​Learn to Use a Vinyl Cutter and Heat Press to Customize Your Own T-Shirt 👕

​Create your own T-shirt design for vinyl cutting and make it permanent with a heat press in this 1.5 hour class where you'll learn (and practice) the creative process for customizing clothing with heat-transfer vinyl.

​In this hands-on workshop, you’ll create a graphic design, cut it on a vinyl cutter, weed it, and press it onto a shirt you bring. You’ll leave with your customized shirt.

​🛠️ WHAT YOU'LL DO

• ​Create a bold, press-ready graphic (text-based or simple shapes)

• ​Learn how to set up and operate a vinyl cutter

• ​Cut your design in heat-transfer vinyl (HTV)

• ​Weed your vinyl cleanly for crisp lines

• ​Heat press your design onto a T-shirt with the correct temperature, pressure, and timing

​🎓 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

• ​How to design specifically for HTV (what works + what doesn’t)

• ​Vinyl cutting workflow: file setup → cut settings → weeding

• ​Heat press technique (alignment, layering, avoiding scorch/peel issues)

• ​Tips for making your shirt look polished, not homemade

​WHO THIS IS FOR

​Anyone who wants to make wearable graphics and learn the actual workflow. No prior design or fabrication experience required.

​WHAT'S REQUIRED

• ​Bring a t-shirt you want to customize (any fabric)

• ​Bring your laptop with a vector-based image editor or Leonardo Design Studio if you'd like to create artwork more complex than simple illustration or text-based designs

​WHAT'S INCLUDED

• ​Vinyl materials

• ​Full tool access + guided instruction

​Class size is intentionally small so everyone gets hands-on support and time on the machines.

​INSTRUCTOR

​This workshop is taught by Desk Job founder Ari Zade, a Brooklyn-based designer and engineer.

​ABOUT DESK JOB

​Desk Job Design Lab is a prototyping studio in Industry City, Brooklyn. We run creative workshops, private builds, and weekly Office Hours out of our shop — a space for curious people to learn hands-on skills and build real things with support.