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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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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? Sometimes, [...]]]></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>
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		<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 to [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/09/12/sampler-consortium-updates-for-new-hampshire/#comments</comments>
		<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 the Portsmouth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reader from Namibia Adds Information about Brot Bags</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/09/04/reader-from-namibia-adds-information-about-brot-bags/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/09/04/reader-from-namibia-adds-information-about-brot-bags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a &#8220;letter to the editor&#8221; to my editor at The Quilter magazine, to be exact), in regards to an article I wrote about Bluework Embroidery several years ago. To view similar photos and information, visit an article that is now on our website. European Bluework Embroidery The author of the letter is from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Allure of Antique Needlework, or, &#8220;What Will You Do With That?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/09/02/the-allure-of-antique-needlework-or-what-will-you-do-with-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:03:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Generally speaking, my husband is fun to take along on visits to stores that sell antiques. More often than not, he will spot items that I have overlooked. One fine example are Victorian tradecards that can be stuck in the most unlikely places. 
We used to have a ready-made place to buy them, until the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheddar Color Embroidered Quilt</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/08/26/cheddar-color-embroidered-quilt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last time I visited with a dear friend of mine, she left a quilt with me that she calls &#8220;Yellow Work&#8221; Quilt. Most likely, it was made in Pennsylvania. The color is a good tip-off to that. She accompanying paperwork states that the quilt is from circa 1930, and measures 76&#8243; long x 75&#8243; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Angel&#8217;s Heads&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/07/14/angels-heads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, let us turn to the dictionary for an explanation of the word &#8220;angel.&#8221; 
angel (n): a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally expressed in human form with wings and a long robe. 
Yesterday, while antique-shopping near Rutland, Vermont, I found a wonderful old print of &#8220;Angel&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Book Available Today:  Redwork Renaissance Revisited</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/05/04/new-book-available-today-redwork-renaissance-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/05/04/new-book-available-today-redwork-renaissance-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 18:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Redwork Renaissance Revisited e-book by Patricia and Ja]]></category>

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Patricia Cummings, author of yet another book about Redwork and outline stitch embroidery!
In 2002, I wrote my first book, Redwork Renaissance: 49 Designs from an 1893 Coverlet. After a good run, we went on to other things, and the book was out of print for quite awhile. I began getting inquiries about its availability from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do Hmong Women Carry Their Babies?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/04/23/how-do-hmong-people-carry-their-babies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some time now, I have been fascinated with the history and ways of the Hmong people, many of whom have relocated to places within the United States since the end of the Vietnam War. In May 2009, the July issue of The Quilter magazine will feature the first of a series of articles I [...]]]></description>
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