heat transfer vinyl for silhouette

I've bought the stuff from Amazon, Siser, and Michael's brand. I think my issue was making sure I ironed it enough as I don't own a heat press. IMO, the heat press would've made it all stick longer. I keep fabric glue when something does start to peel up though. The best experience I've had though was with the "StripFlock" (that's the current name, no idea of the previous name). I used that on my son's onesies when he was a baby and it was my favorite.

What a great gift idea though. I hope she loves it.

What is your budget?

I like Siser and Oracal the best. I’ve purchased multipacks of colors and do use other colors occasionally, but my go-to colors are black and white. I buy those in large rolls.

My favorite place to order from is expressionsvinyl.com. They are a small business but big in the industry. They have a huge inventory of speciality vinyls—heat transfer, regular stick on vinyls, repositioning, matte, glitter, flock, holo, pattern, etc and ship quickly. You can order by the 12x12 sheet or in various roll sizes. They do have sales and military/first responder/teacher discounts.

It’s tempting to get a lot of patterned and specialty vinyls, but don’t forget the basics!

I don’t have a heat press, but I do have a higher wattage iron to gets hot. I also have a temperature sensor to measure what temp the iron is actually at (and not just use the cotton setting). And I work on the floor so that i can use my body weight when ironing the HTV. A cheap $20 iron isn’t going to work for HTV. She will need a good iron or a heat press to do HTV and have it stick long term.

I prefer Siser vinyl. I’ve tried just about every brand, every type, and Siser seems to hold up the best through multiple washes. For drying, turn the shirt inside out and use a low heat heating on your dryer.

No, I did at first, but I decided a heat press would be a good investment, and it has been!