I have sewn with sequins, quiet abit. All I've done is only by hand, I've used the seed bead way . But when I want just sequins, I off-set each sequin, so once I sew down the first sequin, I come right under it and, bring up my needle and get the next sequin, there fore the sequin covers up the stitching from the last sequin layed. I do all my bead and sequin work, on my piece, and or quilt top before I quilt it. NO I did'nt read a book, thats just the way I do it.