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Quilting and Patchwork

February 29th, 2008

Quilting & Patchwork Joins the Art Bloggers

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A group of arts bloggers at the b5media Lifestyles Channel have collected a round-up of their posts.   How about checking them out for fun and inspiration?
*Link to a  Free Collage Sheet to download at Heather Goldsmith’s A Creative Journal.  I’ll have to do that myself since I’ve become fascinated by collages, whether fabric, paper, or mixed media.
 
*How Important is Color? Katelyn, […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments

February 25th, 2008

Black History Month - Past and Present

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Sandy Mitchell, of All Holiday Cafe, gives us insight into the origin of Black History Month, going back to 1926, when Prof. Carter J. Woodsen designated Negro History Week in mid-February, near the birthdays of  Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. 
She also provides a round-up of posts about Black History Month around b5media.  She included my Quilting […]

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February 22nd, 2008

Quilters Celebrate Black History Month

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  Throughout the country, myriad events are taking place in the quilting world to commemorate Black History Month.  Among them, you’ll find the following:
Freedom Quilts Exhibit to celebrate Black History Month.
This year’s exhibit features the contemporary needlework of several local quilters who have reproduced the Freedom Quilt patterns believed to have helped escaping slaves traveling […]

By Mary Emma Allen -- 9 comments