Sequintastic September blog hop!

My friend Sarah, who writes the delightful blog Saturday Sequins, decided to organize a blog hop in order to subvert our thinking to motivate us to think about using sequins in our bead embroidery.  Sarah makes bright, happy pieces, and it just wasn't happening for me.  Even though I often do make bright happy pieces.  Finally, I decided to stop trying to fight it, and gave in to the dark side.

That meant that there are an unfortunately small number of sequins on this piece, at least so far.  I used a wonderful piece of fabric that I've been hoarding saving for a special occasion.  To that I added a fabulous button that I found out in Portland OR when we went out to visit our daughter.  And then I started quilting with embroidery floss, antique gold sequins, and coppery-colored 11/0 seed beads.

After I was finished quilting, I added some color to the surface with some Inktense pencils ( Set of 72).  Love the misty, spooky effect.  Sometime in the future I will be posting the entire tutorial for this quilted piece on Mixed Media Artist, and I'll make sure to mention it here on Beading Arts for those who are interested in non-wearables.

Note 10/08/12: Here's part one of my tutorial on Mixed Media Artist 
Note 10/16/12: And here's part two on Mixed Media Artist

Participants!!!!

Host: Sarah... http://saturdaysequins.com

Dita... http://alankarshilpa.blogspot.com

Ambra... http://chicandfrog.wordpress.com

Audrey... http://hotpinkquilts.blogspot.com

Stacy... http://iridalsattic.blogspot.co.uk

Karen W...  http://baublicious.blogspot.com

Lori...  http://www.prettythingsblog.com

Lisa... http://lisabinkley.typepad.com

Carmi... http://resincrafts.blogspot.com

Dawn Marie...  http://designsbydawnmarie.blogspot.com

Jeannie... http://site.jkdjewelry.com/blog

Shirlee... http://www.shirleestuff.blogspot.com

Linda... http://www.lilysofthevalleyjewerly.blogspot.com

Corrine... http://www.sparkledaysstudio.com

Gutukas... http://atradimutakeliais.blogspot.com

Shannon... http://uptwnsh-fallingintothesky.blogspot.com

Mallory... http://rosebud101-fortheloveofbeads.blogspot.com

Cyndi... http://www.beading-arts.com

Maneki... http://wildrosesandblackberries.blogspot.com

Maryanne... http://zingalasworkshop.blogspot.com

Ine... http://jewelsbyine.blogspot.com

Karen... http://www.overthemoon-design.com

Kepi... http://kepirasmussen.blogspot.com

Jennifer... http://jenniferstumpf.blogspot.com

Misty...  http://thejollyfatelf.blogspot.com

Dot... http://speediebeadie.blogspot.com

Hope... http://craftyhope.blogspot.com

Cynthia... http://antiquitytravelers.blogspot.com

Micheladas... http://www.micheladasmusings.blogspot.com

Shirley...  http://www.beadsandbread.blogspot.com

Karla... http://texaspepperjams.blogspot.com

Eleanor... http://eleanorpigman.blogspot.com

Therese... http://theresestreasures59.blogspot.com

Rita... http://www.toltecjewels.blogspot.com

Robyn... http://rcponders.wordpress.com

Stepha... http://skwds.blogspot.com

Sue... http://suebeads.blogspot.com

Cate... http://fulgorine.wordpress.com

Amy... http://Loraamyjames.com

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