Official Girl Guides Uniform Polo Shirt

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A way to cut your T-shirt rulers and vinyl. I used the amazing Cricut Maker 3 but you can also use the original Maker or an Explore series machine with the Fine-Point Blade Cut the vinyl using the "Holographic Vinyl" setting with "More" Pressure, shiny side down on a green StandardGrip machine mat. Remember, place the vinyl against the t-shirt so the shiny carrier sheet is between the design and your EasyPress or iron. The chopping mats are 11" x 14" but I’m going to place them on 12" x 12" mats with the excess hanging off the edge. So on the Prepare screen, leave the Material Size at 12" x 12", but make sure the ruler shape doesn’t go past the 11" mark to the right, since there won’t be material to cut over there. The best size really depends on the garment and design, but I have handy references for the maximum recommended sizes in the printable tutorial.

Place your t-shirt face up on a Cricut EasyPress Mat or folded towel to protect your work surface. Use a lint roller to clean any stray lint or fuzz from the area of your shirt where you plan to adhere the vinyl. NOTE: The T-shirt rulers are already sized correctly so you do not have to worry about re-sizing. The Adult rulers should be approx. 5" H x 10.39"W, and the Youth/Toddler/Infant rulers should be 10" W x 4.5" H. Place your T-shirt ruler on your vertically creased T-shirt. You don’t want it on the edge of the collar of the t-shirt, but on the seam. Then, place the top of the similarly creased design right at the bottom of the ruler (though sometimes it goes higher or lower, I’ll show you in the video!). This is extra helpful if your design doesn’t have a uniform top edge. You’ll get consistent alignment on multiple shirts using my t-shirt ruler guide collection! When the cut is finished, don't remove the mat! First, gently lift up a corner to make sure the ruler's shape is completely cut out. If not, press the "Go" button to repeat the cut process. It should go all the way through now.Use your EasyPress or iron to put a little crease on the center fold. When you open your shirt you’ll know exactly where the center is. Now you can just line up the center of the ruler with the crease to get perfect placement!

Remove the ruler, being careful not to shift the design. Your T-shirt and decal are now perfectly aligned! Place your T-shirt ruler up against the collar seam of your T-shirt. You don’t want it on the edge of your collar, but rather just below the seam. Preheat your EasyPress or iron to the proper temperature.The guide calls for me to set my EasyPress 2 to 330°F. If you are using an iron and cotton t-shirt, set it to the cotton setting. If your shirt is something other than cotton, you may need a different setting for your material. Guides have flexibility with what they wear as uniform. They often agree on their uniform guidelines together with other girls in the unit. What Guides wear Interest badges, awards and skills builders -Guides can choose where they would like to put badges on their uniform top or dress.

Neckerchiefs

Find the vertical center of your shirt. The simplest way to do this is to fold your shirt in half by matching up your sleeves. It's a bit hard to tell, but there is a smooth side and a rough side to the mats. Since I want the "engraved" texture to be on the underside of my ruler, I'll feel for the smooth side and place the smooth side down on my purple StrongGrip Machine Mat and use a brayer to make sure it's fully adhered. The excess will hang off the end but that won't hurt anything. Union flag badge-this badge should be worn at international events,on the left shoulder of the uniform top. An appropriate heat press – I used my EasyPress 2, but you can use another Cricut heat press, or a home iron. Have a towel or pressing mat and a lint roller ready, too. But if you might need to see the fabric’s surface during alignment — like if you’re using a patterned shirt— or plan to make A LOT of shirts, the chopping mat version is easier to make than you might think and extremely durable. It actually just takes a fine-point blade and StrongGrip mat!