Decor clothes: applications of crystals

Each person tries to decorate everything that surrounds him in everyday life. It can be clothes, shoes, interior, workplace, hairdo, manicure and much more. Knowing about this weakness of man, the producers constantly come up with something new and beautiful, for example, applications of rhinestones that will not leave any girl indifferent. Probably, every fashionista has at least one product, strewn with them.

Bright decorations of things and objects

These small knick-knacks are stones made of glass, imitating precious stones. Due to their high refractive index and dispersion, they shine like real.

There are many varieties of rhinestones. They can be transparent, colored or pearly, they can be glued with glue, but self-adhesive ones are also sold. Most often they decorate the back of the jacket, trousers or jeans.

Work with rhinestones is quite simple, it is important only one - to qualitatively fix them on clothes. It is best to choose a thing that is seldom worn, respectively, is less erased and almost not spoiled.

Now there are many ready-made schemes for fastening such ornaments, but if you have artistic abilities - you can create your own unique drawing. However, you can use thermal applications, it's easy and simple to work with.

Thermo-applications from crystals

For the decoration of various items of the wardrobe there are many options for this type of jewelry. They will help decorate any, even the most nondescript thing. Of course, rhinestones can be purchased and one by one, but if you want to depict any ornament or pattern, then it will be very difficult.

But thermo-applications from rhinestones are ready-made images with selected stones of different colors and sizes. All you need is to choose the picture you like. These ornaments are made of heat-resistant materials, and it's quite easy to work with them.

How to paste rhinestones on clothes: a step-by-step instruction

To qualitatively glue the application, you need to adhere to a certain sequence of actions:

1. A back paper is taken from the picture. To change the picture (if necessary) you can use tweezers.
2. On the ironing board lay out the clothes and place the applications from the rhinestones sticky side to the fabric.
3. The material with the image is turned face down. On top you need to put a small piece of thin tissue. If the rhinestones are of different sizes, a soft matter must be placed under the appliqué, so that the elements of a larger size do not stand out in height.
4. The iron is placed on the "cotton" or "wool" program, turning off the humidifying mode. It is placed on top of the application and does not move. Average waiting time, if the fabric is thin, about 15 seconds, for a dense fabric waiting time is about 30 seconds.
5. If the matter is very dense, the procedure can be repeated from the front side, so that the adhesive penetrates well into the tissue. These manipulations should be carried out from the front side only if all the rhinestones are the same size.
6. The product should be allowed to cool. After that, the film is carefully removed from the picture. If some elements are left on the film, they need to be removed with tweezers and repeat the procedure with the iron in this place again.
7. Remains of glue from the top of the rhinestones are removed with a cloth moistened with white spirit.

Decor clothes with sewn rhinestones

Advantages of sewing rhinestones:

• Easy to handle. Sewing rhinestones have a pair of holes, through which they are sewn to the product. In each of the holes the needle is passed two times, the thread is fixed on the wrong side and, without cutting it, proceeds to sewing the next stone. Thus, with the help of a single thread, 10-12 elements are sewn.
• The undeniable advantage of this type of decoration is that the wrongly sewn rhinestone can always be removed without damaging the surface of the matter and not spoiling it with glue.

Sewing rhinestones have only one drawback - the edges of the hole and the stone itself can, over time, rub the thread.

When thinking about decorating clothes with rhinestones, you need to learn how to take care of it in the future. With regard to washing, the water temperature should not be above 60 degrees. If this is a thermal application - no more than 40 degrees. It is best to use a liquid detergent, while it is worth noting soaking and washing products by hand.

It is necessary to avoid prolonged contact with the iron in places where applications from the paste are glued, otherwise the adhesive layer may melt.