6 Tips for Placing Square Diamond Painting Drills Straight 

Just today I emailed Diamond Art Club regarding drills that are too small to fill the squares. 36 colors only 1 that was not right. I received a response 10 minutes later...NO KIDDING-10 minutes!-to let me know they were sending out replacements. 10 Stars for Diamond Art Club!

Hi I'm relatively new to diamond painting, and find these tips really useful, however, I agree with you about not getting hung up on absolute perfection, which can turn an otherwise relaxing hobby into a stress fest. Initially I was getting stressed about diamonds that were not bang on straight, but then I thought, every imperfection is exacerbated by the light pad, when that goes off, any imperfections become nigh on impossible to see unless your examining it through a magnifying glass, and who's going to be doing that when it's hung on the wall? So I would say, aim for the best, but above all have fun....nothing in life is perfect.

Since my last post I've discovered something which really helped me to keep my darker diamonds evenly spaced. If like me you have black sections with no discernible guiding lines, but you have within those large expanses of black, the odd 'other colour' that you know you placed evenly, then use that 'other colour' as your guide, and work around that colour in the black in a circle like motion (for example, if that :other colour is red then place a black top, left, right and bottom of that red as evenly as you can) keep on going like that, and your blacks will look so much.better! I discovered this just tonight, and was amazed at just how much more evenly my blacks look now than from before!! I wanted to pass this on in the hope it helps other diamond artists out there. I'm thrilled with my discovery! Before I was doing black first, then filling in with the other colours, I now know that by doing the other colours first, they can act as your guiding friends. Happy Diamond painting one and all.

I completed two pictures with round drills and loved it. Just started my first with square ones last night and hated it! These tips addressed all of the things that I hated about it and I am optimistic that I will learn to love square drills using your really helpful tips. Thank you!

You addressed every question. I completed a round DAC and loved it. I completed a partial circle, loved it. Starting on my first large square drill and found your video. Thank you.

That "click pop" when they're placed is like audible crack. 😂😂 That sound is beautiful. ❤

Thanks for the tips, they always come in so handy!

Thank you for this video! You have helped me so much, definitely going to try these tips on my next Square DP! Thank you and have a great day! 😊

Love your videos! I wanted to try a canvas with square drills and looking forward to using your tips. Thanks for taking the time to make these videos.

Yay, you did it...again! Yes!!! Now I can send my friends the link to your video tutorial. Thanks Jessica 🌹💝

Thank you for the tips I always struggled with the square diamonds

Thank you so much for your tips. They were very helpful. I am subscribing to your channel, because of that and you are so upbeat and kind. We need more people like you in the world, especially with these uncertain times. Thanks again.

Thank you! Getting ready to start my first square diamond project. These tips were very helpful.👍

Thanks much for the tips, so helpful for newbies like me.👍❤️😊

This was very helpful. I’ve only been DP-ing since December and I’ve finished 7-all with round drills. Tonight I started my first DAC square drill canvas and I was in tears. I wish I’d watched this video first. Something that brought me joy for 6 weeks was now making me cry. I pushed and pushed and pushed to align those squares so intensely I actually caused my index finger to bleed from gripping the pen so tightly. Okay deep breaths. Tomorrow I will put on a bandaid and try checkerboarding and lifting to align and aiming for the corners. Thank you for all the great advice. ❤

Thanks I love square drills. Your tips were very helpful. Have a great day 🤗

Thank you so much for doing this video. I learned a few things I didnt know to do.

Great tips! I'm about to start my first square drill painting. This video is really helpful. Thanks

These tips were actually super helpful!! Thank you. About to start my first project using square drills instead of round. Thank you for the help!

Thoroughly enjoyed your video. You're a wonderful teacher so I've subscribed. Great tips. I wanted a refresher on checkboard and you explained it so it's easy to understand. Thanks!

Going to start my first square and was looking for tips before I tackled it. Grateful I stumbled on this video. Thank you for all the advice.

I wanna try that. It looks interesting.

Hi, Great video as always!. Thank you for the tips.

Thank you so much for the tips with square drills! I've just started my first square drill painting. It's 20x30 so not too big, but I've been going crazy trying to get straight lines. I felt like no matter what I did the drills had a plan of their own. So thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 😀🙏

Omgoodness!!! You just made my diamond painting life so much calmer. I love you to the moon for this video

Thanks. Your tips have really transformed my diamond paintings

I smashed the Like button, and have saved this video and its companion video to my DP play list. Thanks for all the great info in this short video!

hi, i just found your channel and these tips are very helpful. my very first painting was a square, a horse i did for my mom. i did have problems keeping everything straight. but now i know what do for the next one. thank you for sharing!

Ive just found this one. What great tips. I always seem to have trouble when multiplacing so will Definitely try it your way. Love the tip for getting rid of the long gap between sections (this always happens to me). I’ve saved this video, thanks so much

Thank you so much. This was very helpful.

Thank you, Jessica, for another great video. I am sharing it on my facebook business page and my group.

Very useful tips, thanks 😊

Thank you for the tips! I’m going to try the light pad! Go figure I took a break and open RU-vid and it’s like it read my mind! This was the first video to pop up! 🤣

Thanks love i was just asking someone about this topic the other day!

I just started my first diamond painting and I am very happy that I found your videos about how to do it best :) Thanks!

Great tips thank you so much 😊

Thank you very much very helpful ❤

Thank you for the tips. I saw a lady do one of these at a bar and i was just amazed by it. I figured something I can do. I am currently waiting for mine to arrive from amazon. Supposed to be here today... I am so excited :) I am hoping this will by my relaxation

Best tips I’ve seen, thank you!

Great tips. Thank you.

Very informative! Thank you!

Great tips. Thanks 🙏😊

I watched your 6 hints for diamond art. I found the placing of diamonds dotz like a checker board so helpful. I tried it this evening and my dotz are so lined up in rows. Thank you so much

This was super helpful! 🙂

Thanks for the great tips. I have 3 custom orders coming with square drills I'm going to apply your tips to them.

Boy Glad I found your video. Thanks for the info

Great and useful tips thank you so much

I appreciate these tips. I'm hoping to do a picture converted to diamond painting. I want it to be in square drills. If I don't get a different painting this will be my first.

Super helpful tips, thank you! I’ve been hesitant to get a light pad, but I think I’m now convinced, especially for identifying those dark colors that are intermingled.

I wish i had found you before i started my first square drill project. It is a larger pic of the milky way for my husband and i had previously used the round drills. Omg i just couldn’t fathom how to use square drills and made quite a hash of things and literally wanted to cry lol! However since finding help on youtube i have rescued (i think) my project and of all the videos i have watched i particularly love yours, you have a lovely way about you, so i have subscribed..... i mean who knew about light boards and chequer boarding etc without being told. Thank you 🥰🇬🇧

Thanks for the tips I started Diamond painting in February and I’m doing my first square one I wish I seen this before I started it

Thank you this is very helpful

Great tips! Just started my first square drill project and got a little frustrated at first. Thought I couldn't use my multi-placer but you showed how to! Yay. I would not do this without a light pad. Thank you for the tips 😊

Thanks for the tips

Just started DP 3 mos. ago & this was super helpful!

Wow!!! thank you so much for your suggestions. Silly me started a medium canvas for an event...a square no less....my FIRST square. I am going to try all of your techniques. I had actually found myself not wanting to diamond paint, I felt anxiety and sickness. I have never felt like this, when it came to diamond painting, Thank you again, for sharing your knowledge!!!

I’m getting a few extra supplies right now before I start my first square drill piece; you convinced me on the light pad, and I look forward to seeing how it impacts things!

Love your tips! I have found tweezers that have a curved end and very pointy tips to be my best friend. I am a lil odd in other ways too! All my life I have done fine electronic works like building hearing aids. So naturally I already had my tool of choice. I have pretty darn good placement and I also find during lockdown, diamond painting keeps my hand-eye coordination up to par. Round ones frustrate me LOL

I checkerboard everything. Not only does it help with straightening but its satisfying putting the middles in. Also I like to take one drill and press the corner down on the other drill next to it before I lay it completely down. I also never use the multi placer on squares. These are the tips ibe found helpful

I am fairly new to diamond painting and these tips help so much! The tip about the light colors, I had no idea how to fix the gapping problem. I had noticed it on the painting I just finished that the tan colors and creams show gaps more. Also like the tip about getting a drill straight after you’ve already placed it. I’ve been trying to push them into place and they just spring right back where I first put it! 😮 Using tweezers seems like it will take longer, but if it fixes it I’m all for it and ready to try! 😊 Thank you for your helpful video ❤

I didn't need this video, but first off I had to watch in support of you & you channel & second, I know there are those who struggle or are intimidated so I'm glad you shared this! Rooting for you to finish by Xmas this year! #Puck2020

Along with Hama/Perler Beads, Diamond Painting is my addiction xD I love it!!! I'm on my first square drill painting and its so weird haha.....so these tips definitely come in handy as I'm used to the round ones!! Thank you :)

Thank you very helpful

You're the best ...Thanks

I recently just ordered my first diamond painting. In some areas, I feel really intimidated with the canvas size (75x50cm) and feeling like I went too big for my first painting. In the meantime I’m watching tons of diamond painting tip videos in hopes I won’t fail.

I Love Diamond Art Club!! They Treat You Like Family. 💞

Great video!!!! 💖💎💘

I've been DPing for about a year and am addicted to it & have to say this video has been great for me to watch because I know exactly what you mean about not trying to work in perfect squares. I left a DP half finished because it made the lines wonky & just ruined it. It was so reaffirming to hear what you said about sometimes drill bits being too small due to manufacturing defect. I hate when drills are like this because the gapping really sucks ha. It's so annoying. I needed to hear you say that. Thanks. I don't shy away from square because I prefer the look but it is a lot harder.

550 is my favourite 💜😍 and I love how the colour codes match up to DMC threads for cross stitching. As soon as you said 939 I knew, dark blue 😅 Thanks for the tips! Would be interested to know where you get your projects from? Happy diamond painting.

Thank you so much ☺️

I use a ruler for square and round drills good investment love them they get nice and straight

I’m still getting my nerves up to start this wonderful craft ,I have to add your going to be an awesome tutor.

Thank you.

I happened upon your channel as I started my first diamond painting, and caught a comment about using a light board. It wasn’t necessary for that first one (which was good, because I was away from home) but boy it was super helpful for the second painting which was blacks and purples, reds and greens. Funny note...the third painting I did was succulents with a white background, and the light board seemed so bright that I had to place a dark piece of card stock over places I wasn’t working because it was hurting my eyes. I accidentally learned on my next piece that my light board is dimmable 😆. Felt like a fool, but look forward to my next light colored work to take advantage of the lowest light setting.

I am so happy that I started with two canvases with round drills. The second one was already much better than the first one so the third one will be a really big one with squares. 😳 I Kit up today so we will we how it goes tomorrow, your tips are definitively really helpful!

I love this vintage mag cover--i just ordered it @ 40x53.. thanks for your tips...on square drills... hugs Julierose

Just started and I’m hooked, of course! This is a great video. I am on my second DP with rounds and ordered a square that will be here soon, I hope. Would you recommend that I just do the checkerboard for the entire DP since it will be my first attempt?

Thanks for the tip in the square drills. I’m new to this hobby and it seems like I’m drawn to the square drills. I’ve done three round pictures which were easy but I have quite a few square. I buy from diamond art club the drills look more consistent. Again thank you.

Still working on my 1st, but i actually have brought a Diamond Art Club , which has squares, so thank you for these tips! Vickie from SE Pa

Ty so much.

Love your video. How do you get your drills neat and in a straight line in tray? Mine are upside up, upside down, on top of one another. I don’t see how I can use the multi-placer. Thank you for all your advice

Hi I received in the mail last week an order in this order was my 2nd square ever! Lol ordered it thinking it was round. Now I'm not upset, only a 30 × 40 so not to big. But it is a little dark. I think I'm just going to admirer it for a bit whilst I do the others 😁

Thank you for the tips!! I’m about to start my first BIG DP, 80x80 with square drills, and was wondering best way to approach it.

Thanks so much for the tips. Only problem i had was being able to see. If you could zoom in sometimes I think it would help a lot. I hope I don't come off as rude. Your advice is extremely helpful

Thanks for the tips, gonna try them all out 😊 I’ve just started a portrait canvas if my mum n dad’s wedding photo and I have to say it has caused me a Ton of stress 😤 for the first 3-4 days .. I dropped a tray of drills on the canvas and had to pick them off individually and whilst doing this with the tweezers they were pinging off in all directions ( I would later find them with my feet 😖) I absolutely Hated doing it with a passion and couldn’t understand anyone could do this for fun lol must be out of their minds 🤪 It’s a Massive size canvas to do as a first project and feel like I’m never gonna finish it (size of the canvas it 50x60 cm) Anyways I am getting better at it and it is less stressful but I am still looking for shortcuts all the time lol 😂 I’ve just brought a mesh ruler (Hope that wasn’t a mistake 🙄) Thanks again for yr tips 👍🏽

Go to Joanns or Michaels and pick up a small diamond dots to work with while you wait. It will give you something to do and you will learn a little in the meantime.

LOVE your purple/blue pen! Where can I get one like yours?

Great tips! Any suggestions for drills popping up? I absolutely love the look of square drills, It’s driving me insane.

Got my first kit in and it's square drills, and the pen I have doesn't seem to like square drills, so I've just been using tweezers. I'm STILL not putting them on straight lol. I'll give these tips a try tonight, though. Also, I have a hard time with the wax coming out or sticking to the drill rather than staying in the pen. Overall, it's been a mess, but I'm gonna keep trying.

Hello. Can you tell me what the name is of the kit you are working on in this video? Your square still placement is amazing and with your video I am working up the nerve to start my first Square drill. I have been diamond painting for a while now but only on rounds. Thanks so much for your great tips and tricks.

I just ordered my first one, square drills, and like 105cmx70cm, intimidated is an understatement 😂😂 I think I made a mistake and went TOO BIG!! Unfortunately shipping is taking forever with the pandemic and I won’t get it for probably at least another month 😭 so in the meantime I’m binge watching RU-vid tutorials so hopefully I don’t epically fail

Thank you, you have confirmed what I thought was just me: nudging the drills into place doesn't work. Too late for what I have already done and your idea of checkerboarding -- really, with any color -- enables me to go in with my tweezers and lift the drill. I have been dping for almost a year and I kept thinking that my squares would straighten with more experience, but that wasn't happening. Thanks.

I love these tips! Thank you! Where did you get your little magnet holders? They’re so cute!

Wonderful video! I personally don't like squares. I am doing a square dp now and it is giving me a lot of headaches. Popping drills. A lot of the drills have tiny pieces sticking out. they do fit pretty tight too.

Thank you for the tips. They were very helpful. I have done quite a few diamond paintings but this one I'm doing now is my first square one so my question is, what is the best way to lay them if you have large areas that are all a dark color such as black?

Hi. Love your tips. I have my first square drill. I started it then I put it up because I just couldn’t see to do it. I ordered a light pad but I found that when I pulled back the paper the glue pulled off from the canvas and it now on the paper. Should I try ironing it to get it to go back on the canvas or do you have a suggestion.

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thank you so much really good tips could I please ask what that plastic thing called ive seen some using as im new to all this im not to sure whats it called x

I'm working on a square drill painting and it seems hard to put the drills on straight. I will try these tips and i do have a light pad that may help. This is my first square painting and it makes me frustrated. I will have to look at your video as i work on the painting. I will let you know how it works. Thanks for the tips, i thought it was me, but it may be the drills. They are a lot smaller than the round drills.

Just ordered my first square dp and it’s my first custom too and the biggest I’ve gone for so far (50x70cm) 😂🙈 Hope I’ve not bitten off more than I can chew but thank you so much for these tips!