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As I’ve written here before, I participated in the Bead Quilt Project, to remember and honor 9/11 victims, their families, and the heroes that emerged. Sometime today, please consider browsing through the website. I’m happy to report that the Quilts have been accepted to the National Memorial at the World Trade Center site — read more about it on the website.
Tags: bead quilt
is very, very small! I was on a flight yesterday, sitting next to a gentleman reading a book. We exchanged hellos, then he read, and I napped and then beaded (picture in a later entry). While we were waiting to deplane, he commented on my beading, and sounded a bit knowledgeable. He said he knew someone who beaded, had a website, sold patterns online. I asked who it was, thinking that I might know the beader, and I do! Our shared beading acquaintance is Pat Savu. Pat is the local coordinator for the Bead Quilt, we’ve exchanged emails, and we’ve met in person once or twice (I think, sorry if I got that wrong, Pat).
My seatmate works with Pat. It was very fun.
Tags: Artists, bead quilt
Okay, here’s more that I’ve added to my feed reader, and I’ve remembered to add them to this blogroll too. Just in case you want to browse….
The lovely thing about having so many beady blogs to read is that there’s always something new — somewhere!
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From an Amazon email, I learned that there is going to be a book on Monkeybiz, a South African project reviving beadwork by providing beads to disadvantaged women in Cape Town. They can work from home, and still look after their family and avoid transportation costs. This nonprofit organization puts profits back into the community through fair payment for bead art, and provision of community services. Their beadwork has traveled the world, from Norway to Madison Avenue.
There was a collection of Monkeybiz beadwork on display November 2007 at the Hennepin County Government Center (where I helped display the Bead Quilt several years ago). I took some pictures, and got them out of my files to share. Enjoy!
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