Most Likely to Wear an Ugly Sweater SVG

About this design

Every family has one person who turns up to the holiday dinner in the loudest knit in the house, and this shirt names them. The top line, “Most Likely to”, is in a loose script; below it, “WEAR AN” sits in short chunky capitals, and “UGLY SWEATER” stretches wide underneath as the biggest line. A little red crew-neck sweater hangs under the words with green trim and one cream zigzag across its chest, so the joke has a picture to go with it.

It slots straight into the “most likely to” game, where each relative gets a shirt with a different prediction. Make this one for the person who wins the award every year without trying.

Pieces and weeding

There are 35 pieces and 12 cut-outs in the solid file. Each letter is its own piece, which is where most of the count comes from; the sweater adds its body, two sleeves, two cuffs, the hem, the collar and the knit row, all split from each other by thin cut lines. The cut-outs are mostly the closed centers of letters such as the o, e, A and R, plus the neck opening of the sweater. Pick those centers out before you weed the background, since they are easy to miss in green vinyl. It passes our cut checks from about 8 inches wide, so this is a shirt-and-sign design rather than a mug or tag one.

Color layers

• Base and lines in a deep green-tinted black: the whole design, cut as the base layer; it shows as the fine lines between the parts
• Sweater in bright red: the little sweater’s body and sleeves
• Ribbing and trim in pine green: its cuffs, hem and collar
• Knit pattern in cream: the zigzag row
• Lettering in pine green: all three lines of words

Making a set of matching shirts

Pick a shared color so the group photo looks planned: everyone gets the same shirt color and the same vinyl for the lettering. Size every print the same width so the shirts line up when people stand together, about 10 inches across for adults. For children, 8 inches is the floor, because the letters get too thin to weed cleanly below that. Cut, weed and press each shirt in the same order: the dark base first, then the colored layers on top, following your vinyl’s heat guide for time and temperature.

Sizes that work

Swaps to try

• Cut the lettering in white on a red shirt, and give the little sweater a white zigzag to match.
• Use one color only and cut the solid file for a quick, single-layer shirt.
• See our color change guide to recolor the sweater to match the family’s shirt color.

Pairs well with

Make a whole set with the Ugly Sweater Family for a matching group, or give the Ugly Sweater Contest Winner rosette to whoever earns the title on the night. Our iron-on vinyl shirt guide covers pressing from start to finish.