it works!

whee! Today my decal vinyl and iron-on vinyls came in!
The test run turned out great! (Pictures if i ever get around to it)


This is the design sketch:
Front= Core drill necklace
(screen print or vinyl)

Back = Gurren-Dan symbol
(vinyl)

Still dunno if i should do the white of the glasses or not...
I guess if I dont screen-print the core drill and use the vinyl method then I'll go ahead and put the white on there too.

The back graphic looks pretty sharp right now in the test model. Really nice feel on the shirt too, not at all plastic-y like the ink-jet iron ons I use to make. (well I guess I still make them, but for pillows).

I think for conventions, I would much rather stick to doing books of artwork, buttons, and some sorta garment (like t-shirt or scarf). Stuff that doesn't require much sewing. and dont take a whole lotta space...
After I'm done with this t-shirt and scarf project, along with the pillows, I think I'll keep the pillows to commission only.

Then again I might now be doing more cons in the near or far future, so we'll see we'll see. But I sure would like to get started on that art book though.

Anyway, back to today's crafty things!
As I've said, I was working on the Gurren Lagann t-shirt idea majority of the time. (I really ought to do commissions and such though.... I'll wait till tomorrow).
The craft robo cuts the symbol on the iron-on vinyl very nicely. It took two tries at first (the blade didn't cut it all the way through). The best setting to cut the iron-on vinyl is the yellow tip (heck, maybe even the pink one). Its a bit tough to weed out the extra vinyl around the large logo, so I might make some extra cut lines in the future.
For ironing it was just setting the t-shirt press to 350 degrees (like baking cookies :D) then put on the teflon sheet on top, iron for 20 seconds. Rub on it to cool down, then peel, ta-da! done!
Very very simple.

I also got a material call "flock" (all of which comes from this site) and it feels just like those red velvet ribbons for Christmas decoration. Very nice and soft! It was rather tricky to cut at first, since I bought a foot of it (more like 14x15") and I cut it into quarters, but it doesn't fit into the craft robo (it needs to catch the two rollers in order to feed it into the machine). So I took the vinyl transfer sheet (basically frisket film/book cover plastic) and cut it into letter size paper. I then place a piece of construction paper on it, and did a test run with the ball point pen attachment. This turns out to be one of the best uses of craft robo, I can actually tell where its going to cut first! (BTW, do NOT just put plain paper into the craft robo without sticking the plastic on the back first, or else it will absolutely tear it up and get stuck.
Anyway~ so after finding out where it would cut, i place the flock on the plastic sheet (with a corner cut out of the construction paper) and cut it with the pink tip, BUT SET IT TO PEN MODE! Pen mode doesn't run the paper back and fourth several times like it does for all the other modes, so the paper wont just run off the craft robo because its not long enough to reach.
The ironing is even more simple than before, no need for teflon sheet, but have to pre-heat the garment for 4 sec at 320 degrees, then iron for 15-20 seconds. Its a bit tougher to peal once it is done, but the result is very amazing on fleece! it feels like its a part of it! (btw, it seems flock is a lot easier to weed than the other stuff, but then again i need to test it out some more).

Anyway, so I now have a prototype t-shirt and a prototype scarf. both I would say turned out pretty good! I just need to figure out how much I am spending on supplies and make a reasonable price to put at my table!