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, of Stamping Mad, asks as she muses on the importance of color in art.  I’ve been fascinated by color this week as my daughter has been in the midst of dyeing fabric for her quilting art projects.

*At Cyndi Lavin, at Layers Upon Layers, gives us instructions on  how to create a cyanotype from any photo…digitally!  Ah!  This is fascinating.

*Here at Quilting & Patchwork, I researched information about quilters who are doing something special to commemorate Black History Month. 

*Chloe Findlay-Harder, at Tangled Thread , shows us how to create a finished piece of fiber art from beginning to end.  Lots of inspiration here.

Hope you can find some fascinating ideas and enjoyable reading by checking out these blogs.  What are you doing in your creative art field?

(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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Quilting & Patchwork Joins the Art Bloggers

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 and Patchwork post, Quilters Celebrate Black History Month.

Do you have anything special on your blog for this event?

(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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Black History Month – Past and Present

  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 along the Underground Railroad in the years before the Civil War.

AT&T and Gee’s Bend Quilters Create Artwork to Commemorate Black History Month

The AT&T Gee’s Bend Quilt, which measures 95 inches by 82 inches, was created by 46 members of the Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective and features colors based on the AT&T brand palette. The artists, ranging in age from 19 to 90, worked together for more than 250 hours to complete the artwork, which is destined to become a part of black cultural history.

Zion Lutheran celebrates Black History Month

Zion is now looking for volunteers to help fifth and eighth grade students sew an American quilt.

(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

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Quilters Celebrate Black History Month