Self-decoration with rhinestones, and how to glue rhinestones

Now you can buy any clothes or shoes with rhinestones. But, as you know, if these designer things are very expensive, and if their origin is doubtful, then the quality will leave much to be desired. The rhinestones will begin to crumble and get lost ...

And so, you have to become a designer herself. Having figured out how to glue rhinestones, you can decorate any thing with rhinestones, and no one will have one like yours. It will be in the singular, and it will be your work of authorship.

Buy Swarovski crystals and the glue needed to secure the crystals. It is about decorating with rhinestones with the help of glue that the conversation will now go.

Rhinestone decoration, what glue to use for rhinestones?
There are a lot of glue choices, but the best ones are the following - Gutermann HT2, Uhu Plus 300 and UHU Textil fabric glue.

Rhinestone decoration, how to glue rhinestones?
First of all, you should practice applying rhinestones on a piece of the same fabric that your dress is made of.

If the crystal is large, the glue can be applied directly to it, only carefully, there may be a problem of getting too much glue on the rhinestone. When the crystal is pressed against the fabric, the excess glue can "spread" from under the rhinestone, and the fabric will be stained. The glue can be collected by first preparing the groove from the paper, but it cannot be completely removed. Therefore, determine empirically how much glue you need for a neat rhinestone sticker. If, nevertheless, you have applied too much glue to the rhinestone, then before putting it on the fabric, run it over a pre-prepared sheet of paper. This will remove excess glue. It is better to take rhinestones with thin tweezers, which occasionally need to be wiped off the glue so as not to stain the fabric.

How to apply the pattern to the fabric?
You can use special pencils or crayons for drawing on the fabric, which are sold in specialized stores. The image made with such pencils can be easily removed.

But the method of applying directly to the fabric is possible if you came up with the drawing yourself and have easy drawing skills.

And if not? Then draw a pattern on paper, considering the size, its location on the product, the colors of the rhinestones, etc. Next, put tracing paper on the drawing to transfer the pattern to it.

How to do it? Of course, not with a pencil, but with a special wheel with teeth. With this wheel, you will drag along the tracing paper along the contour of the drawing so that holes are formed. To do this, place the patterned paper and tracing paper on a soft surface. Make sure that the tracing paper does not break and the holes are not small. The first happens if the surface is too soft, and the second if it is too hard. We got a stencil on tracing paper. Put it on the product and draw along the contour of the drawing with a special pencil or sprinkle with chalk powder to get a drawing on the fabric where you will glue the rhinestones. Select chalk powder so that its color differs from the color of the product.

If the rhinestones are small, you do not need to apply glue to them. It is better to apply a few drops of glue to the place of the product where the rhinestone should be placed. If necessary, smooth a drop of glue with a special brush, then place the rhinestone.

But if it is small, then how can you catch it?
Take a cotton swab or toothpick and dip it in melted wax. After the wax has set, form a pointed tip. Received an applicator. Now you can touch this tip to the top of the rhinestone - it will immediately stick, and you will transfer the rhinestone to the place where the glue drop is waiting for it. Press lightly so that the glue comes out slightly from under the edges of the rhinestone. Then slightly rotate the applicator around its axis on the surface of the rhinestone - the applicator will easily detach from the stone.The work is done. The dress can be donned after 24 hours.