Vera Swanson's thoughts on the meeting: "Yesterday, Sunday, we had the pleasure of attending a fabric embellishment workshop lead by Bill Jones. What a guy - his breadth & depth of acquired knowledge and skill astounds me. And he's more than willing to share - another endearing trait!

There were 11 of us 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. And he was very supportive and encouraging.

Most of us 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. All in all, it was very creative fun and as always, great to see friends. I hope to finish my skirt which is either a grape, violet or hyacinth design, depending on who looks at it. (It's supposed to be wisteria). All in all, a wonderful way to spend Sunday!"