Diamond embroidery actually looks more like laying out a mosaic of small details, rather than the process of applying a thread pattern. This occupation is very painstaking, requires perseverance and accuracy. Sets of diamond embroidery of icons, various paintings with animals and plants and other various subjects are sold in needlework stores and are very popular, despite the rather high cost. The fact is that the finished paintings are very beautiful and able to transform any interior.
The composition of the set for diamond embroidery
Typically, a kit includes a symbolic pattern that resembles the one that is offered for cross-stitching, but with a special top layer that must be removed before starting work. It is not necessary to remove it in its entirety, but even in this case, do not worry that the adhesive base dries immediately. In some cases, a frame with glass is used as a canvas for a picture, under which there is a symbolic display of the picture. Rhinestones are attached to it thanks to the sticky part on the bottom. After embroidery is completed, the scheme is removed, and the work is framed. Another method is to solder the pieces using a special soldering iron with nozzles corresponding to the size of the pebbles. But to create pictures with saints, the first option is often used.
Features and differences of sets
In a box with diamond embroidery of an icon or any other picture, there is always a special tweezers or a special pen, with the help of which mosaic details are collected, several sachets with strasses of various colors, and sometimes stands for them. Mosaic trays facilitate the work with the material and do not allow the details of the picture to get mixed up or lost. The pebbles themselves can be made from a variety of materials, including glass, acrylic and plastic. The crystals are most often square; they are glued close to each other without gaps. But in some types of work, round details are used that resemble Swarovski crystals. Their creation requires a special resin, because such sets of diamond embroidery of icons are quite expensive.
The process of creating embroidery
It is believed that sets for diamond embroidery with an icon need to be sanctified, otherwise the result will be the usual picture. Before you start laying out the mosaic, you need to place all the components of the set on a flat surface - a table or tablet made of thick cardboard suitable for the size of the work is suitable . It is most convenient to use several special plastic containers to lay out all the details of the embroidery in colors and mark them with symbols. Then it will be possible to lay out at once some part of the picture, and not gradually place different shades of pebbles on the canvas.
Some needlewomen take ordinary cardboard boxes from under yogurt or milk to place the material, cut off the upper part and use them as pedestals for pebbles. The most common palettes for paints will do. There are special boxes for beads with compartments, each of which has its own lid. If you place crystals in them, the risk of hitting open boxes and scattering details of the picture will be reduced. Diamond embroidery of the icon with rhinestones in this case is moving much faster. At night, it is more convenient to use a lamp to illuminate the base. It is better not to remove the top layer of paper protecting the adhesive part of the circuit, leaving it along the outline of the drawing, otherwise your hands may stick to work, and the surface will quickly become dirty from dust and lint.
How to choose an embroidery kit
Kits for diamond embroidery icons come in different sizes and differ in the number of shades of crystals used. For the first time, it is undesirable to dwell on too voluminous works with many colors and a complex pattern. It is better to choose a small picture, no larger than 20x20 cm, and practice laying out pieces of the mosaic on it, where the number of colors does not exceed 30, and then, having mastered the technique a bit, purchase any set you like. Learning to lay out multi-colored pebbles of the same size is much easier than multi-sized ones, but it will still take some time.
Features of diamond embroidery
Diamond embroidery is a type of needlework that requires special patience and accuracy. Incorrectly glued rhinestones will be difficult to tear from the base and move. Sometimes in the sets themselves, the circuit is a little distorted. How to work in this case can only be understood empirically, having trained on small pieces of canvas. Then the finished work will look neat and very beautiful, and the photo of the diamond embroidery of the icon can be shown without hesitation to everyone on social networks.