Step 1: Create the Pillow Design

1: We are going to start our design by installing the fonts that we are going to use in our design, once that you installed the fonts, move to Design Space and once in there we are going to upload the 3 images/ files that we are providing, the banner, the snowflakes and the swirl into our canvas:

2: From the set of snowflakes, we are going to use the small one, that is more similar to a circle, so the other one we are just going to hide it or delete it:

3: Using the images functionality, we are going to search for Hot cocoa and we are going to add in our case the first option that is showing:

4: We are also going to search for snowflake and star and we are going to pick the following images:

💡Tip:  You can use any other image that you like better or any SVG that you may have on your library.

5: You canvas at this point is going to look like something similar to:

6: We are going to start creating our design, by adding the snowflake that we searched for and adding it to the hot cocoa cup. (We are changing the color so you can notice it better). We resized the snowflake so it fits inside the mug:

We are going to slice the snowflake into the mug:

7: Now by adding 4 Diamond shapes we are going to cover the white spaces from our star by welding one diamond into one of the white sections of the star:

After you weld the first time:

After you did the same process 3 more times you are going to have:

💡Tip: You can leave the spaces in white if you want to be able to see the color of the pillow cover.

8: We are going to add the following text using the fonts that are described as follow and we are going to change the color to white:

• SNOW -> Magnificent
• IS FALLING -> Circus
• HOT COCOA -> Circus
• IS CALLING -> Courier

9: We are going to use the shapes functionality, and we are going to add an square and resize it based on our physical pillow cover, in our case is 15.5” x 15.5”

9: We are going to start placing our elements over our square and resize it as needed so it fits accordingly:

10: We are going to add to squares by using the shapes functionality and we are going to create 2 lines that are going to frame the word: is calling:

11: We are going to place out hot cocoa cup in the middle of the design:

12: We are going to duplicate the swirl, and add them to each side of the phrase is calling:

13: We are going to duplicate the stars and the snowflakes many times as we want and we are going to spread them into our design, something similar to:

14: We are going to start cutting our design, at this point you have some different options:

• If you are going to cut all the elements in the same color and same HTV, you can just select all the elements and attach them together
• If you are using the same color but some scraps, DO NOT attach the design and arrange them individually on the mat configuration.
• If you are going to use different colors or different types of HTV (like glossy HTV and glitter HTV), this is the time in which you change the color of the elements that are going to be cut in the same color or material type. This is the process that we are going to do because we are using different colors, different HTV types and we are using scraps!

We are separating our design in 3 different colors (we are not attaching the design)

15: We are going to hide our square, since it is only for reference, and we can start cutting our design!

Step 2: Cut the Design 

1: After you are happy with the design, we are ready to save them, Click on Save button on the Right Top side of the screen and provide a name to your design and click on Save button.

2: We are going to click on the Make button to start configuring our materials!

3: You are going to be able to see one mat per color of your design or the same color if the design exceeds the mat size, remember that the colors there are for reference only, the real color is going to be the one related with the HTV that you are using.

In our case since we are using scraps we are going to have more mats related to the same color:

💡Tip: Remember that when you are using HTV you need to mirror your design.

4: We are going to click on continue, and in there we are going to search for the HTV type that we are going to use, in our case we are going to use 2 different types of HTV, so we need to change the configurations for the material before each cut.

Glitter Iron On: 

Heat Transfer: 

💡Tip: If you are using the same type of vinyl but  just a different color, there is no need to change the material type before each cut, this is only for the cases that the material is different.

Step 3: Weed and Transfer The Design

1: After the cut is done, you are going to unload the mat and we are going to remove the HTV from the mat very gently and you are going to weed all the excess related to each cut

2: We are going to turn on our Heat Press with the following settings:

Temperature: 300

Time: 30 seconds

💡Tip: Make sure to read the directions of the HTV that you are using, not all are the same and this also applies for removing the protective sheet some HTV are warming peeling, others are cooling.

3: We are going to start placing our design over the pillow cover, remember that in our case we need to apply it in phases, if you just did one cut with the whole design, you just need to apply it one time only.

4: You are going to repeat the process for all the different elements:

5: And after you added all the elements, you finished this amazing pillow!!!!