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Come Back Later to see the pictures from the book and visit The Emergings book for the story and testimonials

Video: Suzie talks about the emergings book

I wrote about Mahammud Yunus, Kiva and Microlending earlier today at Abundance Highway and when I first went to Kiva to make a loan for Blog Action Day, there was no current projects available for funding.

I saw on Twitter that Aruni from Entrepremusings was going to make a loan and found like I had initally that there were no current projects to fund.

I had commented on Twitter that I would see what or whether there were any other microlending organizations on line.

I knew of Opportunity International and the work of David Bassau. There I found Optinnow You can support projects In Mexico, Kenya and Phillippines.

The next one I found was Global Giving

Global Giving operates in a similar way to Kiva,

with a novel twist, whereby through a wizard you can choose where and who  to lend your money to.

 This now gives me as well as others 2 more options to empower people to create change and alleviate poverty

This is the video of the making of this quilt

Windows On The World

51 x  65 inches    (130 x 165 cm)

$ 2200  

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This is a very special quilt for me. The painted wool challis is representaive of the very detailed layering of colour and patterning that has made my work stand out.

Windows on the World was inspired by the transformation of the landscape, the colours, patterning and layers of the the land and our own lives A real complexity.

Reef Colours

12" x 60" (30 x 150cm)

Silk  Georgette

This scarf was inspired by the color of the sea and reefs, sometimes the changing blues and sometimes it is green, coral and tropical fish adding color .

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This explains the story behind the making of this art quilt

This quilt is for sale and there is free shipping and insurance this month. This page has images, details and purchase details

Sea Green

12" x 60" (30 x 150cm)

Silk  Georgette

This scarf was inspired by the color of the sea, sometimes it is blues and sometimes there are green hues

Bush Rainbow

18" x 68" (46 x 172cm)

Silk Crinkle Georgette

First I would like to thank the following people who have helped me along the way to get to launching this site today.

• Ed Dale from Thirty Day Challenge for introducing me to Richard Ink and his wonderful world of handmade fountain pens The one pen per page  has been the inspiration for my online studio, Art and Beyond. I have had a static website for many years with the promise that I would up date it real soon now.
• To Des Walsh for supporting me and last night putting in a new theme as the one I had chosen wouldn’t take large images. Now he is making videos so you can see the details of each quilt.
• Darren Rouse for getting excited about the Art blog, when I raised it as part of my niche homework on the Six Figure Blogging course.

It has been an exciting few weeks as I have built this site, done some reflection as to how I got to where I am now. The photo collection of 15 years of running my business Suzie Cheel Handpainted Originals  is wonderful and if you hang around here, subscribe to make sure you don’t miss out on what’s new and tips from the past, you will learn and be inspired. I wrote for Textile magazine for 10 years- a series on making a living in the Textile Arts. These articles will appear here occasionally and in a monthly e-zine where I will share more of them. Subscribe now and get the first  article that kicked this series off.

Now for the very exciting news. This week only from Today until Tuesday 27th May 2008  midnight PST ( Wednesday in Australia)

Sea Blue  (SOLD)

18" x  68" (46 x 172cm)

Pure Silk- Crinkle Georgette.

Over the 15 years or so I was running my Handpainted textile business, this blue color combination, along with turquoise and purple were the most popular color combinations that I was repeatedly asked for, that galleries sold and many mothers of the bride wore.

These colors are flattering to so many skin tones, age groups and the colors of the sea and sky. The first scarf I sold on the internet many years ago, to an American , who now lives in Australia, was one of the blues!

Once when I was in Santa Fe, New Mexico in a Gallery, wearing a Handpainted woolen silk lined coat I had made, we were leaving one of the staff said: "Thankyou for your Blues!"