January 10th, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
I was thrilled when I saw one of my b5media blogs, Home Biz Notes and my name listed as one of the Women Bloggers of 2008 at Virtual Women’s Day Celebrations. This included a list of 25 women’s blogs and bloggers for January.
According to Heidi,
Women are blogging in record numbers these days - so may […]
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January 2nd, 2008
QuiltingAndPatchwork.com
Blogging has become an important part of many quilters’ lives, as well as numerous other people. It keeps them in touch with others, lets them express themselves and their creativity, helps them promote a business, and makes them happy.
(Just take a look at the article, Blogging, How it can Expand Our Creative & Personal Growth, in […]
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August 7th, 2007
The blog, Work From Home Momma, features an interview about my experiences in home businesses over the past 40 years, including my quilting one, Mea’s Quilts, operated during the Bicentennial Years. This interview, by Laura Spencer, is the first in her Work at Home Interview Series about women, particularly moms.
As Laura says, “Today’s interview is with […]
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August 4th, 2007
My daughter had an enjoyable day today painting and sun dyeing fabric for her quilting and fabric art. Beth started with fabric she’d previously dyed. Today she incorporated items from nature, ferns and leaves, for the designs on the fabrics below as she used sun dyeing and painting techniques. She said she eventually may do some stamping […]
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July 22nd, 2007
Heather Goldsmith, at A Creative Journal, alerted me to a new magazine, Artful Blogging, published by Stampington & Company that combines blogging and the art world. Blogging has become THE method to get word out there about what you’re doing.
So we’re finding that quilters, fabric artists, and quilting writers, along with others in the arts […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 2 comments
June 25th, 2007
It was exciting to see Yvonne Russell’s article, The Web - Your Partner in Promotion, at Grow Your Writing Business and discover it included an interview of me and one of the other blogs I write for b5media.
(Mary Emma)
Since many quilters are writers, or at least contribute patterns and information for books, so you may […]
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June 21st, 2007
Here at the Arts and Design Channel, we invite you to browse through our wedding ideas for Artists’ Showcase Theme Day. As I visited the various blogs, I realized we practically have a wedding planning guide!
The theme of “weddings” seems appropriate since summer generally is a popular time for weddings in the northern hemisphere. Also, […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 7 comments
June 16th, 2007
You’ll notice a new look to Quilting and Patchwork. I love it! What about you?
The folks at b5media have been changing the templates, and sometimes the colors, to our blogs. I wasn’t sure what I’d find when mine was finished. But I’m very impressed with what the b5media designers have come up with for me.
Let […]
By Mary Emma Allen -- 1 comment
June 13th, 2007
I’m pleased Quilting and Patchwork is one of the 200 blogs included in the b5media group. It’s exciting being part of this blogging network.
Read about this accomplishment at b5media Cracks the 200-blog Mark.
“In less than two years, b5media has grown from an idea into one of the world’s leading blog networks. In fact, we’ve now officially cracked […]
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June 8th, 2007
Quilters with blogs usually enjoy hearing from other quilters and fabric artists in the form of comments. Some write their blogs simply as an outlet and a way to share what they’re doing.
Others, who perceive their quilting as a business, find that comments usually relate to visitor views and are helpful in getting an idea of what […]
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