http://quiltsandcreativity.com Fine art to funky traditional: life and quilting Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:52:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Take a look at the gorgeous work done by beaders participating in the 2008 Bead Journal Project. Bead Journal Project - Home Page Enjoy!Share This http://quiltsandcreativity.com/artistdates/bead-journal-project-home-page [caption id="attachment_352" align="alignnone" width="360" caption="Can anybody read Chinese? "][/caption] The Olympics aren't the only exciting thing occurring in China. This package arrived on my doorstep from Hong Kong: the bluelines for Color Mastery. I sure wish I knew what this said. I'm sure it's something quite ... http://quiltsandcreativity.com/quilting/olympics-in-china-thats-not-all [caption id="attachment_346" align="alignnone" width="362" caption="1996 Olympic Quilt with pins from Atlanta games"][/caption] We're Olympics junkies here. We're glued to Olympic coverage and letting the boys stay up late to watch even though school has started. I love everything about the Olympics: the collective enthusiasm of the world watching ... http://quiltsandcreativity.com/quilting/olympic-quilts Today I wrote a letter to my local newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, about the cuts management is making to its newsroom and how disappointed I am in the results. Ya'll know I'm a reader, and I'm saddened at the changes I'm seeing in the newspaper that is so much ... http://quiltsandcreativity.com/home/an-open-letter-to-the-atlanta-journal-constitution (You're gonna want to scroll down for this one.) So what does all this stuff about sketching have to do with quilting? It prepares you for the single moment that inspiration strikes. I want to make a quilt of a house, a bird, a cup of coffee. ... http://quiltsandcreativity.com/quilting/from-sketchbook-to-art-quilt