Maria likes beads and sparkly stuff! And she sews well! Combining these two interests, she made a really nice A-line skirt which she embroidered and then embellished with sequins and beads. Read on to see the results – she did a really fantastic job, I think!
Bead embroidery, which often includes pailettes or sequins or spangles (I’m never absolutely sure what the difference is – they are all defined the same way in some sources and differently in others), is a great way to embellish anything, but when you embellish clothes with beads and so forth, you can really make a statement!
Maria put together a somewhat simple A-line skirt in what appears to be a kind of light wool, in a warm brown color. She picked out a motif that is somewhat paisley-ish, turned it into a repeat design, transferred it with dressmaker’s carbon (I think that’s what she said), and stitched on the shape in a lighter goldish-brown embroidery floss. Once the shape was embroidered on, it was a matter of embellishing the shape with sequins and bugle beads, then doing the finish work on the skirt!
So here’s the skirt:
![Skirt embroidered with beads and sequins](https://www.needlenthread.com/Images/Miscellaneous/Readers_Embroidery/Embellished_Skirt_01.jpg)
Nice, isn’t it? She alternated between gold colored spangles and silver colored ones. These are the round, flat “sequins” – no bumps or ridges in them (spangles?). They look like the spangles I use for goldwork, only they aren’t gold.
![Skirt embroidered with beads and sequins](https://www.needlenthread.com/Images/Miscellaneous/Readers_Embroidery/Embellished_Skirt_02.jpg)
Here’s a bit of a close-up on the repeat.
![Skirt embroidered with beads and sequins](https://www.needlenthread.com/Images/Miscellaneous/Readers_Embroidery/Embellished_Skirt_03.jpg)
And here it is, even closer up, so you can see the difference in colors on the spangles and on the bugle beads.
![Skirt embroidered with beads and sequins](https://www.needlenthread.com/Images/Miscellaneous/Readers_Embroidery/Embellished_Skirt_04.jpg)
And there’s the corner flower.
Fun skirt!! I think she did a great job! It was time-consuming, but I think it was worth the effort, don’t you??
Thanks, Maria!
What nice work! Mary, I really like it when you share pieces from readers.
Thanks, Margaret! I like posting readers’ work. I think it’s fun to see what everyone else is up to, and to be inspired by different ideas, approaches, and techniques.
This is a great skirt, I can see it in black and silver for evening.
That is such a subtle yet funky design. Very cute, especially for a young person.
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