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		<title>Quilting: Too Many Decision Choices</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/09/18/quilting-too-many-decision-choices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who understands psychology knows that it is much easier for anyone to answer a question that has just two possible choice answers. In other words, do not ask your child or spouse &#8220;What do you want for breakfast?&#8221; Instead, say something like this: &#8220;Would you like cold cereal with blueberries or a bagel with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Quilt Lesson in Recycling: the &#8220;Green&#8221; Quilt of Charlotte Croft</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/09/10/a-quilt-lesson-in-recycling-the-green-quilt-of-charlotte-croft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ingenuity and creative vision of quilters is always amazing, an example of which is a purple pieced quilt made by Charlotte Croft of Vermont in 2010. The quilter calls the quilt &#8220;Sheily&#8217;s &#8220;Green&#8221; Quilt.&#8221; I always look for Charlotte&#8217;s quilts at the Billings Farm and Museum&#8217;s annual quilt show as she exhibits there annually. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When All Else Fails, Make A Quilt!</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/09/08/when-all-else-fails-make-a-quilt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[the art of quilting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Half the fun of making a quilt is its planning! Of course, the colors have to be decided upon, first of all. Sometimes, the colors choices are dictated by the overall design. One can choose a traditional pattern or can spend a little time and come up with an original quilt design. Two color quilts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quilting &#8211; a poem by Patricia Cummings</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quilting a poem by Patricia Cummings August 29, 2011 With wild abandon I still stitch away, While piles of fabric lay in sheer disarray. I cannot be neat in the midst of a project My method of working defies any logic. A block is too large? I shall just cut it down. A block is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opportunity for Qualified Quilt Professional</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/07/29/opportunity-for-qualified-quilt-professional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Department of State, on behalf of the U.S. Embassy Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is seeking a &#8220;female&#8221; candidate to present a comprehensive program to groups of economically-challenged and often illiterate women in Saudi Arabia and craft group organizers who wish to work as &#8220;enablers.&#8221; The applicant for this short-term position should be an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in Your Scrap Bag?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/06/26/whats-in-your-scrap-bag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 08:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This small 19th century scrap quilt may have been made for a child&#8217;s doll. It is polychromatic (many colors) and features stripes, plaids and other print fabrics left over from other projects. Some of the most charming quilts that I have collected are made entirely of &#8220;scraps,&#8221; those inevitable pieces of leftover fabrics from projects. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exceptional Variety of Antique Quilts at Show</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/05/11/exceptional-variety-of-antique-quilts-at-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 19:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Caesar's Crown quilt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civil War Quilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Durham wholecloth quilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Log Cabin potholder quilt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few more quilt photos of quilts we truly enjoyed seeing at the quilt show in Chester, Vermont last week. The first is a quilt owned by a local resident who inherited it from someone whose mother lived in Durham County, United Kingdom. The label that describes the quilt says that it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Case of Short-Sightedness</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/04/03/a-case-of-short-sightedness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 01:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you do not like any mention of religion or politics, do yourself a favor. Stop reading this post which will touch on both subjects. You know, I mainly stay in my little corner of the universe and am perfectly content to read, write, research, make quilts, and play the happy housewife (that I am). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy National Quilter&#8217;s Day!</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/03/19/happy-national-quilters-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhodendron and bee. Quilter&#8217;s are always busier than bees, as you may know! Photo by James Cummings You Know That You&#8217;re a Quilter a poem by Patricia Cummings You know that you&#8217;re a quilter When your home could be a shop So filled it is with notions and cloth from Fabric Hops. You know that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dihydrogen Monoxide: A Discussion</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/03/15/dihydrogen-monoxide-a-discussion/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/03/15/dihydrogen-monoxide-a-discussion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, after I realized that I needed a new rotary cutter, we ventured out to the nearest JoAnn Fabrics. I spotted two that had 60 mm cutting blades. The deciding factor was price: $28.99 sounded a lot better than $45.99. When I reached the checkout counter, I was pleased to learn that a sale was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southwestern Theme Inspires Quilt</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/01/17/southwestern-theme-inspires-quilt/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/01/17/southwestern-theme-inspires-quilt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, my friend Betty Wilson designed a unique quilt on her computer and then made it for her son, Alex, who teaches English to Japanese people in Japan. His girlfriend loves Native American designs and that was the inspiration for the quilt. Computer design Alex asked for &#8220;subtle&#8221; colors but Betty wanted to add the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Thing About Quilters</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/01/08/the-thing-about-quilters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quilters are extraordinary people, if you haven&#8217;t yet noticed yet. Quilters meet in groups called guilds which are always wishing to support local causes like the Make A Wish Foundation, C.A.S.A., the Ronald McDonald House and so many other worthy causes it is impossible to name them all. In times of war, quilters join together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trip to Keepsake Quilting</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/01/01/trip-to-keepsake-quilting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 20:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inasmuch as the sun was shining this morning, and inasmuch as Jim and I have not been &#8220;up that way&#8221; since last summer, I proposed a trip to Keepsake Quilting. Always game for an outing in which he can take along his camera to catch local scenes, Jim agreed. When we left, the sun was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All in a Year&#8217;s Time</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/12/26/all-in-a-years-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I get to thinking that I haven&#8217;t &#8220;done much,&#8221; I only have to look at my own list of articles and books to know that is not true. Just in the last year, I have done research for &#8220;for-print&#8221; articles (in The Quilter magazine) on the following topics: 1) &#8220;The Lobster Claw Quilt&#8221; 2) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Christmas Letter from Germany</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/12/08/a-christmas-letter-from-germany/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s mail brought a greeting of &#8220;Frohe Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr&#8221; from my friend in Germany. She is a very talented quilter! When I first &#8220;met&#8221; her, she was living in Ukraine but has since emigrated to Germany where she teaches quilting classes for a group of women in Chemnitz. Tamara Shpolyanska is [...]]]></description>
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