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		<title>Free Angel Pattern from an Antique Source</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/09/12/free-angel-pattern-from-an-antique-source/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This line drawing intended for outline stitch embroidery of an angel is from a vintage source and was originally an almost microscopic line drawing in a catalog full of thousands of patterns to order. The pattern that would be received by the customer (in the 1890s) could be traced to embroider in a 10&#8243; x [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Years Old and Ready for Fun: A Reminiscence</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/09/03/five-years-old-and-ready-for-fun-a-reminiscence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supposedly, children have no memory of anything much before the age of reason, seven years old, or so I have been told. That does not seem to be true with me as I vividly recall my mother teaching me to embroider when I was only five. She simply drew an outline of a bear on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embroidered Linen Needed New &#8220;Home&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/06/21/embroidered-linen-needed-new-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We visited a new-to us antiques shop last month and were greeted with the announcement that the shop was having a sale. Being a true Yankee, the word &#8220;sale&#8221; speaks to my thrifty nature. There were even deeper discounts in the basement. Well, there was nothing down there that I would remotely thing of toting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8220;Mammy Quilt&#8221; with Words</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/05/17/a-mammy-quilt-with-words/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/05/17/a-mammy-quilt-with-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 01:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reader who identifies herself only as &#8220;Suzan&#8221; has sent photos of a &#8220;Mammy&#8221; quilt she made in Redwork. Here is one of the photos: A &#8220;Mammy&#8221; quilt with words: &#8220;Our Patchwork Heritage Strengthens Not Weakens.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>A Beautiful Arpillera to Warm the Spirit</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/12/21/a-beautiful-arpillera-to-warm-the-spirit/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/12/21/a-beautiful-arpillera-to-warm-the-spirit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arpillera in the form of a child&#8217;s backpack This exquisite little embroidered and appliquéd textile is typical of those made with a Guatemalan woven-fabric background. I was delighted to see the scene which includes a flowering Saguaro cactus, an alpaca, flowers, and happy sun and drops of rain descending from a cloud. There is also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sashiko &#8211; Something Old is New Again</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/09/28/sashiko-something-old-is-new-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the early 1990s, as a member of Area 2 of the Northern New England Chapter of the Embroiderers&#8217; Guild of America, I prepared a series of five monthly lectures that centered on the culture, history, and needlework techniques of Japan. One type of stitching that was new to me, at that time, is called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embroidered Mystery Objects</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/09/15/embroidered-mystery-objects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone from Rhode Island sent me a package of unusual items about a year ago. They are long, embroidered strips, some of them perhaps intended as a trim for something, but for what? We wonder if this was intended to tie something else together or as a trim? The second one says &#8220;Hand towels&#8221; in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reader Solves Mystery about Bluework Block Origin</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/04/11/reader-solves-mystery-about-bluework-block-origin/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/04/11/reader-solves-mystery-about-bluework-block-origin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Antique Bluework block in question Hi, Pat, I have always enjoyed reading your articles in quilt magazines. I got a small Bluework quilt today, and was glad to see your article. My quilt has the same reindeer block as yours. That was exciting to see! I&#8217;m really writing about the pillow top block from Helene [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Artograph Light Boxes</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/02/07/artograph-light-boxes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you like to trace designs for hand embroidery, Artograph Light Boxes are the way to go. I love mine. I have had it for years, and it is so handy and lightweight to carry to classes for demonstration purposes. I thought I&#8217;d mention it because I am such a happy customer! In fact, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redwork Embroidery and Needlework Traditions in Europe and America e-book &#8211; Now Available</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/01/20/redwork-embroidery-and-needlework-traditions-in-europe-and-america-e-book-now-available/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/01/20/redwork-embroidery-and-needlework-traditions-in-europe-and-america-e-book-now-available/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/?p=4346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Redwork Embroidery and Needlework Traditions in Europe and America is currently available to acquire as a pdf file written to a CD disc that is easily inserted into a computer&#8217;s hard drive and read on any computer. We first published this as a wire bound book in January 2006 and received wonderful reviews at that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treasure Trove of Family Textiles Continues to Delight</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/12/31/treasure-trove-of-family-textiles-continues-to-delight/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/12/31/treasure-trove-of-family-textiles-continues-to-delight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:20:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/?p=4076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Within the last two years, we have been documenting, cleaning, photographing, writing about, and publishing items from the Lewis family collection that represents at least four generations of needleworker/quilters who also worked in other media such as rug hooking, filet crochet, and the latest techniques of their day. Represented are the three most recent quilt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birds of a Feather, Flock Together</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/09/birds-of-a-feather-flock-together/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/09/birds-of-a-feather-flock-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Antique bird drawing, one of many for Outline Stitch Embroidery (Redwork, etc.) from the e-book, Redwork Renaissance Revisited, available on the Products Available page of Quilter&#8217;s Muse Publications website. Who doesn&#8217;t thrill at seeing the first Robin of Spring, with its ear so finely-tuned as to detect worms just under the surface of the ground? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh, My! Here We Go Again!</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/10/23/oh-my-here-we-go-again/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/10/23/oh-my-here-we-go-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Half of my life, it seems, has been spent trying to correct other people in their erroneous, fallacious, and mythical statements about the &#8220;facts&#8221; surrounding textile and quilt history, including, but certainly not limited to, embroidery techniques such as Redwork. In these financially-trying times, it appears that unqualified people are willing to charge money to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question from Reader re: Thread</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/09/18/question-from-reader-re-thread/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question &#8211; &#8220;Can you tell me where to buy turkey red embroidery thread?&#8221; At first, I was floored by this question because I wondered where the reader found the term and why she was asking me. Mystified, and short on time, when I read the one-line message, I wrote back, &#8220;Why do you want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sampler Consortium Updates for New Hampshire</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/09/12/sampler-consortium-updates-for-new-hampshire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a copy of information brought to you courtesy of the Sampler Consortium, an international organization of scholars, historians, curators, educators, genealogists, textile conservators, collectors, dealers, and needlework enthusiasts interested in the study of historic samplers and other girlhood embroideries. Stitches in Time: Portsmouth Samplers 1760-1840 Exhibit of 33 samplers from the collection of [...]]]></description>
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