New AQS Show in Lancaster, PA

The American Quilter’s Society has added the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster PA as the location for a fourth show and contest in 2010, (others being in Des Moines, IA, Knoxville, TN and Paducah KY). Approximately 200 quilts will be judged  in various categories with more than [...]

Building a richer public domain
quoted excerpts from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, topic  reference – The Creative Commons Network, The Creative Commons.org and Flickr Creative Commons

Please Note, the copyright information posted here is subject to unforseen changes being made by the major sharing sites on the WWW. This post has been modified twice already. * see [...]

a website review of The Quilt Index – quiltindex.org

The Quilt Index is a growing research and reference tool designed to provide unprecedented access to information and images about quilts held in private and public hands.
It is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts and several several entities of Michigan State University. [...]

in the CQA Quilting News -Unique Quilt Shows in 2010, in the United States – Ohio, South Dakota, California, and Paducah Kentucky

Journey of Hope in America: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama- Dec 15, 2009 -Dec 15, 2010 at the Afro American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio

“Imagine Hope,” Hollis Chatelain’s first art exhibit, [...]

Quilts and Copyright law: what happened and what could have happened
This article is posted for your information with permission from the author, Paul Rapp of PaulRapp.com
Paul specializes in intellectual property law including copyright, trademark, Internet, and art and entertainment matters. Paul is adjunct professor of copyright and art & entertainment law, Albany Law School
Future [...]

Quilting Retreats come in endless shapes and sizes.

An Internet Search for Quilters Retreats brings up the sites listed below. There are many others not listed.
These lists were compiled in Oct, 2009. The information is provided for your convenience. Please copy and paste any URL into your browser. These listings are not active links. (too much [...]

WordPress Plugins to enhance your blog,
part of a series of Internet Skills posts

Many generous software writers are continually developing great plug ins for bloggers using WordPress open source software.

It’s as if bloggers keep adding to a virtual Wish List of Plugins and more free capabilities keep appearing, (numbering the in 1000’s).
If you [...]

Get a new and improved WordPress Editor
part 5 in a series of Internet skills

There was an annoying thing about the WordPress article editor I started out using, the basic editor you might be using too.

Line breaks that I added for spacing effects usually would not be saved. Even when using HTML code, the [...]

3 types of metadata you need for your website
Select the best and appropriate key words
A website’s Name or Title, a useful Description of the site’s purpose and 5-7 Key Words or Key Word Phrases are the most important and in fact essential features in website design.

However, that useful description by itself is not used by [...]

Increasing quilt artists’ visibility on the WWW
It is difficult to be noticed in cyberspace. Most artists do not possess the knowledge or time needed to create and maintain an effective web presence. Very few understand the complexities of search engines. Internet communities are a great way to raise visibility on the Internet and attract search [...]

Copying digital photos for the WWW – what’s OK and what’s not – YES, NO, and MAYBE

Please note – this post has been modified twice since 09 09 15 due to changes being made with photo sharing websites, (eg. Creative Commons). Keep updated by visiting the share sites discussed in this post.
It’s very tempting, [...]

engaging blog features help bring repeat visitors
Creating a compelling reason for readers to return to your blog to check out what’s new naturally blends with your goals for becoming a respected blogger and commenter.  Page views will increase, mutual links will form and ideally you will make some sales of your fiber art. (subscription with [...]

Identify Yourself

The primary goal of a blog is building community. Writing excellent posts is part of the task. Making comments at other blogs, responding to those comments and commenting on the response of your own blog are the ways to build community.
If your comments and responses are consistently helpful, informative, interesting and well written, you [...]

Darren Rouse’s ProBlogger self-guided Blog Tutorial

Do you know what a Sneeze Post is?
Would you know how to develop an editorial calendar for your blog?
Do you have a plan to boost your blog’s profile and readership?
Luckily, when I first started to develop this blog, I had the foresight to think that I [...]

Sunburns, Water Test Strips and Lipstick – What’s the Connection?
Most of us know if we have some degree of color blindness. The half percent of women and the 6 percent of men diagnosed as being color blind learn early in life to make compensations in color identification in their daily lives. It’s the tints and [...]

Are your quilt photos showing your artwork in the best possible way?
Here is what you will need to create better quilt art photos for your blog or website:
1. A digital camera (at least 2 megapixels)
2. A computer with a good monitor (laptops are not the best display for photo work)
3. Software to edit [...]

Are you at a brick wall in the creative process?
Are you sick of being in a creative recession?
Christopher Alexander, architectural visionary, has produced a four volume essay discussing his theories of patterns and the nature of the Universe. He talks a lot about getting to the center, all center, whether it is the elevator [...]

Looking under the Hood
Search engines are a very competitive environment so how they work is a well guarded secret.  Google in particular is so sophisticated and successful that it represents over 80% of all searches, leaving the impression with many that there’s a giant elephant in the room.