Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Not rhinestones! The hot fix Swarovski crystals are made for quilts. Just a few give lots of sparkle. The tiny ones are so fine you can't feel them on the quilt.
Oh man, you wouldn't believe how tiny the rhinestones are that I've used. #9, #16 and #20. I used the flat backs so you get the refraction but not the bulk!! The ones I used were actually Swarovski AB rhinestones. They come in crystal rhinestones too which are a little less expensive. I ordered all mine wholesale from a company in New York. They are totally different from the ones where you get a few in a little bag at HL. Little tiny bags would come in the mail and I would say no way is that all my order. It always was!!!!
No wonder that quilt is in a museum...that amount of rhinestones would be mega money!! Not to mentioned the labor involved!