iron and let it sit for about 5 minutes and make sure the steam is OFF. Make sure you move the iron around on the image and not in one area or it will burn. Follow directions on transfer sheets.

STEP THREE: Let Cool & Peel Away

When you are done ironing it on the shirt, it cool before you pull it off the shirt. It should come right off and leave the design on the shirt. When washing the shirts use cold water and turn them inside out for best results.

Have you tried to make an iron on t-shirt design at home?

If you use this tutorial to make a shirt design, please show me, I’ll love it see it! If you need more help or you want more tutorials like this, please also contact me. I’ll love to help!