Sequinspiration!

Welcome to another Saturday at Saturday Sequins!

If you've already signed up for Sequintastic September, or you're considering it but not sure what make, I have a treat for you! I've put together a list, complete with links and pictures, of some of the many things you can do with sequins.

Hopefully, this will inspire you to create your own unique work of sequintastic art.

(New and improved version by Lori Anderson -- feel free to add it to your sidebar!)

Jewelry

• Sequins and bead-embroidered jewelry go together like chocolate and peanut butter -- just delicious!

Here's one of my sequin cuff bracelets:


Here's one by the talented Jean Campbell, made years before yours truly even started blogging! Great minds, eh?



Here's an adorable brooch by Diane Watson!

Here's a link to a gorgeous bracelet that Mary Tafoya started.

And here's a spectacular necklace by Debbie Rasmussen:

• So do sequins and chain! Whether that chain is handmade or store-bought.
  

Here's a sequin and chain maille necklace I made:



And here's a pair of earrings:



Here's a gorgeous flapper dress by Vanessa Walilko, where aluminum discs look like sequins:

• Sequins are also a great addition to other types of beadwork:

They dress up bead weaving.

They're terrific on the ends of plain, or branched, fringe:


You can string 'em like disc beads!

They're gorgeous in resin, too, as Carmi demonstrates.

Fabric Art:

• Sequins take your quilting to a new, sparkly level. As you can see in Shirlee's tambour-embroidered quilting:

And Susan's piece:



And Pam's crazy quilting!

• You can use them in wall hangings, like Kerrin does!

• You could also make pillows or stuffed ornaments!

Here's an ornament I made last December:

Fashion:

• They also give clothing some serious pizazz:

Tambour embroidery by Robert Haven:

• Use glue to attach sequins to accessories:
  

Like Grace did with these sneakers.

And Kristen did with this camera strap.

As Erin did with this collar, using sequin trim instead of individual sequins!

You could also glue them to barrettes, headbands, sunglasses, and anything else you can think of!

Painting/Paper Art:

• Use them in a collage!

• Or a greeting card.

• Or scrapbook page.
  

• Or in your next painting project -- you can glue or sew them to the canvas.

• In fact, sequins love any kind of mixed media art!
  

Additional Sequinspiration:

Looking for more inspiration and eye candy? Check out...

• My lovely Featured Friday artists!
  

• The Beading Gem's Sequin Jewelry Inspirations post.
  

• This Flickr group all about sequins.

• Also, join my Sequin Jewelry group.

• And join my Sequintastic September group!
  

Also, check out Maneki's post on her sequin stash! I love it when participants blog about the blog hop, and I encourage all of you to do the same. :)

And here's a post by one of my favoritest people, Audrey!


I hope these links and photos have given you some ideas! Or at the very least, shown you that sequins are, indeed, very versatile. Thanks for reading, thanks for commenting, and of course, have a sequintastic day!