Fabric embellishment workshop lead by Bill Jones. What a guy - his breadth & depth of acquired knowledge is amazing and he was more than willing to share!

There were 11 at the workshop and he had kits for everyone. Glue, brushes, skewers for applying sequins, a bodice and circle skirt. The circle skirt was applied to freezer paper so it was a firm, steady medium which allowed us to paint, glue, etc. on a flat surface. He had lots of design ideas which he took from magazine pages as well as actual fabric samples he had created. He painted on black velvet with gold paint; bright colors on white and even had black "leaves" he fused on net. It was wonderful to see these samples and not have visualize them ourselves. He brought tubs of tiny sequins in any color you could think of and tubs of acrylic paint to use.

Most people created some sort of design on the skirt and some got to the bodice. I think only one person got to the point of attaching the two. It was very creative fun and as always,

The following images are works in progress. We will take pictures and add the end results to this page as we finish up. Bill Jones kept us entertained with tales of his days working with Beach Blanket Babylon, and the San Francisco Opera where he presently works.