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		<title>Quilts: A Discussion</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/10/20/quilts-a-discussion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Quilts &#8220;Matter&#8221;: A Quilt Discussion by Patricia L. Cummings This particular quilt which I named &#8220;Die Gedanken Sind Frei&#8221; is composed of reproduction blocks based on various antique quilts in my collection or traditional quilt blocks I have made to illustrate designs for published (printed magazine) articles when originals were not available. I started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte Croft&#8217;s Latest Lovable Quilt</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/09/22/charlotte-crofts-latest-lovable-quilt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, we received the following photo taken by Charlotte Croft, maker of the quilt below. While she says it is not the most beautiful quilt she has ever made, I&#8217;d have to disagree. It was made with such warmth and kindness for a victim of Hurricane Irene, it simply glows with the love that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final Letter from Mom</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/09/05/final-letter-from-mom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t like to read tragic, heart wrenching stories, turn your attention to some other matter&#8230; now! This post is about Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease. It isn&#8217;t just a random ailment. It wears a face. That face could be that of your grandmother, your mother, or some other loved one who leaves you to pick up [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Jacqueline Tobin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the "secret quilt code"]]></category>

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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;Civil War Era&#8221; Quilt</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/08/04/civil-war-era-quilt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 02:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I spotted a tag on a quilt in an antique shop that said &#8220;Civil War Era&#8221; quilt. I would love to know more about this quilt: where it has been, how it was damaged, and who made it. Alas, once a quilt gets sold in an estate sale or abused for awhile before being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Appliqué?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/07/10/do-you-applique/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some quilters are totally frightened at the prospect of doing appliqué and yet it is one of the most enjoyable types of quilting to do, if one knows how! That seems to be the key: the word &#8220;if.&#8221; I must have been very lucky to have been taught how to appliqué by a couple of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beth Davis Appointed Vice-President of PAAQT</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/05/26/beth-davis-appointed-vice-president-of-paaqt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 08:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beth Davis and her husband, Dan, July 2010 Long time friend and professional associate, Elizabeth Davis, has been appointed as Vice-President of the Professional Association of Appraisers of Quilted Textiles. Beth is a dedicated quilt historian who has contributed much to the quilt world as we know it. A costumed Beth Davis hand quilts on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alliance for American Quilts Announces August Event</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/05/23/alliance-for-american-quilts-announces-august-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 02:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to today&#8217;s announcement of special activities in August 2011 in Manhattan to raise money for the Alliance for the American Quilt which helps to preserve heritage materials and quilters&#8217; stories for posterity. http://www.allianceforamericanquilts.org/support/events.php]]></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>
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		<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>Amazing Circus Themed Crazy Quilt at the Quilt Complex</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/05/09/amazing-circus-themed-crazy-quilt-at-the-quilt-complex/</link>
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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>Artist Mary Stoudt Chosen for Ohio&#8217;s Quilt National Show: May 28 &#8211; September 5</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/04/27/artist-mary-stoudt-chosen-for-ohios-quilt-national-show-may-28-september-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Award-winning Artist Mary Stoudt Chosen for Ohio’s Prestigious “Quilt National” Show from May 28-Sept. 5 Her colorful and contemporary work also in upcoming shows at some things looming and the GoggleWorks in Reading, PA. &#8220;City View&#8221; Reading, Pa—Award-winning contemporary quilting and fiber artist Mary E. Stoudt (www.marystoudt-artquilts.com/) will be part of three major national and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Going Home&#8221; Quilts</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/04/05/going-home-quilts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I first heard of &#8220;going home&#8221; quilts. These are quilts that are used in nursing homes. A quilt drapes the body of an individual (usually confined in a body bag) who has expired there. What a dignified and respectful way to transport the person to a waiting hearse! The residents who might happen to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media Coverage of Major Events/ and the Issue of Quilts</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/03/24/media-coverage-of-major-events-and-the-issue-of-quilts/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/03/24/media-coverage-of-major-events-and-the-issue-of-quilts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember coming home from school every day when I was in high school. I was the youngest child and I would be the first to arrive home in the late afternoon while my parents were both at work in another city. Before digging in to &#8220;homework,&#8221; an idea that has probably disappeared now, along [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Quilts for Japan</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/03/17/call-for-quilts-for-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend, Valerie Hearder, received this note from Naomi Ichikawa, editor of Patchwork Tshushin, this morning (3/17/11): Dear Quilters: It is still bad situation now in Japan. We are still nervous about shaking and radiation, but no way to escape. I start to announce to the quilters to send us comfort quilts for the people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Favorite Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the way, did you know that the famous sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, whose former residence one can visit in New Hampshire, created a sculpture to commemorate the life of Robert Louis Stevenson in his home town, Edinburgh, Scotland? The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson When I was sick and lay a-bed, I had [...]]]></description>
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