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Do you like to cut and weed several designs at once? If you do, you’ll know that the heat transfer vinyl (HTV) carrier sheet picks up hair, lint, and dust if you leave it exposed. I used to put a piece of wax paper or freezer paper over the design to keep it clean before pressing. The problem with this method is that I still had to find a place to put the design so that it wouldn’t get crinkled or damaged. Then, I picked up this tip on the internet ages ago: Use a binder and page protectors to temporarily store your designs that are waiting to be pressed! You just weed your design and stick it the the outside of the page protector! Genius, right? I’ve found it timesaving when creating items, especially if I am working on cutting layers for a project that I may not finish on the same day.
Supplies:
A binder – any old binder will do. If your designs are larger than a standard 3 ring binder, consider picking up a legal sized binder (8.5″ by 14″ or even 11″ by 17″) on Amazon.com.
Page protectors or tabbed dividers. Again, if you are using a legal sized binder, you can order legal sized page protectors on Amazon.com.
Here’s a quick peek at my binder:
How do you store your HTV designs while you are waiting to press them? Let me know in the comments, then share this post to Pinterest:
Since 2015, Christine Schinagl has been helping crafters start and run craft businesses through her blog, Cutting for Business. As a Silhouette and Cricut crafter herself, she has a unique take on what works and what doesn’t work in the craft business world. She also teaches a course on creating digital SVG designs, available at How to Design SVGs.
Michelle
Saturday 7th of May 2022
Great idea! Thank you!! Much better than sticking them loosely on the marker board in my craft room. ;)
Christine, Cutting for Business
Friday 24th of June 2022
Happy to help!
Tonja Feltner
Sunday 23rd of May 2021
Does anyone know how to store stickers so I can make them ahead as well? I have been raking my brain and searching Google for answers with no luck. Please say someone can help me.
Christine, Cutting for Business
Monday 31st of May 2021
Many makers file them in hanging file folders.
Becky
Saturday 12th of December 2020
Wow what a great idea. I would of never thought of this. This could be a big game changer for me. Thanks for the cheap awesome idea.
Christine, Cutting for Business
Monday 14th of December 2020
Awesome! Happy I could help!
Trina
Saturday 2nd of May 2020
This is awesome advise. Im starting and online boutique and was worried about t-shirt inventory. I’ve been trying to figure out how to precut my t-shirt designs and store Them.Now, instead of making a bunch of t-shirts ahead of time I can just press on demand! Saves time and money! Thank you so much for sharing!
Christine, Cutting for Business
Wednesday 6th of May 2020
Great, glad it was helpful!
Gretchen
Thursday 14th of November 2019
Will the waxiness of the freezer paper and waxed paper have any effect on the vinyl and cause it to not iron on as well? Also, does it peel off well from the parchment paper and page protectors?
Christine, Cutting for Business
Wednesday 20th of November 2019
I've never had an issue with freezer or waxed paper due to waxiness. However, if you stored your designs somewhere warm (like a garage or attic) you could have an issue. Yes, the design peels offs quickly and easily.