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		<title>Moving&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/12/16/moving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo of Patricia Cummings taken in 2010 at Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH MOVING to New Blog Interface on Google Yes, it is true. This blog is moving to a new location. For a time, all of the many entries here will be left in place. All new blog entries will be posted to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good News All Around: War Over / My New Book Being Shipped</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/12/15/good-news-all-around-war-over-my-new-book-being-shipped/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ann Curry of MSNBC announced on Facebook this morning that the war in Iraq officially ended last night. The final statistics, as she reports them are: a war that lasted almost 9 years, 4,476 U.S. military deaths, and a cost of $800 billion dollars. Now, the troops are coming home! On a much smaller scale [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting Situation Unearthed by Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, my son made an amazing discovery! After tracking the geneaology of every ancestor in our family tree, he learned the story of the our first Irish ancestors who emigrated to the United States when they were young. Patrick Grace, most probably from County Kilkenny, was born in 1841. It seems that after he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Amish Quilts have a Welsh Connection?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/11/25/do-amish-quilts-have-a-welsh-connection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Books for Quilters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2001, when I participated in a quilt history study course at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, I heard the first mention of Amish Quilts having a possible link to the Welsh quilting tradition. It was a matter of time before someone decided to undertake a study and that someone is the renowned quilt scholar, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sotheby&#8217;s to Auction the Samplers Collected by Betty Ring</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/10/28/sothebys-to-auction-the-samplers-collected-by-betty-ring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sotheby&#8217;s has slated an auction for January 12, 2012 to liquidate the collection of 175 Samplers owned by researcher and writer, Betty Ring. Sampler dealers, Carol and Stephen Huber, have prepared an illustrated catalog with descriptions of each Sampler. All items to be sold are shown. The catalogue, priced at $53 dollars each, can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan State University Researchers to Study Health-Related Quilts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following announcement was made by Marsha MacDowell: The Michigan State University Museum and the MSU College of Human Medicine have launched a Quilts and Health Project; see http://quiltsandhealth.wordpress.com/about/. This blog is a first step in building a community of individuals who make, use, and study health-related quilts. Bloggers are Beth Donaldson, Clare Luz, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum, Adams, MA Announces Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Press Release Lecture Series &#8211; October 23,2011 All Girls Allowed Speaks Out on Human Rights and Gendercide Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum 67 East Road, Adams, MA &#8211; 3:00 pm, Sunday, October 23, 2011 Adams, MA &#8211; Brian Lee, Executive Director for the Boston-based education and advocacy group All Girls Allowed will speak about human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeff Warner Announces New CD of Folk Music</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/10/14/jeff-warner-announces-new-cd-of-folk-music/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA["Long Time Travelling" CD]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[News received via e-mail from Jeff Warner: Jeff Warner has a new album! It&#8217;s called &#8220;Long Time Travelling,&#8221; and is just out on the English label, WildGoose. WildGoose Records is a respected UK label, focusing on traditional folk music, mostly English. They asked Jeff to record because of his many appearances at UK folk clubs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wonderful New Blog Focuses on Textiles of India</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/09/13/wonderful-new-blog-focuses-on-textiles-of-india/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 17:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick J. Finn, a scholar and writer whom I&#8217;ve mentioned before on this blog, has set up his own blog to show photos of textiles made in India and to provide information about them. He is currently writing a book on this topic. https://thequiltsofindia.wordpress.com/ We are happy to share his link with you in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers to Study Quilts made for Medical Reasons</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/08/31/researchers-to-study-quilts-made-for-medical-reasons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A note from Marsha McDowell, Ph.D., Michigan State University: This summer a group of researchers representing the Great Lakes Quilt Center/Michigan State University Museum, the MSU College of Human Medicine, and other university partners launched a new blog to build a wider community of individuals who make, use, and study health-related quilts. Please take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Book Not to Miss: Love Amid the Turmoil</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/08/26/a-book-not-to-miss-love-amid-the-turmoil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civil War]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Love Amid the Turmoil: The Civil War Letters of William]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He called her &#8220;Dollie&#8221;; she called him &#8220;Peaches.&#8221; A book now permanently records the love between William Vermilion and his wife, Mary, who wrote letters to each other during the Civil War. Now in print, thanks to the University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, Iowa, the invaluable volume is the diligent work of editor, Donald [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNH Music Professor Makes YouTube Video to Assist Struggling Town in Nicaragua</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/08/23/unh-music-professor-makes-youtube-video-to-assist-struggling-town-in-nicaragua/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before learning of Dr. David Ripley and the music video he made for YouTube with his music students at the University of New Hampshire, I had never heard of a little town in Nicaragua called &#8220;El Hatillo.&#8221; The purpose of the video is to draw attention to the poverty of the people there and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNH Professor Explores the Mysticism and Diversity of Spain in Public Talk</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/08/17/unh-professor-explores-the-mysticism-and-diversity-of-spain-in-public-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. John Chaston, Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at the University of New Hampshire, presented a program titled &#8220;John Chaston on Spain: A Magical Mystery Tour&#8221; on August 16, 2011 at the Hampstead Public Library. The talk is just one offering of the UNH Speaker&#8217;s Bureau program. Chaston is the director of the UNH [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wonderful Summary!</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/08/14/wonderful-summary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following link connects with a wonderful summary written by Lisa Evans, quilt historian and medieval quilt specialist, who like many of us have been following a certain quilt myth for years now. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/13/1006346/-Books-So-Bad-Theyre-Good:The-Making-of-a-Modern-Myth Don&#8217;t take &#8220;our&#8221; word for it. Read the book yourself!]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am beginning to think that the FATES are trying to undermine my efforts once again. They will not win! For a considerable number of months now, I have been preparing for one day: August 16, 2011. I have made five quilts, collected about thirty images (mostly of museum-held Civil War quilts), and prepared a [...]]]></description>
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