But the excess glue stays on the stencil instead of going all over the dress. This type of thick adhesive tends to leave strings of glue or excess glue in between rhinestones. I also realized that the stencil keeps the dress clean. It does start to stick to the cardboard, so you need to lift your garment from time to time.

This worked well, and kept the design consistent. So I focused on aligning the top row to the neckline, which was the second row from the bottom for me, and pivot the stencil from the last rhinestone I worked on. You don’t need to worry if your line of stones is straight or looks good, because the stencil takes care of that.īut when you have a finished neckline like I did here, as opposed to doing this on a piece of fabric, it’s a bit tricky to align the stencil. And place a rhinestone of the correct size according to the diagram into each hole. You simply dot in a little bit of glue in the center of each hole. Also, large clips worked well for keeping it in place. I placed pins at the beginning, but later I removed them because it stayed well without them. Using the narrow holes, you can pin the stencil to your garment. I aligned the center mark, and the center part of the neckline. Since my neckline is wider than this stencil, I decided to use just the 2 bottom rows and the rest of the design below them. If you want to use a syringe for applying rhinestone glue easily, I have a tutorial on that topic here.

They recommend you use tacky glue like E6000 which you can also get from their store.

Covered it with plastic wrap and inserted inside the dress. I wanted to apply rhinestones to this dress neckline, so I cut a piece of cardboard that’s a little bigger than the dress. They have tutorials on how to use their products on their YouTube channel.īut basically, first you cover your surface with plastic wrap so the stones won’t stick to it.

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