Drillsĭiamond painting drills use the same color and numbering convention as DMC floss but often only the traditional 447 color range (the same as the low cost CXC alternative for threads). It also means the completed piece has to be larger (physically) if it’s to capture the same level of detail. So right away there is a difference - a Diamond Painting is never going to be as high a resolution as a cross-stitch piece can be. Unlike cross-stitch where you have multiple choices of fabric size such as 14, 16 18 count aida etc which are always measured in inches (the number of squares per inch), Diamond Painting uses a fixed resolution canvas which is 2.5 drills per centimetre - equivalent to 10 count aida which means 10 drills per inch. It’s important not to peel back too much at once - you don’t want to risk exposing a large area until you are ready to work on it in case you accidentally stick a piece of paper to it for instance. So peel back a portion of the covering page to expose the sticky surface to place your drills. Whatever you are using each canvas comes with a protective paper to cover the sticky surface underneath. There are also tricks you can use such as putting the pattern over a light-pad to display the printed pattern through the blank canvas. Pre-printed is obviously easier as you just have to position the tiles onto the right symbols but blank canvases are pre-divided into 10x10 grids which make using a pattern relatively straightforward. Just like with cross-stitching where you can use a fabric with the pattern pre-printed onto it or a blank fabric and ‘count’ the relative positions to place the stitches, so too with Diamond Painting you can work with a pre-printed canvas or a blank one. There are subtle differences though as this describes the number of facets on the drills and so the 5D newer drills give a higher sheen finish. You will often see DP kits described as 3D or 5D painting, a lot of people say they can’t really tell the difference and the terms now seem to be used interchangeably to describe the craft more to give the impression of dimension. As with cross-stitch one pixel of the image equates to one stitch or in this case one drill.
What is itĭiamond painting is the process of developing a mosaic to re-create an image using tiny faceted “diamonds”, also known as drills by attaching them to a sticky canvas.
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We’ll try to show you the similarities and differences between the two and how to get started with the hobby. We all love our cross-stitching but it can represent a serious investment of time, effort and materials - although the results are often amazing and well worth it.ĭiamond Painting is a newer craft that has a lot of similarities to cross-stitching and can even use the same patterns but produces results a lot faster.
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