Starting an EPIC Project With 417k+ Diamonds! Converting Cross Stitch Pattern to a Diamond Painting

[@LisasColoringCorner]

I started my HAED awhile ago and it is definitely a project. I have another one that is massive - 160 x 190.. I should have split mine into 4 sections also. I hate those little packets of drills too. That’s why I went with a company on AliExpress that has resin drills that are prekitted up into plastic baggies. I also bought a 10” Android tablet for Pattern Keeper. The bigger the tablet/screen the better. You really need to zoom in on the pattern itself in order to see all the symbols. But I’m sure you’ll get the hang of it in no time. Good luck!!

[@gabriellebridge6939]

Ive been doing diamond art for 4 years and I would be soo intimidated to do one of this size. Kudos to you. Can't wait for the updates 😊

[@hizumisplayground6548]

This might be the first project ever that could claim the "i used up a whole plate of wax" prize, if you would use pink wax :D.

[@BBMc107]

With those little baggies, I fold up to three at a time into one and cut across the top. It helps some.

[@elliet68]

Hi Katie Wow I thought the size was scarey but wow all those little bags x Thanks for the share x Ellie x

[@brittanyr0613]

I don’t think I could ever tackle a project like this but it’s such an interesting one to watch the progress on. I’m excited to see you work on it! 💜

[@bernicevilleneuve9576]

Wow ! Now I’m hooked …will watch for future video posting for sure .

[@lisalollipop2108]

i bought a fire tablet for the same reason as you , pattern keeper is the best decision i made i look forward to watching your progress, all i would say is dont work on to big a section at a time, i usually work on two by two sections.

[@wrappedinharry]

My goodness Katie, you blow my mind! With two young children who need extra attention and a husband who is occasionally away for his work, I find it amazing that you are going to embark on this epic journey. You complete projects in an incredibly short time even with all of your responsibilities but this one isn’t just a matter of following the normal marked adhesive, you have to work on this blank canvas and THINK, THINK. THINK every step of the journey. Even with your new Fire, I feel as if this will be total mental overload! I would not be able to tackle something like this. My hat goes off to you. Good luck!

[@gwynethglas-brown9171]

Wauw thats some massive project😱 but a stunning one. I hate those small packages for the diamonds ( the number can rub off 🤦‍♀️) yes all that plastic . Looking forward to to follow your process. Wishing you succes🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@donnaflores8356]

I didn't see your actual canvas, but if the grid lines aren't a bit darker on every tenth line, draw those lines in with a sharpie. Also, because I do an entire page at a time as one section, I write the line numbers for every tenth grid right on the canvas. I did one HAED using paper, but Pattern Keeper had come out by the time I started my second and "WOW!" what a game changer. I was a beta tester for PK and it saves so much time and needless errors.

[@inchbyinch7564]

OMG I’m new to the diamond art scene but have been cross stitching for many many years and the cross stitch would have been an epic challenge, but this looks even more exciting! I’m looking forward to seeing you complete this!

[@growingupwithbella7242]

Cant wait to watch the progress on this!!

[@nurserachelcrafts6630]

Oh my goodness Katie this is ah-mazing!!!! Woww!! You’ve already blown everyone away with you JWall project which I was obsessed with!! Now you’ve completely outdone yourself with this stunning and epic project!! The image is phenomenal!! All those drills?!!! Yesss!!! Oh my goodness this is going to be so much fun following along with you during this process!! Thank you for always being willing to take on these massive projects for our entertainment! I know they aren’t easy to do! Thank you!!!💙💙

[@mynettemadsen9984]

Ooohhh mmyyyyyy goooooooooddddneeeessssssss!! All those diamonds!! I'm excited to watch this evolve. 😍

[@AyDtejada]

Oh my god!! This is going to be huge!!😲😲 I thought you were going to do a mini version. I'm excited to watch the progress though🤩

[@carolinemorse9653]

I have not tried putting pattern keeper on a Kindle fire, but I have a friend who did it and she’s not tremendously technical so it is definitely doable. I run mine on a Chromebook. I love doing cross stitch charts as diamond paintings, and have several in my stash. I think you are definitely next level and not at all silly. I will follow this one with rapt interest.

[@Jadeikens]

Woah! That huge! Ugh I can’t wait to see your progress 😍😍😍

[@kendra991]

Ohh girl!! You are crazy...and I’m totally here for it!!! Can’t wait to watch your progress.

[@cherylyork4272]

Lissette had a good point on her channel. She said when she had popping drills there is no symbol behind them so it is a bit tedious to try and find the color needed. I think I would just wing it and put a suitable color in place.

[@cherylyork4272]

BTW you are brave!

[@Melkitty1000]

Wow!! Can't wait to see you start this beauty Katie!!

[@susanclark5105]

So excited for you! I scored a big stack of DD freestyle blank canvases for free to do small projects from my cross stitch stash.

[@Chuloon]

You are a master of the drills I swear. I could never do this! Epic

[@youcaughtmecrafting]

Wow! good luck! Can't wait to watch your progress. :)

[@susansieracki4369]

Girl.. you so crazy!!! I admire your drive,chats for sure. I can't wait to see you kit this up. You never mentioned how many different colors? I would love to cut open all those drills...lol. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@candacejohnson4253]

Wow, that would literally take me the rest of my life, lol. Good luck, I hope you enjoy the process!

[@bumbles5508]

Wow Katie, I am in absolute awe of your courage, skill and ambition. I will be with you all the way as you bring this dream to life 🤗

[@LisetteCraftsandTells]

Hi Katie - YES - So excited to see you working on this epic project. Enjoy!

[@marylouruss1087]

I can't wait to watch how you do this. Very interesting. have fun and thanks for sharing.

[@elainepartridge6226]

Wow hope ur gonna do a kitting up video hun can't wait 👋

[@angelamillino7666]

So cool Katie! Can’t wait to keep up with the progress

[@heatherbirdsill5532]

WOW!! I can’t wait to see this project! I suspect you are going to have videos showing your progress.

[@jojeffrie962]

Epic is all I can say omg the drills. Good luck, I'll be watching on your progress, go on you can do it. Worth the effort for sure 😁

[@citykatcrafter]

Good on you, that is going to be AMAZING! I would never be able to get my mind around such a project but will be following your progress.

[@jacquelyndevitte4992]

Oh my word! I can’t even wrap my head around how big this project is. And or how you convert it. I would have to start with a very small piece and get the hand of it. So excited to see this progress. Have fun!

[@coleyisaac3597]

I'm just in love with that picture. It's going to look so beautiful when finished. I will certainly be following along and I'm sending some of my excitement your way too 😃Oh my gosh!!!! I still can't get over that picture and the dragons.

[@busymom112]

Wow, that's truly massive. I am going to enjoy watching the progress of this project. I have to say major kudos for doing this, I for one would be scared to try this. Great video. Thank you for sharing.

[@dawnlowder4161]

WOW Katie....What a project! It will be interesting to see this come together.

[@Doratheexploer-j4d]

I am so excited for you!! I hope it's so fun for you.

[@terichauza2506]

Wow!! That is quite the project to tackle!! I can’t wait to see what it looks like kitting up, and follow your progress!

[@diamondgirl4ever]

Excited to see your progress and come along your journey.

[@TheMinniesimmer]

My goodness... This is one hell of a project 😲 I'm sure it's going to look amazing when it's finished 😍

[@Elise788]

I’m so excited to see how you get started. Have a magical day 🌝🌼

[@gabriellepacker7921]

I love following you on these projects! Watching your Diamond Painting Deutschland videos convinced me to try one myself and I've been on the fence with converting a HAED pattern to diamond painting. I've been a cross stitcher for years before diamond painting.. I may try this out myself 🙂 thank you for the great introduction video!

[@sarahbarden4135]

This type of project is also my jam and I can't stay away from epic level projects either. So excited to see your process!

[@amateurishdp]

Wah this is so exciting! I may want to try this in the future when I move somewhere with more space so I can have biiger workspace. Can't wait to see how it turns out for you!

[@zoea2812]

You are much braver than me lol. I can't wait to watch your epic journey with it xx

[@craftymamaplans9553]

So what do you 1st... Is the Pattern keeper going to tell you what diamonds to put where? Does the blank canvas have numbers for the rows and columns??? I have so many questions! I am here for moral support!! Can't wait to see the process!

[@debrastory7875]

You will love using Pattern Keeper for this project and I wish I had broken my pattern down into 4 pieces. Mine is so large 131.25 x 188.25cm that I had to stop because I am not sure how I would be able to frame it, yours will be awesome 👏 I can’t wait to see your progress and have fun👍

[@msredstilettoscraftsshoesc5152]

This is one of the pieces I'm also planning to do! It'll be interesting to follow your progress!

[@crystalmariedeleon338]

I have a bucket list too but I am a slow DP’er so it will take me awhile to get to a lot of them. This one is also on my bucket list and I already have supples for The Daughter of Sea King. I am just researching tablet for Pattern Keeper. I thought Fire tablet wont work so I would love to hear ur experience on this. Good luck on your project and thanks for sharing!

[@annalans84]

This is so cool! 😍👌🏻 Can't wait to see your progress Katie 💕🌿

[@STLStitchin]

Wow! What a project. I cross stitch and diamond paint but I've never done a blank canvas. I do recommend marking your canvas sides and top/bottom so you aren't spending time flipping every which way. From those I have seen use HAED, they usually use a PDF and mark them off as they go doing a 10 x 10 square at a time. Good luck! I can't wait to see the progress.

[@StacysRitzyDPCrafts]

I cant wait to see your progress this is going to be amazing! Those bags of drills are super small size...like 4 or 5 of those would equal one bag in regular bagged drills so not AS bad. I'm so excited to see this!

[@margaretspencer2440]

Best of luck!!!!!!

[@CraftsandCoffeeWithKrisandKel]

I’m so happy you are going to do another Cross stitch conversion! I tackled one myself last year, though on a much smaller scale. Definitely takes a lot of brain power but pattern keeper is a lifesaver! Looking forward to seeing how you decide to get up all the colors as well as your future progress. ~ Kel

[@LisaNewf]

Wow, Katie you’ve got guts to tackle that enormous project! It’s going to look fantastic though. 😍

[@rochellevann7280]

Hey Lady. I ordered a HAED kit from Brandy in Aug of 2020 that is still in my closet. You give me hope that my double sided adhesive canvas is still fine, if not, it's my own fault. Pattern keeper is a life saver! I use it for my HAED cross stitch. Thanks for the video!

[@leonawilcox4821]

So looking forward to see how this project progresses!

[@teresar.1152]

Hello, how do you connect them in the end to make one big picture? I am very excited to watch you. I am not sure I could I do it. I would love to see you kit this up.

[@Moelopscrafting]

Awesome project. I wish you lots of luck on it. I can’t wait to see it.

[@anniefecteau9910]

I ordered a HAED kit from Cooper a few years back but never started it. Sooooo tempting to jump in and do it with you….

[@Ann_T75]

I'm gonna enjoy watching this series when you put the videos up. I hope to do a HED next year as I've only been DP since April of 2021. But first I'm gonna do zodiac sign Aries by JW from DP Deutschland 275 color. I will start it in march. Thanks can't wait to see your progress. But take all the time you need no rush.

[@evettetorres9024]

Wow this is a very ambitious project you took on. I thought the spirit of flight was a big project but this definitely tops that. You chose a cool looking art piece I wish you luck.😁

[@julietmikecharlie]

Your video is so timely! I'm currently in a research well because I want to convert a Mucha image into a cross stitch into a diamond painting! So excited to see how this develops.

[@DiamondsandWashi]

Ooh, which Mucha? I’m really hoping to work on a Mucha this summer!

[@julietmikecharlie]

​@@DiamondsandWashi Sorry I just saw this! I'm doing Moet & Chandon: Champagne White Star. I purchased a high res image, got overwhelmed by the prospect of a cross stitch conversion, subsequently had a custom printed canvas done by an Ali Express store. The rendering did not turn out in a way that I like (which I only discovered when it came) so now its back to the cross stitch conversion! I've ordered a blank canvas and drills with Smiths Beads here in the UK. 55x135cm. Eeek! It should arrive in time for me to start Summer with the Masters this year! I really can't wait :)

[@ashleyaiello1400]

I’m soooo excited to see you start this project and see where it goes! I think maybe one day I’d like to do a HAED conversion but that won’t be for a while 😅. And when it comes to a project like this, you have to go all out and get massive canvases, right?! 😉 Good luck Katie and can’t wait to follow your progress!

[@melindahayward8316]

Wow!! You are brave lol. But it does give me an idea to try this with a HAED pattern I just ordered. I will wait and see how yours goes. Maybe for a super bucket list project do it as both DP and xstitch 🤔. Will look forward to your updates.

[@twigal95]

When will the next video of this be up? Would love to follow its journey x

[@Melbell76]

Omg I want to start one but am scared 😱 😂🤣😂 so now am gonna watch you and make decision.. I do stamped cross stitch and keep looking for a design to convert ..gonna look up the company you use and use them.. am excited to see you do this my notifications are on lol but I will keep checking to see when you start .🥰🥰

[@beccasaurus69]

I love doing conversion kits like this and yes pattern keeper is a must! I have mine on my computer so I can see everything bigger🤣

[@aprilhorn4248]

Holy Wow!

[@margarettunney3620]

Good look doing that

[@dotydiva]

OH MY.. That is crazy but I am sure you got it.. It's going to be gorgeous.. How many colors? that is so cool to change a x stitch to a dp. I will be looking for the updates.. (I watch all of your videos) take a deep breath and go for it..

[@dallas6659]

Hope u keep up with this I subscribe just for this project 😉

[@ericasendel3076]

I am working on a Jwall haed blank canvas. I am loving it ... Just an fyi for pattern keeper it needs to be an android

[@PA-Diamond-Painter_akaJudymock]

Omg Katie, I feel sorry for your postal carrier because that box of drills must have been sooooo heavy. Good luck with this massive project…..What WERE you thinking!!!! Lol

[@mrsroper68]

I have several questions : How do you mate the 4 canvases together in the end..or did Cooper help figure out where it needed to be split and how it mates up.... my chart is 999x750 stitches and I'd love to do it and i'm totally wanting to do it but yet like it intimidates Look totally forward to your next video on this

[@elizabethgough8153]

Wow Katie this is so exciting! I can't wait to see it all come together. I think you probably mentioned but will this be made with square drills? :)

[@hikariz6830]

I’m so interested in this, but do you have a how-to video? I don’t understand how you know where diamonds go?

[@DianesDiamondPaintingJourney]

I just can't get my head wrapped around how big it is and how many drills you have.. Can I ask you why you decided on double Sided adhesive? And I can't wait to see you start this project.

[@itsanniedee]

What an exciting project!!! So this is *not* the Max Colors pattern right? I see different patterns on their site. I’m so excited to see how this progresses!!!

[@DiamondsandWashi]

Correct! Whoops, I should have mentioned that. I couldn’t bring myself to do max colors 😆 This one has 88!

[@openorwap5412]

How EXCITINNNNNG!! 🤗 I'm working on a custom too; in your opinion, is the cover sheet worth keeping as release paper for reuse on poured glue projects, or do you think its for double-sided adhesive pieces only? Good luck with this project! I nearly said 'once in a lifetime project' but I suspect this may be the first of many if all goes to plan 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

[@PeggyV69]

Just so you know-this is said with love…Girl you are crazy!!!🤣 that is a humongous project OMG!!! I look forward to seeing your progress. ❤️

[@DiamondsandWashi]

I know 🙈 I can’t help it 🤣

[@ChristinePhethean]

Are there certified diamond crafters (as in crazy)😂? Wow, what a project. I’ll try to follow.

[@DazzlingDanaOfficial]

Could you tell us how much the drills weigh? It may be on the shipping box if you haven't already tossed it in preparation for kitting up....

[@PurpleWillowArts]

I’m so so glad I subbed when I did. I’m here for the duration. Cannot wait to see the kitting up and everything. It looks just stunning! You’re very ambitious to do this. I think it’s freaking awesome!!!!!

[@aracelysoto8413]

Hi Katie 👋🏽 wow that project is so huge but I’m confident it will look amazing 🤩 I have a question: will the 4 different canvas stay separated or will they be placed together at the end? I’m sorry I’m new to the DP community and this is the first time I see a conversion which looks so cool 😎

[@GeoWolfWalker]

How did you get Pattern Kepper onto your fire? I have the Fire 8, but it's not in the "store"..........

[@BobCrochets]

This video is immediately putting the 768x1000 conversion I want to do into context. 💀💀💀

[@helenwright3201]

I'm desperate to do a cross stitch conversion with my spare drills. But I only really have round spares. Do you know how I could convert it into a canvas for rounds? The chart is 300x400 stitches. Would I do 300 X 0.28 (0.25 for square)

[@countessdyinn]

For this project you should try using TAC instead of wax in your pen. It'll save you a lot of time by not going back to pick wax over and over again.

[@katelewis7545]

Does pattern keeper work on kindle fire

[@floorbaerends1207]

But how do you know where to put the drills when there are no signs?

[@betsycunningham5341]

Why double-sided adhesive? Do blank canvases not come in poured glue? I will love to watch your progress but I think I will need a lot more experience diamond painting before I try something like that!

[@DiamondsandWashi]

Hi Betsy! Blank canvases DO come in poured glue, but at the time that I was purchasing, it was much harder to find blank canvases with pourer glue. It was also more convenient (for me, at the time) to source the canvases and drills from the same shop, especially one like Cooper Diamonds that did all of the math for me. And they currently only offer double-sided adhesive.

[@suefrost3201]

I would love to know how to add the Google playstore app to kindle,wich is what I have also

[@jenniferklayer5259]

Talk about livin the 310 life 🤣

[@mynettemadsen9984]

I may have missed it, but is this canvas poured glue?

[@DazzlingDanaOfficial]

No.

[@AussieRobyn]

What's the fire thing you unboxed????

[@DiamondsandWashi]

It’s a tablet! I’ll be able to put the Pattern Keeper app on it, which will make keeping track of my pattern much easier. ☺️

[@DaisysPlace2]

This sounds like something I would do! Oh, but I think I'll watch you with it for awhile. Yikes

[@effy2608]

any updates yet :)