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		<title>Request for Help in Identifying Quilt Pattern or Name</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/19/request-for-help-in-identifying-quilt-pattern-or-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Quilt Design]]></category>
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Unknown quilt block from photo dated 5/25/2004
Diane Fath writes: 
Hello Pat,
We are trying to figure out what quilt block pattern was used in the attached quilt.  My Mother made the quilt but has passed away in a car accident.
Can you please help me?  Any help you can give is much appreciated.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcement of Indiana State Museum&#8217;s Quilt Collection Artifact Database</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/19/announcement-of-indiana-state-museums-quilt-collection-artifact-database/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor:
Hello, My name is Traci Cromwell and I am the Cultural History Collections Manager at the Indiana State Museum. I am trying to get the word out about the museum&#8217;s quilt collection that is available for research online in the artifact collection database. See Indiana State Museum online database. Currently we have [...]]]></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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				<category><![CDATA[World Textiles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rubia calendar 2010]]></category>

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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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		<title>Hmong &#8220;Happy Fisherman&#8221; Pants</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/16/hmong-happy-fisherman-pants/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/16/hmong-happy-fisherman-pants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Hmong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Currently, two Hmong &#8220;Happy Fisherman&#8221; Pants are offered on eBay by &#8220;zootube&#8221; 

This is auction #130344035302 Hmong fisherman pants

This is auction #130340681357 Hmong fisherman pants example 2
Zach Fauth has been traveling in Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand for 10 years now, collecting and vending textiles. These two pairs of "Happy Fisherman" pants are completely handmade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pillow Talk</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/15/pillow-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Reader Mail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vintage pillow]]></category>

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Vintage tinted and embroidered pillow made by Elizabeth Cox Wassum, photo courtesy of Betty Wassum Hall
Betty writes:
I read your article &#8220;Three Centuries of Decorative Pillow Making&#8221; (in The Quilter magazine) and really enjoyed it. I have read many of your articles and always enjoy them. 
I am quilter and quilt collector and collect other hand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appraisals</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/14/appraisals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[appraised values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Quite frequently, I receive letters such as the following one, asking me to provide a value for a textile, based on just a verbal description. 
I have a feed sack panel printed with a pattern for two bunny toys. One is bubble gum pink and the other is depression blue. There is a stamp identifying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fort Hood Memorial Quilt</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/13/fort-hood-memorial-quilt/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/13/fort-hood-memorial-quilt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Home of the Brave]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Don Beld, founder of the Home of the Brave Quilts program that makes and presents quilts to families of fallen U.S. military heroes who have served and died in Iraq or Afghanistan, sends the following message: 
The Home of the Brave Quilt Project during the next 30 days will present one or more (one for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telling Tales</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/12/telling-tales/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/12/telling-tales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Anecdotes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a tale from childhood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Flashback to the 1950s -
When I was a little kid, say about five years old, my mom was still a stay-at-home mom. My older siblings were all in school. Her day was pretty full, what with visiting with the man who delivered Wonder Bread, the bread to build strong bodies. She also ordered those delicious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Northwood Meadows&#8221; &#8211; Come Along on Our Nature Hike Today: A Photo Essay</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/10/northwood-meadows-come-along-on-our-nature-hike-today-a-photo-essay/</link>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/10/northwood-meadows-come-along-on-our-nature-hike-today-a-photo-essay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Early this morning, Jim and I decided hike in an area where we had never been before. Passing many of our favorite antique stores in Northwood, New Hampshire&#8217;s &#8220;Antiques Alley,&#8221; as well as a quilt shop that was not open, we reached a natural area called, &#8220;Northwood Meadows.&#8221; Jim brought his camera and captured some [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/09/birds-of-a-feather-flock-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books for Quilters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embroidery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>

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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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