Jedi Fleece Blanket
We had the wonderful opportunity to be invited to a Star Wars themed baby first birthday party this past weekend. It was so much fun looking at ideas and finding something unique and personalized to give as a gift. Options for a Star Wars themed present were endless. I ended up making 2 iron on designs. Both designs are not limited to iron-on and may be made out of adhesive vinyl as well. This first post goes over how to make a personalized Jedi fleece blanket in 3 easy steps.
See how to make the personalized Jedi Suitcase here.
Jedi Fleece Blanket Steps
- Pick out Star Wars Themed Design
- Cut Design Out of Iron-on vinyl
- Iron-on to Fleece Blanket
1. Pick out Star Wars Themed Design
There are so many ideas to choose from for a Stars Wars theme. Star Wars has Princesses, Jedis, robots, and the ultimate villain, Darth Vader to choose from. I went to Pinterest primarily to find inspiration. The font was downloaded from dafont.com and is called Star Jedi. This particular font is 100% free to download and use and can be found here. Many fonts are only free for personal use.
The light saber was also a free download off the internet. Import selected graphics into Cricut’s design space program and easily make into a cut file.
2. Cut Design Out of Iron-on vinyl
Once the design is made and perfected click make it. Follow the instructions on the Cricut machine and it will effortlessly cut out the design on iron-on (heat transfer) vinyl. The machine specifies what colors to load and in what specific order. It is important to load iron-on (heat transfer) vinyl shiny side down onto the mat. Turn the mirror feature on, to cut the design backward and to ensure it will iron on correctly.
Another option is to cut the design out of the iron-on material by hand. Printout the design desired and tape onto the heat transfer vinyl and cut using the printout as a template. The more intricate the design the longer and more involved cutting by hand will be.
3. Iron-on to Fleece Blanket
The Jedi in training design was center in the corner of a black fleece blanket. The blanket used was large and plain and similar blankets are available at Wal-Mart, Target, or on Amazon very affordably.
Iron for 30 seconds at 330 degrees. With a regular iron use the high cotton setting. A teflon sheet was placed between the easy press and the heat transfer vinyl to protect the easy press and prevent the iron-on from sticking. Repeat the iron-on process in 30 seconds increments to adhere the vinyl and easily peel off the plastic backing. After peeling off the backing, iron the design a final time to ensure good adherence.
Completed Jedi Fleece Blanket
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