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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>Unusual Textile &#8220;Find&#8221; by Reader</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/07/19/unusual-textile-find-by-reader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Judith Kaplan wrote to ask my thoughts about a Crazy Quilt that she&#8217;d just purchased, my first conclusion was that it is not a &#8220;Crazy Quilt.&#8221; That term does not refer to just any quilt that appears to have haphazard designs but rather to a specific effect achieved by asymmetrical piecing and certain kinds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reader Recounts Trips to Egypt</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/02/17/reader-recounts-trips-to-egypt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 19:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rosemary Stieg of Pennsylvania has visited Egypt on two occasions and has the following comments: Having been to Egypt twice – once in 1985 and again in 2009, I too have a fascination with the appliqué of the tents and panels. On our most recent trip, I was determined to find ‘tent street’ on our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reader Shares Story of Egyptian Panels and their Provenance</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/02/11/reader-shares-story-of-egyptian-panels-and-their-provenance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, when Kathy Rushing of Silver Spring, Maryland read my website article about Egyptian panels made by the tentmakers of Cairo, Egypt she was inspired by what I said about future scholarship relying in part on the provenance of these objects. She decided to share some images of three items of this type that she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter from a Reader</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/02/06/letter-from-a-reader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 03:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[chiru]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are always happy to receive mail even when it is sent to correct a misstatement. Yesterday, we received the following note from Nancy Sreenan: Hi Pat, I think you wrote the following on quilter&#8217;s muse: &#8220;The weavers used a twill pattern in which the warp was alternately wrapped, creating an uneven surface. The natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hmong Textiles</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/01/29/hmong-textiles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:21:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hmong people make beautiful textiles. While they were held in relocation camps after the end of the Vietnam War, both men and women passed the time making exquisite embroidered pieces that depict either peaceful or combative scenes. The tiny stitches used and the tiny figures that are sewed to perfection demonstrate skill, patience and talent. [...]]]></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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				<category><![CDATA[Embroidery]]></category>
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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>Fascinating New Publication Reveals 18th Century Textiles</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/11/08/fascinating-new-book-reveals-18th-century-textiles/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/11/08/fascinating-new-book-reveals-18th-century-textiles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows me, also knows that my criteria for collecting any textile related book is that I do not already own it. That aside, I must say that I am fascinated with news coming out of the UK that a catalog is available from the new &#8220;Threads of Feeling: The London Foundling Hospital&#8217;s Textile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toile Fabric</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/10/21/toile-fabric/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New book about toile fabric to be available on November 1, 2010: Sarah Grant has written a new book about French Toiles du Juoy fabrics that looks very promising! I was delighted to learn the identity of an English toile that was published in this column in early October. Key in the word &#8220;toile&#8221; in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scholar Sheds Light on Indian Textile</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/10/20/scholar-sheds-light-on-indian-textile/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/10/20/scholar-sheds-light-on-indian-textile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, I was so happy to open my e-mail and read the following letter, sent from India. Dear Ms. Cummings, In my continuing research for Timeless Textiles: The Quilts of India I came across your blog dated Saturday, July 25th, 2009. The appliquéd quilt you display is a kanduri from Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA. [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/09/28/sashiko-something-old-is-new-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Embroidery]]></category>
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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>Saddam&#8217;s Flag</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/09/27/saddams-flag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When U.S. Marines entered the palace of Saddam Hussein in 2003, they decided to send home a trophy: a silk flag that is hand painted with symbols, and most likely a gift to him. According to the website that features photos of this item, of the 14 men who signed the flag, only four survived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Threads of Feeling&#8221; Exhibit to Open on October 14, 2010</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/09/25/threads-of-feeling-exhibit-to-open-on-october-14-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/09/25/threads-of-feeling-exhibit-to-open-on-october-14-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the permanent record of 4,000 babies left at a foundling hospital in the United Kingdom, between 1741-1760, snippets of their clothing or other small items were attached to paper records about each baby. This fabrics have been preserved and will be shared with the public in a rare exhibit of these 18th [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mola Exhibit in Canada</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/09/17/mola-exhibit-in-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/09/17/mola-exhibit-in-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Knowing my love of molas of the Kuna Indians, and how extensively I have written about them, a dear friend sent the following exhibit link to molas currently shown in the Textile Museum of Canada. The name of the exhibit is: &#8220;Drawing with Scissors &#8211; Molas from the Kuna Yala.&#8221; Pieces will be on display [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rubia:  Mending Afghanistan One Stitch at a Time</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/19/rubia-mending-afghanistan-one-stitch-at-a-time/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/19/rubia-mending-afghanistan-one-stitch-at-a-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rubia, an organization that has 501 (c) 3 status as a non-profit, is dedicated to increasing the literacy of the women of Afghanistan. They raise funds for education mainly through the sale of embroidered goods. A few years ago, we had the opportunity to write an article for The Quilter magazine, based on a meeting [...]]]></description>
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