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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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		<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>Civil War Books That I Recommend</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/08/17/civil-war-books-that-i-recommend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:05:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suggested Civil War Reading List prepared by Patricia L. Cummings, quilt historian and author pat@quiltersmuse.com Patricia Cummings who presented a program &#8220;Women on the Civil War Home Front: Their Quilts and Their Needlework&#8221; on August 16, 2011. She is standing next to a quilt in the Old Meetinghouse of the New London Historical Society (that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quilt History: Why is it Important?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/07/12/quilt-history-why-is-it-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quilt History: Why Is It Important? by Patricia L. Cummings ©2010 Before we ask, “Why is Quilt History important?,” perhaps we should first ask, &#8220;Why is History important?” Daniel Webster, a noted statesman from New Hampshire, (and no relation to Ellen Webster), once said: “It is wise for us to refer to the history of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delightful &#8220;Find&#8221;: &#8220;Lighthouses of New England&#8221; Quilt Book</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/06/19/delightful-find-lighthouses-of-new-england-quilt-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was browsing in a quilt shop and my eye came to rest on a book that I knew I&#8217;d take home with me. It is called Lighthouses of New England and features original designs for paper piecing by Connie Rand (Berne, Indiana: House of White Birches) ISBN: 978-1-59217-108-8. I love lighthouses. They are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charming Little Book: A Black and White Tale</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/05/19/charming-little-book-a-black-and-white-tale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 13:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The expert appliqué work of quilt designer Ann Fahl and the poetry skills of art quilter Jacquie Sciutto combine to make a very sweet book that features Ann&#8217;s black and white cat and his antics. The 34 quilts shown throughout the delightful volume were 10 years in the making. This little 33 page book will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amazing Circus Themed Crazy Quilt at the Quilt Complex</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 19:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Julie Silber who is an active preserver of quilt history through all of her many activities from film producer to curator to quilt collector/quilt dealer (and fun auctioneer for the American Quilt Study Group&#8217;s seminars), has come up with an amazing Crazy Quilt that previously belonged to Mary Strickler. Below is a full-size view [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Quilter&#8217;s Bible: A New Book</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/03/16/the-quilters-bible-a-new-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have very much enjoyed perusing a copy of the new book,The Quilter&#8217;s Bible, by Linda Clements. With all of its inspiring and colorful photos of charming quilts and projects, the book is like a breath of spring air. Published in both the UK and the US, the volume is paperback-bound and is touted as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Beloved Baltimore Album Quilts&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/11/03/beloved-baltimore-album-quilts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 11:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elly Sienkiewicz, a name well-known to those of us who love Baltimore Album quilts, has just published a new book. Eye candy it is! As the cover says, the book provides 12 quilts, directions for 25 blocks, and tips for embellishment. Featured are quilts that currently are set up in a special exhibit at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elly Sienkiewicz Publishes New Book</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/09/21/elly-sienkiewicz-publishes-new-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I heard that Elly Sienkiewicz had produced yet another book about Baltimore Album quilts, I couldn&#8217;t believe it. She has been writing books on this subject since her own self-published book, Spoken Without A Word, was published in 1983. Over the years, I have acquired most of her books and have seen her rise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drafting for the Creative Quilter</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/08/22/drafting-for-the-creative-quilter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sally Collins has just published a new book, Drafting for the Creative Quilter, that sounded like one that would be nice to add to my library. I like reference books. I may not need it today, but sometime along the line, any book of this kind comes in handy. I was not disappointed when the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World War II Quilts:  A New Book by Sue Reich</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/07/20/world-war-ii-quilts-a-new-book-by-sue-reich/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The colors of Red, White and Blue are predominant in the new, patriotic book by Sue Reich that honors the textiles made during the most astounding war&#8230; ever! The author provides dozen of quilt examples, photos of ephemera, and photos of individuals to accompany the marvelous text she shares. Individual fabrics, close-ups of old quilts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Classic Quilts from The American Museum in Britain</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/07/11/classic-quilts-from-the-american-museum-in-britain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A newly-published book, Classic Quilts from The American Museum in Britain, is a 128 page paperback book that features many wonderful photos and close-up of both pieced and appliquéd quilts from an extraordinary collection. Even before taking the time to read all of the descriptions and history, it is like eye-candy just to leaf through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book for Children Features Historic Crazy Quilt</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/07/10/book-for-children-features-historic-crazy-quilt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I was delighted to see a book titled, Helen, Ethel &#038; The Crazy Quilt and couldn&#8217;t resist picking it up, even though it is a book for children. The true story is about the friendship established by mail, between two little girls. One was Ethel Orr who lived on Bailey Island, Maine and was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Quilt Book Explores Bringing New Life to Old Quilt Blocks</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/07/06/new-quilt-book-explores-bringing-new-life-to-old-quilt-blocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Quilt Block Challenge: Vintage Revisited by Mary Kerr, with a foreword by Pepper Cory, is one of the latest books published by Schiffer Publishing in 2010. To create this book, Mary Kerr asked 22 of her quilt friends to create new artistic quilts using vintage blocks as points of departure. The book is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Old Quilts</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/05/19/old-quilts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 13:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When people learn that I am a quilt historian and that I wrote a book about quilt care, storage and display, they often want to ask questions about how to care for a family heirloom. Usually, they don&#8217;t know the age of the quilt, and often, they guess at which family might have made it. [...]]]></description>
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