Learning A New Craft

Crafts, Diamond Dotz, Reflections

Yes – you can teach an old dog new tricks (but this one was easy).

I think it was more than a year ago that my sister asked me if I wanted to try the Diamond Dotz kit she had bought. She had started it but hadn’t worked on it for a while and didn’t know when or if she would have time for it again.

Until a few weeks ago it had been sitting in my craft room still in the box she sent it in. I hadn’t even looked at it to see what was involved. Suddenly I found myself without anything I wanted to crochet so I pulled out this project to work on in the evenings.

In this particular kit, which reminded me of a paint by number, the flower area was divided up into small circles each with a symbol inside indicating what color dot should be placed on that circle. There was a symbol key on the border of the picture. The flower area was also coated with some type of glue. The dots are made out of faceted resin and to apply them to the fabric I used a stylus that was included in the kit. First I dipped the tip of the stylus, that is slightly bigger than a ball point pen, into a wax. The wax helps the dot adhere to the stylus. Then I picked up a dot which fit perfectly on the end of the stylus and placed it on a circle that contained the matching symbol. The dot sticks to the glue on the fabric.

As my husband observed he first told me I was crazy (several times). Admittedly it was very small and intricate work, but I did not find it stressful. He eventually realized that I might find it therapeutic, which I did. Mostly I enjoyed the creative process, but I know the focus and fine motor coordination required is beneficial. I worked on it for one or two hours each evening for about two weeks. In the end my husband very much admired the finished project.

When it was finished I gave it to my sister. She loved it and plans on getting it framed.

I did enjoy this activity and would enjoy doing it again but only if I find a project that I really want to make for myself or someone else. I suspect it could be easy (for me) to get carried away and make a bunch of these and have nothing to do with them (LOL).

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16 thoughts on “Learning A New Craft”

  1. I got one of those as a gift only it was a full-sized one (not just a portion of the piece like yours) and I loved it. I, too, did it for an hour or two every day for a few weeks and I found it relaxing, even though I wasn’t sure I’d have the patience for it at the beginning.

    I’m aware of paint by number but haven’t done it myself. I feel like I would be stressed about coloring within the lines.

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  2. Very nice Ruth – you did a good job. I have never heard of Diamond Dotz before. Years ago I used to do Pretty Punch crewel embroidery where you punched wool through a special tool onto a design on linen which was between an embroidery hoop.

    I thought of you on Friday night – it appeared to me your area got slammed with all that lightning (4,000 lightning strikes) and originally they predicted hail the size of limes. Hope you guys were safe!

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      1. Thank goodness for that Ruth. I thought you were closer to Port Huron and they did get slammed. Today was so beautiful so I spent a lot of time in the yard today after neglecting it during the heat and humidity and aftermath of each rainstorm.

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      3. Well I heard there was lime-sized hail. I’ve never heard of “lime”-sized hail. “Dime”-sized maybe. I love this weather! It was actually cold in the house today. Perfect for walking too. Can we keep it until next year?

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      4. I’m glad you were unscathed Ruth. I thought you were closer to Port Huron and they did get slammed. Today was so beautiful so I spent a lot of time in the yard today after neglecting it during the heat and humidity and aftermath of each rainstorm.

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  4. I love Diamond art. I have made several of these kits. Amazon has a lot of different kits including Christmas decorations, coasters and keychains. I have seen many kits that I would like to do but I have the same thought is you what am I going to do with them?

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  5. Wow it is gorgeous. When you told me about it I should have known it would be a beautiful floral scene. I have heard diamond dots compared to counted cross stitch ( which you know I love) . I enjoy sewing when I want a quicker creative project, but there is definitely something therapeutic in a slow and thoughtful process.

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    1. Yes, She does love beautiful florals!
      I never did counted cross stitch but I could see how they would compare. I do think cross stitch would be more challenging. How do you tie off and hide all those threads?

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