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Fa La Llama: DIY Llama Christmas Sweater with free Cut File

Make your own DIY Llama Christmas sweater and other gifts using my free SVG cut file. It’s fun to make and even more fun to wear this holiday season! This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Thank you!

DIY Llama Christmas sweater - make your own with iron on vinyl!

Are you guys ready for Christmas stuff? I know we still have Thanksgiving and all that, but I say bring it on! In fact, I’m behind on my Hallmark Christmas movie binging. Need to get caught up on that! Haha…

To kick off a whole bunch of fun Christmas craft ideas over here at Persia Lou, I thought we’d start off with a this cute little DIY Llama Christmas sweater that I made for my daughter.

I am kind of crazy about it and definitely need one for myself now. I have been doing lots of sketching and doodling on my ipad pro with my apple pencil lately, and I had this little llama sitting there and just felt like he needed to be on a shirt.

I’m sharing the free cut file with you all today, so you can make your own shirts (or mugs, or tote bags, or stockings, or whatever). Ready? Let’s go!

DIY Llama Christmas Sweater Supplies:

  • Plain Sweatshirt
  • Heat Transfer Vinyl (I used EasyWeed in Black and Coral)
  • Silhouette Cameo or other electronic cutting machine
  • Iron
  • Weeding Tool
  • My Fa La La Llama Design (Click to HERE to download the SVG, PNG, and DXF files in a ZIP file. Cut files are free for personal use ONLY. You can purchase a commercial use license HERE.)

UPDATE: I’ve had some requests for a version of the design with a white background shape for the llama, so I have updated the file with that option. 🙂

How to Make Your Own DIY Llama Christmas Sweater

If you are new to working with heat transfer vinyl, then be sure to read through my beginner’s guide to iron on or heat transfer vinyl right here.

learn how to craft with vinyl - beginner's guide to working with craft vinyl


1. Prep the File. Start by opening the file in your cutting machine software (download the file from the supply list above.) Size the design to the right size for your shirt, and then flip it horizontally.

diy llama christmas sweater flip

Now you are ready to cut! This file is designed to be used with two or three colors of vinyl. The Silhouette software has a great feature that makes it super easy to cut by color, which you can learn more about here. Cut each color separately.

diy llama christmas sweater cut by color

2. Remove Excess Vinyl. After both of your pieces are done cutting, you are ready for weeding! Just use a weeding hook or pin or tweezers to remove all the excess vinyl from around your design. I really love and recommend this weeding hook.

weeding diy llama christmas sweater

3. Line Up and Position Design. After both colors are cut and weeded, we will line them up to help us position the first layer (the pink layer). The stickiness of the plastic carrier sheet makes it easy to keep your layers together and correctly positioned.

diy llama christmas sweater line up pieces

Pick up both layers together and position them on your shirt. Then peel off the top black layer, leaving the pink layer in position on the sweatshirt.

diy llama christmas sweater position

4. Iron On Design. With your iron set to your cotton setting and the heat turned off, start by ironing on the pink layer. Because this layer will be getting more heat later when we apply the black layer, you don’t want to give it too much heat right now. You only need about five seconds of good heat and pressure to get the bottom layer in position. Peel off the plastic carrier sheet, and position the black layer over the pink. Iron for 15-20 seconds making sure to apply heat and pressure to each part of the design.

diy llama christmas sweater iron on heat transfer vinyl

When you have a good application you should be able to see the texture of the fabric coming through the vinyl. Peel off the carrier sheet, and your new shirt is all ready for wearing!

DIY llama christmas sweater - free cut file
diy llama christmas sweater

My little girl was pretty stoked about her cute new llama Christmas sweater. I hope someone in your life will get a kick out of it too.

If you are looking for more Christmas project ideas, don’t miss these other great free cut file designs from some of my blogging friends.

free Christmas cut files to use with your silhouette or cricut

Let it Snow Globe – Liz on Call
Calming Christmas Bath Salts with Free Cut File – Tried & True
Holiday Accent Decor Cut File – 100 Directions
Fa La La Llama – Persia Lou
Home for the Holidays – Printable Crush

If you use my file to make your llama Christmas sweater, I want to see it! Share your photos to my facebook page or tag me on instagram. It always makes my day to see someone using one of my designs. 🙂

Happy Holidays and Happy Making!

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christmas llama free cut file - use with your silhouette or cricut

November 8, 2017 6:26 am Alexis 17 Comments Filed Under: Celebrate, Craft

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Amy | Delineate Your Dwelling says

    November 8, 2017 at 7:47 am

    This sweatshirt is adorable!! Pinned.

    Reply
  2. Chelle Chapman says

    November 9, 2017 at 9:20 am

    Fa la la la love this!!!! TFS!!!

    Reply
  3. melody says

    November 11, 2017 at 6:03 am

    OHMYGOODNESS! My niece’s birthday is December 1st — I’ve got to make a sweatshirt for her! Thanks for the awesome file!

    Reply
  4. Mary says

    November 12, 2017 at 8:09 pm

    do you sell licenses for the svg files?

    Reply
    • Alexis says

      November 13, 2017 at 12:38 pm

      Hi Mary! Yes, you can contact me at [email protected] to get a commercial license. 🙂

      Reply
      • Mary Mansfield says

        November 15, 2017 at 9:19 pm

        how much is the license

        Reply
  5. Sabrina Clementine says

    December 4, 2017 at 1:41 pm

    This is super cute! My friends and I want to make these for our Llama themed Christmas party!
    Quick question though….is there a way to be able to cut out a layer of white since we aren’t using white shirts?

    Reply
    • Sabrina Clementine says

      December 4, 2017 at 1:42 pm

      …the white is to fill in the llama. =D

      Reply
    • Alexis says

      December 6, 2017 at 10:36 am

      Hi Sabrina! I just added an updated file below the supply list that has a shape to layer behind the pink and black layers to make the llama white. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Cindy says

    December 24, 2017 at 7:49 am

    My daughter LOVED this! Thanks so much!!!

    Reply
  7. Jen says

    June 11, 2018 at 2:33 am

    Soo cute!! I love your design! I was searching for something to do this weekend with my daughter and looks like I’ve found it!
    Thanks 🙂

    Reply
  8. Amy Anderson says

    December 9, 2018 at 5:31 pm

    I am a complete idiot I guess because I cannot figure out how to get this to download to my computer so I can upload to Cricut Design Space. My daughter loves this design and I cannot figure it out. Is there anyway to send the file to my email? Any advice?

    Reply
    • Alexis says

      December 11, 2018 at 5:10 pm

      Hi Amy! Sorry you are having trouble. If you click on the link in the supply list, it should take you to the zipped folder on Google drive. Then click on the little down facing arrow in the top right corner. This should download the file. Then you will need to unzip the file to access the different cut files (svg, dxf, png). On a mac, you simply double click the file to unzip it. On a PC, you right click and then select Extract All. I hope that helps!

      Reply
  9. Katie says

    December 16, 2018 at 9:46 pm

    I gotta figure out how to do this on my Cricut… I can’t for the life of me figure out how to isolate the pink in the scarf because it doesn’t upload in layers… I’m fairly new to the world of svg but I’d LOVE to make this for my daughter… anyone have any insight?

    Reply

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