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		<title>U.S. Navy Retiree Writes Book About His 20 Year Career</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/07/25/u-s-navy-retiree-writes-book-about-his-20-year-career/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert R. Rotruck, Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Navy Retired Robert R. Rotruck, Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Navy (Retired), has written a book about his 20 year career from 1959-1979. This 162 page autobiography, published as a paperback by Wheatmark, Inc., recalls incidents that made his life away from home both a challenge and a joy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former NH Commissioner of Agriculture Presents Bovine Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 02:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We drove all the way to Tamworth, NH tonight to listen to a presentation by Steve Taylor on one of his favorite topics: cows. This man knows more about cows than most anyone you could meet. He should know. He is a dairy farmer with about 60 milk cows in his herd. This was the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bicentennial Quilt &#8211; 1976</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Anecdotes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1966, Deerfield, New Hampshire celebrated its Bicentennial with a variety of activities. However, in 1976, the town celebrated the National Bicentennial with the rest of the country. One way they did this was to make a community quilt that depicts various buildings, businesses, the Liberty Bell, and of course, a deer in the field. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website To Inspire Those Who Love Appliqué</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/01/31/website-to-inspire-those-who-love-applique/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Quilt Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I have received an e-mail from Margaret Mathews who told me that we have a wonderful site and she likes what we have done with it. Thank you, Margaret! I visited the link she provided at the end of the note and found a very rich blogspot with all kinds of beautiful images of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ancient Mayan Stamp Designs Turned into Quilt Patterns</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Linda Laird Designs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linda Laird is nothing, if not resourceful and ingenious. She was first exposed to ancient Mayan designs while a student of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Today, she is creating state-of-the-art appliqué designs for quilts and quilted wall hangings, that if cut carefully, are reverse images, and can be used to make two quilts! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Television</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/06/22/public-television/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a young teenager, the television happened to be on, when I noticed that an instructional program was about to be shown to teach how to play &#8220;Folk Guitar.&#8221; I ran upstairs to find my brother&#8217;s guitar that he had always intended to learn to play. The series was only a few lessons, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jim&#8217;s Cooking Blog</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/05/28/jims-cooking-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 23:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am happy to say that my husband not only &#8220;brings home the bacon,&#8221; he cooks it, too! In fact, he cooks a lot more than bacon, and he has started a new blog to reveal all of his cooking secrets. He hopes to add new items, daily, with wonderful photos to tempt you to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Textiles from Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/02/19/more-textiles-from-pakistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[World Textiles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I received this note in my mailbox. Pat, I thought I would pass on some pictures to you that I took of things given to me while I was in Pakistan. I am also the owner of a small home-based business called The Lost Caravan, and I sell imports from Pakistan, to help me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rubia: An Effort to Aid Literacy in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/01/12/rubia-an-effort-to-aid-literacy-in-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Embroidery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Above is a photo taken by James Cummings: a pillow made with all natural fibers that originate in Afghanistan. The peacock pillow was created by a member of the Rubia organization, a group that raises money through the sale of Afghan-made embroideries. They are sold in Kabul and in the United States. Rachel Lehr, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Susan B. Anthony Personified</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2008/10/30/susan-b-anthony-personified/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, Today was an exciting day! We attended a presentation about Susan B. Anthony, champion of women&#8217;s rights, equality and the right to vote. Actress Sally Matson dressed up in period costume, in a high collar, long dress, and bloomers, made by a former colleague at the American Textile History Museum. She gave a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quilting &#8211; An Idea that is Spreading</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/09/30/quilting-an-idea-that-is-spreading/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/09/30/quilting-an-idea-that-is-spreading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Quilting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I received several notes from a woman in Uruguay who had stumbled upon our website, Quilter&#8217;s Muse Publications and Virtual Museum. She reveals that there is now a group of quilters in Uruguay. I am told that they are very much influenced by art quilter, Alison Swabe, who has moved from Australia to their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flag Day</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/06/14/flag-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Quilt Discoveries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, in the United States, we celebrate &#8220;Flag Day.&#8221; There is a very interesting story that goes along with how the flag was named &#8220;Old Glory.&#8221; Captain William Driver, from Salem, MA, was given a flag with 24 stars, in 1831. Seeing it wave over the ocean vessel for the first time, he said, &#8220;Old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl Scouts Doing Good Work for Soldiers</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2007/04/10/girl-scouts-doing-good-work-for-soldiers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, I happened to watch a television show on our local broadcast station and the featured guests were leaders of the New Hampshire Girl Scouts. The Swift Water Council actually encompasses two counties of Vermont, too. A program entitled &#8220;Operation Cookies,&#8221; allows those people who can resist the now transfat-free cookies, to support the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Site Worth Visiting</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2006/11/06/a-site-worth-visiting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may well imagine, I do love music. Last year, when fishing around with Google searches, I happily stumbled across a site that offered music from &#8220;Quilter&#8217;s Muse.&#8221; Fascinated, I clicked on the link which brought me to art quilter Crane Johnson&#8217;s website, jointly shared with her musician-husband, Don Johnson. What delightful music! It [...]]]></description>
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