Sequintastic September Blog Hop - hosted by Sarah Sequins

Hi Y'all,

Welcome to the Sequintastic September Blog Hop Hosted by Sarah of Saturday Sequins blog.

I have never worked with sequins before this challenge, so of course I had to join in on the fun.  I knew right away that I was going to do a cuff, but what was I going to do on the cuff, that was the question.  Luckily Sarah gave us a couple of months to come up with an idea, but the procrastinator in me would not let me start until a week and a half ago.  I literally just finished my cuff today (Friday).

I don't ever think to do progress pictures until I am writing the blog post and I get one of those "Duh I could of had a V8!" slap my forehead type moments.  I did get one picture of me working on my cuff when I was on the beading retreat in Florida.

Well okay you can see the colors I chose to use but not the design of the cuff.   I find in bead embroidery that I like to just design as I go.  Like a painter with a blank canvas, I just begin to add color and let the beads, well in this case sequins, say what they want to be.  So let me introduce to you "Trip the Lights Fandango"

When I went to Joann's to find sequins these two colors said pick me, pick me, so how could I refuse.

I started out with the lime green seed beads in the wave, but it just did not look like enough, so I added the teal seed beads, then I started adding the sequins.

But is still did not feel right, so I added the pink bugle beads.

But it still was kind of blah.  I had these rose ravolis and everything just fell into place.

I backed my cuff with olive green ultra suede and brick stitched the lime green seed beads around the edge. 

Um yeah, I know the clasp is not centered but that is an easy fix.

Thank you Sarah for having a great idea for a challenge.  I had fun with this one and will gladly sign up to do another one of your challenges again.

Thanks Y'all for stopping by to see what I made for this challenge and now please hop on over to the other participants in this blog hop and see what beauties they created.

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 (you are here)

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

Happy hopping Y'all,

Therese