Make diamond embroidery with rhinestones with their own hands with a step-by-step description, photos and diagrams.
Transmission from generation to generation through maternal lineageThe line of knowledge about cross-stitch and satin stitch embroidery has preserved this type of handicraft to this day. Due to the curiosity of women who are constantly searching, many new and bright styles and techniques of decorative and applied art are born, also passed on from the older generation to the younger. The new embroidery technique - diamond, also called mosaic laying, is relatively young. Of course, this type of handicraft cannot be called embroidery in full, because it does not use a needle and thread at all. Those who have had the good fortune to see finished works performed by experienced craftsmen will agree that this technique has a great future among women's types of handicraft. It is impossible to single out any special plots in this technique, everything you try to depict will acquire a fascinating appearance.About diamond mosaic tools.Before creating your first diamond painting, you should prepare the necessary tools. Let's start with an embroidery kit. Of the elements needed in this technique, everything is sold exclusively as a ready-made set. They contain the required number of materials required to create the corresponding image. We do not recommend choosing large drawings initially. When making them, you will encounter difficulties when laying out small parts and edges with subsequent connection of them to each other. This will require extreme painstaking work from you. It is better to practice first on small images. More experienced needlewomen who have already encountered this technique can try their hand at a triptych - three separate pictures that ultimately make up a single composition.Once you have decided on the set and purchased it, you canstart working. Make sure that the place where you will assemble the rhinestone mosaic is well lit. This is extremely important for such painstaking work, requiring constant eye strain. It is also desirable that the workplace be quite spacious.First, the diagram is unfolded and placed ontable, where it is desirable to fix it with something. Lay out the rhinestones right there, dividing them by shades. Prepare the tweezers. Think about which side of the image will be the starting one. Laying out the rhinestones on the canvas should be done in a row, starting from the side that is more convenient for you. It is preferable to do this from top to bottom, so as not to accidentally touch the stones that have already been laid out.Now we need to separate the toptransparent layer from the pattern. After removing it, you will have seven days in reserve, during which the pattern will remain suitable for embroidery. If you are not confident in your abilities and understand that the work may take longer, then you need to separate the top layer in parts. As soon as you have removed the sticky layer from a certain area, using tweezers, take a rhinestone of the desired shade and carefully place it on the pattern. Make sure that the edges of the rhinestones match the edges indicated on the pattern. If the crystal is glued unevenly, the overall appearance of the picture will be spoiled: it will be crooked or have gaps in the image.If necessary, you can adjust the rhinestonecanvas using tweezers. After performing the necessary manipulations to align it, you need to press down on top in order to fix the stone. The next rhinestone is laid end-to-end relative to the previous one. After completing the filling of one row, we align it with a metal ruler so that the rhinestones are placed in one line. Similar actions are carried out until the entire image is filled.After finishing the work, you should put the painting there,where no one will touch it, and let it dry. To be sure that everything is firmly set, the painting should lie for at least a day. Naturally, the size of the drawing scheme exceeds the size of the finished image. In this regard, the excess parts of the scheme are cut off from the image with scissors or a stationery knife. At this point, the painting is finished.For better fixation of the rhinestones, the image is coveredusing a fixer, which can be easily replaced with a thin layer of colorless glue or varnish. Let the fixer dry thoroughly, and then wipe the painting with a woolen cloth to make it shine even more. Finally, place the painting in a frame or glue it to plywood. The finished painting, embroidered with rhinestones, will perfectly complement the interior in any style. Also, such a product will be a wonderful gift for a loved one. Thanks to its originality, it will forever leave a pleasant impression of you.