Medallions, medallions, medallions.

As I've mentioned before, making medallions is something I can do for now because I used to make beaded jewelry all of the time, and have a ton of beads to fiddle with. Anyway, I made a new one last night:

I am a little concerned about it because it's completely floppy, unlike the others which have been completely beaded so that the fabric if stiff  with stitching and the beads. I am thinking about attaching this to a bit of thick felt or fleece to make it have some more substance.

My ex-husband and I have been chatting a bit about making use of his leather-working skills in my shop, so he went and bought some leather medallions to work with. I want to see if dying the leather black and then using cabs and studs and spikes will look good. If I know what gothic fusion style dancers like, they could possibly be a hit! Anyway, leather means we don't have to cover every bit of the medallion surface, and still maintain the shape. We can even dye them red or other colors and then add a bit of variety that way. Anyway, we shall see. I'm also noodling an idea around in my head for some belts pieced together from decorated-with-shiny-things medallions and connected with metal hardware, maybe dangle shiny stuff from them as well.

Anyway, keep your eyes open for new stuff in the shop soon - I have a couple of medallions to add and once the ex and I get moving, maybe more!