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	<title>The Embroiderers' Story &#187; General</title>
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		<title>Project Changes</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/03/16/project-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/03/16/project-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Director, I first want to thank the readers of the blog for your contributions to our project “The Plimoth Jacket: A Paradise of Silk and Gold” and let you know of some changes at Plimoth Plantation which will directly effect it. By this time most of the stitchers and lacers involved in the project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progress &#8211; Day #2</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/03/16/progress-day-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/03/16/progress-day-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After a wonderful day in NYC visiting the Twixt Art and Nature exhibit, Judy was back at work on Friday.  She made great progress on the plaited braid, working about 8 partial coils.  You can see her progress here.  She is also getting quite good at tapering the plaited braid.  She promises that later today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stitching Progress</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/03/13/stitching-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/03/13/stitching-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The gold tendrils are going forward again and growing on the linen.  Judy Laning is here in Boston this week to work on the Jacket.  I will be posting on her progress over the next few days.   She has decided to work on the Left Under Arm, which is one of two pieces that haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next Stitching Session</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/03/06/next-stitching-session/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/03/06/next-stitching-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have scheduled the first session of 2009.  It will be Friday, March 27th to Monday, March 30th in the Wardrobe Department at Plimoth.  The Plantation will be open for the spring and the department will be finished outfitting the interpreters so there will be space.
We have a set of stitchers who are already signed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birds</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/02/25/birds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/02/25/birds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are gearing up for more stitching right now and birds are top on the agenda.  We have a few individuals who are visiting the area in the next five weeks who will be staying over a week each to work on the jacket.  (Thank you!).  Also, we will be scheduling a session for either [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/02/23/sharing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/02/23/sharing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a posting to the comments a few weeks ago that I thought many of you might like to see and not miss:
&#8216;Hello there, I was visiting the Museum of Costume in Bath (UK) last week. I went to see an Edwardian frock, but the lady at the next table, who didn&#8217;t show, had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weavers Leave Fingerprints Too!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/02/18/weavers-leave-fingerprints-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/02/18/weavers-leave-fingerprints-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Justin left me the silk lining, I was musing about how much fun I had visiting when the silk was on the loom and trying it out.  Justin then announced that you could certainly see where I had worked. Oh NO I screamed!  Yup &#8211; I was beating the shed so hard trying to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professional Workshops</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/02/08/professional-workshops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/02/08/professional-workshops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was hit in the head by a virtual skein of yarn the other day after a post.  (See comments on Stitching Gauge, January 29th)  I welcome discourse as it allows us to debate points.  The commentator was pointing out the close personal relationship that could have developed between two professionals working together at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call for Photos</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/02/03/call-for-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/02/03/call-for-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are doing a bunch of needed tasks as we are experiencing our lull in embroidery effort.  All of them are much needed and too long in coming.  I hope to get to re-lacing the slate frames soon.  Many of them have had their lacing threads break over time and they all need a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dyeing the Silk</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/01/19/dyeing-the-silk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/01/19/dyeing-the-silk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some interesting things about the woven silk that I noted when I was visiting Eaton Hill Textile Works are shown in these pictures.  First, I kept seeing these pins with silk wrapped around it.  This is where the warp threads had broken, both ends are wrapped around the pin.  After the weave is done, these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying it Myself</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/01/15/trying-it-myself/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/01/15/trying-it-myself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is my goal on this project to try as many of the techniques as possible so I can describe it on the blog, in lectures or in an eventual book.  So I gathered up my hutzpah to ask Justin and Kate if I could &#8216;drive&#8217; the loom.  They were very gracious and helped me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Symposium Changes</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/01/12/symposium-changes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/01/12/symposium-changes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I need to take a small break from my description of the weaving going on at Eaton Hill Textile Works for the jacket and let you know about a important change regarding the symposium.
We have been hearing from many of you asking about early registration for the symposium that was being planned for September 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Loom</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/01/09/the-loom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/01/09/the-loom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1407</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here you can see Kate and Justin at the hand loom where the 17.5 inch wide silk is being woven.  Lovely view too of the Green Mountains of Vermont in the background. Very calming to be in the workshop.  Kate told me that the loom was 19th century and there is even an older loom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Jackets to View</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/01/03/new-jackets-to-view/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/01/03/new-jackets-to-view/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1386</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to continue to expand our database of existing jackets, I went looking at a few sites again to see if new photos had been posted.  The interest in this project and the book under development by Susan North (woman&#8217;s fashions of the period) has resulted in more of the photos being added [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reviewing &#8216;Twixt Art and Nature&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/12/22/reviewing-twixt-art-and-nature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/12/22/reviewing-twixt-art-and-nature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the honor of attending the opening of the new embroidery exhibit &#8216;Twixt Art and Nature&#8216;  on December 10th.  The exhibit is a collaboration between the MET and the Bard Graduate School of the Decorative Arts.  If you look back at the comments for December 8th, one of our lacers, Devon, was also at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Close to The Finish</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/12/15/getting-close-to-the-finish/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/12/15/getting-close-to-the-finish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought you might like to see the left front and how close to being ﬁnished this
piece is.  Impressive is all I can say about it.  There are areas where the spangles
are now being ﬁlled in between the embroidery.  We had some extra visitors on
Friday to help us.  Actually, they came to talk about a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/27/thanksgiving-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/27/thanksgiving-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may remember from last year that part of my Thanksgiving tradition is helping Die get into her Victorian dress for Plimoth&#8217;s 1863 dinners.
This year Die has a new outfit. Doesn&#8217;t she look great? There was less for me to do &#8211; no lacing the  black cord through the button shanks &#8211; but more time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aimee?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/25/aimee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/25/aimee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny Robbin should mention Aimee J in the comments as the person who shared a frame with Kris at the first embroidery session.
Yesterday I received an email from Marilyn, who came to the first session as Kris&#8217; guest, on the last day when we had moved from the big workroom up to the wardrobe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crossing the Ocean and a Huge Surprise</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/12/crossing-the-ocean-and-a-huge-surprise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/12/crossing-the-ocean-and-a-huge-surprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got this from Tricia this morning:
I am writing this blog on the plane on my way back to the states from London. What can I say but &#8220;WOW&#8221;. I&#8217;ve been to London before and seen many embroideries in wonderful museums. This time was different, I was able to view the pieces up close that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guess Who&#8217;s Coming to Dinner?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/11/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/11/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Media Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBay auction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hobbamock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winslow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YouTube]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not everyone can make the pilgrimage to Plymouth for the holidays . . . so we decided to produce a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring 1621 Plymouth anywhere in America! History will actually come home for one lucky eBay auction winner this Thanksgiving! From October 2 – 11 (Today&#8217;s the 11th!) we are putting two of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Manic &#8230; Saturday?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/30/manic-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/30/manic-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee cake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[milk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[water]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday morning I was the hostess on duty for the embroidery session. I&#8217;ve done this before. I can make coffee, set out Marcia&#8217;s yummy snacks, open the office door so everyone can find the frame they&#8217;ve been working on. Well. This past Saturday, the Stars were aligned in Klutz.
I was running a few minutes late, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penny and Arianna</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/23/penny-and-arianna/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/23/penny-and-arianna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arianna]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update from the Day Job:
Penny&#8217;s been working on this pair of hand-sewn stays for the past many weeks. Working off and on, and having to do some alterations on the fit, but she&#8217;s really been plugging away at them for a lot longer than she wanted to be, you know?
And now they&#8217;re done! Hooray!
And here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back-Lacing Stays</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/21/back-lacing-stays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/21/back-lacing-stays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corsets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Janet Arnold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New England Lace Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stays]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
We had a couple of questions about the stays or corsets that our interpreters wear.I&#8217;ll try to answer them, but if I miss something or raise more questions than I answer, let me know.
There are precious few extant examples of early 17th-century (or earlier) stays. The one we use most is in the collection of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guests for Dinner</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/15/guests-for-dinner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/15/guests-for-dinner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenagers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[turkeys]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=925</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Look who, or what, showed up out the back window on Saturday afternoon?
Only about half of this flock of turkeys show in this photo. This flock has been making regular &#8220;rounds&#8221; about the museum lately. I&#8217;ve seen them a few times mid-morning in a field in the 1627 English Village; once I surprised them crossing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Status Report &#8211; Collar</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/14/status-report-collar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/14/status-report-collar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sequins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shades]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As of September 12, 2008, here is the collar piece. You&#8217;ll notice it has both gold work and sequins, necessitating the use of shades just to look at it.
I&#8217;m pretty sure Tricia is going to blog about this piece, and I don&#8217;t want to scoop her so I won&#8217;t say any more &#8211; but this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Status Report &#8211; Wings and Gussets</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/13/status-report-wings-and-gussets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/13/status-report-wings-and-gussets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Debbie from NJ for the suggestion that it is time to do status reports on all the pieces once again.
Here are photos of the wings and two of the five gussets. The wings are now done except for the bird beaks, a possible bird-eye detail, and all the gold and sequins.
These gussets are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Personal Aside</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/09/a-personal-aside/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/09/a-personal-aside/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dyeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[henna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mehndi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Look what I did this weekend!
I&#8217;ve wanted to have my hands decorated with henna, sometimes called mehndi, for a long time &#8211; about 12 years, since a colleague had hers elaborately done for her wedding (this was Joanna of the Embroidered Coif Kit, who will be joining us for the 9/26 embroidery session &#8211; yay!). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pocket Goods</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/08/pocket-goods/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/08/pocket-goods/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting & Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bags]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pockets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pouches]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Marty, via the comments:
What would they have kept in their knitted pocket?  Also, were these pockets made in other ways, such as quilted or of leather?
We surmise that the colonists kept small personal items in their knitted pockets, also coins, although there was little use for coins during Plymouth Colony&#8217;s early years. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Send her to the Village</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/03/send-her-to-the-village/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/03/send-her-to-the-village/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dressing Rebecca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hat]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rebecca only needs a hat and coat, and she only needed the coat because it was raining ferociously that day.
She looks great, and did great even on her very first day. This all happened a few weeks ago; she&#8217;s really no longer a &#8220;newbie&#8221; anymore, and in a couple of weeks when we hire a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Camera-Ready</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/02/camera-ready/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/02/camera-ready/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apron]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coif]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a phrase here, that describes the state of being prepared to receive museum visitors &#8211; camera-ready. Often the interpreters will head down to work on the Village site in the morning not quite entirely dressed. They&#8217;ve got clothes on, period clothes even,  but maybe they&#8217;re not buttoned, maybe the women&#8217;s hair isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knitted Pockets</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/19/knitted-pockets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/19/knitted-pockets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting & Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lacey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pocket]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the comments Meg asked about the small knitted bags several of the female interpreters wear suspended from a belt. In the early 17th century pockets in clothing weren&#8217;t as universal as they are now (although Janet Arnold&#8217;s Patterns of Fashion 1560 &#8211; 1620 has several examples of extant items with either pockets sewn in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dressing Rebecca</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/16/dressing-rebecca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/16/dressing-rebecca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dressing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=753</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
The other week, when Wendy and Tricia were here working out the directions for the various aspects of the goldwork, my Day Job involved preparing our newest colonial interpreter for work in the 1627 English Village.
When Rebecca came to pick up her clothes Tricia asked if she&#8217;d mind getting dressed in the office instead of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Class Picture</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/15/744/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/15/744/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stockings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=744</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last evening at the end of the business day, the Colonial Interpretation Department hosted an informal ice cream and cake thank-you party for the 2008 child volunteer interpreters. Each child, or young person, since some of them aren&#8217;t really children anymore thank you very much, received a small gift and lots of praise.
They all did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Random</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/08/random/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/08/random/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2009 Symposium]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Participate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[interns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embroidered coif kit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gilt sylke twist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot dog buns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joanna Kline Cadorette]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lacey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motifs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oliver Kline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
We entered the dog days not long ago, and I can really feel it. The heat isn&#8217;t oppressive, but it is humid, the air quality is sub-par, and I&#8217;m suffering from embroidery craving. All I want to do is work on that right front piece, the one that&#8217;s less done than all the other pieces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations, Mr &amp; Mrs Carl D</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/06/congratulations-mr-mrs-carl-d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/06/congratulations-mr-mrs-carl-d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petticoat]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[veil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/06/congratulations-mr-mrs-carl-d/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was Shaina&#8217;s wedding day. I hope it was sunny in western MA; it was grey and chilly here. Either way, though, she and her sweetheart are now Mr &#38; Mrs and a long happy life we wish them.
Here&#8217;s Shaina&#8217;s dress as of late May. It wasn&#8217;t quite finished, but you had to look hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lost and Found Jacket</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/29/lost-and-found-jacket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/29/lost-and-found-jacket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rain jacket]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/29/lost-and-found-jacket/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This yellow rain jacket showed up during one of our sessions this spring. I thought it belonged to someone at Plimoth but it&#8217;s been hanging around for months and no one has claimed it, so I was wondering, did you leave it here? If you&#8217;re coming back we can save it for you. If not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colonial Children</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/28/colonial-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/28/colonial-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1627 English Village]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colleen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colonial Education Site]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Squadron Muster]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned that we were, a few weeks ago, concentrating on getting clothing ready for our child volunteers. We&#8217;ve expanded the program this year (only to children of Plimoth staff, though) and are introducing nine new colonial children to the 1627 Village site this week. Colleen asked when one might find children on site. We&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Live Foxglove</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/18/real-live-foxglove/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/18/real-live-foxglove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[foxglove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motifs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wendy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This came from Wendy this morning, for which I was most grateful, as there is A Great Deal of Stuff happening here and my camera is at home. 
Jill,
Here is a photo of some of the Foxgloves in my garden, they have gone  crazy this year, flowering everywhere and about 4 1/2 feet tall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pink comments</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/16/pink-comments/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/16/pink-comments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Colleen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gillyflowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melanie Anne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad you enjoyed the pink words and pictures. I had fun putting it together.
Melanie Anne, the &#8220;living jacket garden&#8221; idea is still being tossed around, it may happen in conjunction with the exhibit that the jacket will be part of, which would mean next year.
Colleen, I&#8217;m afraid the children&#8217;s schedule is still very fluid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shaina&#8217;s Shower</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/11/shainas-shower/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/11/shainas-shower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[child volunteers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meredith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ruth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victorian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Betty (who took them) and Penny (who scanned them) I&#8217;ve got some pictures of the party Penny organized for Shaina last week. 
Here&#8217;s Shaina being surprised. She was looking here and there, so this one&#8217;s a little blurry, but you can still see how pleased she is.
The next one is Penny and Shaina [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/07/thursday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/07/thursday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Betty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coconut cupcakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Izzy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kitten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wedding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Penny and her mom, Betty, organized a send-off for Shaina which happened Thursday afternoon. Wendy came, and Tricia, and several people from the office. There were white paper wedding bells on the door and iced tea in a big punch bowl. Wendy sent me this note on Thursday night, but due to trouble with my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming and Going</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/02/coming-and-going/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/02/coming-and-going/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ribbon roses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know I&#8217;ve said this often, but there&#8217;s so much going on around here I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;m coming or going.
There&#8217;s even some actual coming and going going on. Tomorrow I&#8217;ll introduce you to our summer interns, who are coming. On Friday we&#8217;ll bid farewell to Shaina, who is going.
Shaina&#8217;s not only going &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Which I Loaf</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/31/in-which-i-loaf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/31/in-which-i-loaf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Participate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ElmsleyRose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[handkerchief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda V]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[red silk]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And let Linda V from Arizona write tonight&#8217;s post. Linda came to Plymouth last summer to work on the jacket. She also offered to work at home on a project for us. She&#8217;s reproducing a red silk double-running stitch-embroidered handkerchief from the V &#38; A (where else?) that we can use either in the upcoming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Text</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/21/just-text/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/21/just-text/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 01:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allergies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[extreme costuming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jacket construction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kris A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laura]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robbin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think my home computer is looking for a little (hopefully little) monetary expression of our affection. It&#8217;s refusing to open or edit pictures, or just about anything else that requires any thought. Maybe its jealous of all the time I&#8217;ve been spending with the laptop at work.
At any rate, instead of pretty pictures tonight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Get Mail</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/03/we-get-mail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/03/we-get-mail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coral-seas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hanging by a Thread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laptop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[master pattern repeat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robbin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/03/we-get-mail/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Or comments, really.
Thanks, Jane, for your note. Jane&#8217;s from the UK and was curious about our UK stitcher, all of whom were in the US for the Celebrations of Needlework in Nashua, NH, which I believe wraps up tomorrow. I don&#8217;t know offhand where Sarah and Susan are from, but I&#8217;ll look it up when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/30/thank-you-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/30/thank-you-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celebrations of Needlework]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[columbine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EC sampler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loudoun Sampler Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motifs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pansy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[samplers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strawberry flower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[textile conservation fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[to the Loudoun Sampler Guild! They sent a $250 donation to the Textile Conservation Fund!
This is even more wonderful when you know this story &#8211; the original estimate to conserve &#8220;EC&#8221; was about $3800. The Mayflower Sampler Guild donated $1000 specifically to conserve &#8220;EC&#8221; which kicked off the Textiles Conservation Fund shortly after the new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linda&#8217;s needlework</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/28/lindas-needlework/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/28/lindas-needlework/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last session Linda joined us for Saturday. She lives locally, but not too local, so it was a bit of a drive each way. Linda used to work at Plimoth, about 35 years ago, before the program was consistently first person (which is when the interpreters pretend to be people from the past).
Linda took a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Assortment of Susan&#8217;s Needlework</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/23/an-assortment-of-susans-needlework/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/23/an-assortment-of-susans-needlework/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[huck embroidery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[show and tell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swedish darning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I hope you&#8217;re having as excellent a time this week as I am. It&#8217;s school vacation week and I&#8217;m officially Not In The Office, although I am checking emails every morning which is hardly a burden. We&#8217;re having absolutely golden weather here in southeastern MA, sunny and warm with a light breeze. Fantastic.
Today I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We have a BLOG ROLL</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/22/we-have-a-blog-roll/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/22/we-have-a-blog-roll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abigail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog roll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dental floss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[show & tell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/22/we-have-a-blog-roll/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And I even know what that is! And I can add links, which I&#8217;ve been doing, a little at a time as I remember where your blog is. I know lots more of you have blogs, would you send me a note or a link and I&#8217;ll add them?
Thanks for the dental floss needle threader [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Updates and Add-Ons</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/09/blog-updates-and-add-ons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/09/blog-updates-and-add-ons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog framework updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WordPress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Embroidery Community,
I wanted to write to let you know of a couple of updates I&#8217;ve made to the blog framework. The first is the addition of the &#8220;ShareThis&#8221; button and the second (and the one that&#8217;s going to annoy those of you who are linking the blog) is the addition of &#8220;pretty permalinks.&#8221;
The &#8220;ShareThis&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>True Confessions</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/07/true-confessions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/07/true-confessions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joanna Hill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raised work embroidery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robbin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t blogged three out of the last four nights because I simply can&#8217;t think of anything to say. Nothing new has happened since about 10 days ago when Carolyn and Robbin worked on the real lace. I&#8217;ve been taking this project one bite at a time for over a year (remember the old joke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweepings</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/04/sweepings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/04/sweepings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spangles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[laptop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Embroidery sample received from Debbie A; stockings received from Susan J and Monique N; 2 pair gloves received from Linda F. Riches.
Penny and Shaina spent the day cleaning the office, not the big workroom, but the office. The office is a medium-sized room.  There are two bookshelves, about 12 big plastic tubs that hold fabric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robbin&#8217;s Turn</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/01/robbins-turn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/01/robbins-turn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday Robbin made lace. Carolyn lent moral support. Melanie Anne continued to clean up &#8220;little bits&#8221; of embroidery. Small motifs, or half-finished ones, and some of the little black stitches on the ends of the rose hips.
She took a break to worship the pile o&#8217; spangles and hear all about how they were made.
Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OPEN!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/22/open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was opening day of the 2008 season at Plimoth Plantation. It was sunny but a little cold, with the wind off the water. It warmed up nicely, though.
Here are a couple of pictures taken by Penny at the 1627 English Village morning meeting. This meeting lasts only a few minutes and is sort of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/26/mystery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In January, Melanie Anne from Maine brought two embroideries for show &#38; tell. They came from her grandmother&#8217;s house, but other than that she doesn&#8217;t really know anything about them. She and Wendy undid the back of one but found no clues. They&#8217;re pretty, and remind me of Jacobean crewel embroideries, with the &#8216;tree of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For instance</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/25/for-instance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago Karen asked about having a lacemakers&#8217; forum connected to the blog, and Sandy suggested how that might be accomplished. I forwarded the notes to Rich, both because he&#8217;d have to set it up, but also (and mostly) because I hadn&#8217;t the slightest idea what was wanted. As so often happens, Rich [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How we do what we do</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/23/how-we-do-what-we-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/23/how-we-do-what-we-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:24:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny Sandy should ask (in yesterday&#8217;s comments) about how we make stays. I&#8217;ve been thinking about doing a &#8220;how we do what we do&#8221; post, or a series of them, since Carolyn H noticed the rack of serger threads in the background of a photo way back in December.
The Colonial Wardrobe &#38; Textiles department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to School</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/21/back-to-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emily&#8217;s gone back to Bennington, and we miss her. But, by working very hard and very fast, she finished the pair of stays for Norah before she had to go.  I missed the very end of her stay, including the final fitting, due to yet more germs. It&#8217;s been the worst winter for illness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chris</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/18/chris/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/18/chris/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At our last session, Chris was our only new stitcher.  She was also our only stitcher from out of town &#8211; from Michigan. I think (I hope) some folks are waiting for our spring sessions to avoid the New England winter weather. But for some, like Chris, and like Catherine and Deb a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/15/just-notes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone,
ELIZABETH N PLEASE CALL KATHY. She got your request for 2 kits, but not your contact info. 508-746-1622 X 8114 or kroncarati@plimoth.org
Thank you for your very kind compliments on my little leaf.
Hi Suz, yes, there will be critters on our jacket, but the embroidery pattern we&#8217;re using isn&#8217;t from the Laton jacket. We&#8217;re using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Lackey&#8217;s Leaf*</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/10/the-lackeys-leaf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Lace sample arrived today from Robbin.
Today Emily embroidered on the jacket. The first thing she did was a pink bud, shown here next to someone else&#8217;s leaf. The top corner shows a little of Wendy&#8217;s pansy. This bud is on the lower left corner of the back of the jacket.
Next she did a whole leaf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guests for Lunch</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/09/guests-for-lunch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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Today we had special guests join us for lunch. Jonny and Shelley spend much of their time caring for the rare breed animals in the 1627 English Village. That brief sentence doesn&#8217;t begin to capture all they do (I realize I say that often about the staff here, but it&#8217;s always true). They build and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intern, Helper, Lackey*</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/07/intern-helper-lackey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/07/intern-helper-lackey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lace sample arrived from Jill H.
We&#8217;ve got a lot to accomplish this winter, but fortunately we&#8217;ve also got help. Joining Shaina and Penny in the Colonial Wardrobe workroom are Kelley, Alex and Emily.
Kelley is a Colonial Interpreter who during our open season works in both the 1627 English Village and aboard Mayflower II. This winter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Thanks</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/31/more-thanks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 01:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, when I mentioned the Textile Conservation Fund and thanked the Mayflower Sampler Guild for their donation, I neglected to thank the Fund&#8217;s godmother. Wendy of Wee Works and Tokens &#38; Trifles not only suggested that we establish a fund for the conservation of Plimoth&#8217;s samplers, she pretty much insisted on it. It wasn&#8217;t that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/30/thank-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=259</guid>
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Today Plimoth Plantation&#8217;s Textile Conservation Fund received a very generous donation from the Mayflower Sampler Guild. The guild&#8217;s donation will support the conservation of the &#8220;EC&#8221; sampler, dated 1660. In this picture, Tricia and Wendy are drooling over I mean examining &#8220;EC&#8221;. It&#8217;s a fantastic sampler, and includes both whitework and colored silk embroidery. Anyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lots going on &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/27/lots-going-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[around here.
Thanks, Jen, for offering to check your photos to see if you saw blue &#8220;strawberry&#8221; flowers on coives at the MFA when you were here. I&#8217;d appreciate the info.
I think Lauren, mj, and others may well be right on with the thoughts about symbolism in the embroidery. It will be fun to look up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thistle while you work</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/25/thistle-while-you-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/25/thistle-while-you-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:23:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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Kris and Heather are embroidering to close out the week. Those are Kris&#8217; hands. Heather&#8217;s working on a thistle. Thank you, Wendy, for the photos and for the title for today&#8217;s post. Yesterday we walked to the 1627 Village in the freezing cold and gathering clouds (seems it only snows around here when we&#8217;ve got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Odds &amp; Ends</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/23/odds-ends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a session earlier this month, Abigail from MA brought a masterpiece of needle tatting for us to admire. Here&#8217;s a picture. I don&#8217;t know how to tat, so if I dare try to explain I&#8217;ll get myself in trouble, like the time with the bobbin lace. I do know that &#8220;regular&#8221; tatting uses a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Categories AND Tags</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/22/categories-and-tags/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Seems I misunderstood, and then misinformed you. I CAN have categories, but it isn&#8217;t a simple matter of Rich &#8220;importing&#8221; them from the old program. He has to build them from scratch, which he will, and then I have to go back and manually categorize all the old entries.
In the meantime, let me share with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working Away</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/20/working-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We started another session this morning. Here are a few pictures of the embroiderers.
Wendy&#8217;s embroidering today, doing the very first of the strawberry blossoms. They&#8217;re blue, for some reason, and the petals are tiny and fussy.
Here &#8217;s a picture of Catherine K from Kansas. She&#8217;s the Catherine from the lace committee,  and has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early morning wake up!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/18/early-morning-wake-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got up this morning and found that my inbox was very, very full! I hadn&#8217;t  had my caffeine yet and so it took a minute to register that Susan North  (Curator at V&#38;A) had been generous with her time and photographed motifs  that I was having difficulty figuring out stitch direction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is going to be great</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/17/this-is-going-to-be-great/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rich gave me a tutorial today, which was mostly us both browsing around here and saying, wow, this is going to be so much easier/more fun/less stress, AND we can do so many more interesting and exciting things. Now we just have to explore and learn.
Which I&#8217;m working on. Tonight&#8217;s job is to post a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our First Gentleman</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/15/216/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim, our first gentleman stitcher, proved not only skillful with a needle and steadfast in the face of multiple trefoils, but also adept at &#8220;reconfiguring my bluetooth places&#8221; which is what was the trouble the night I couldn&#8217;t blog from the embroidery session. Tim brought a little pocket to share at show &#38; tell; work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/12/saturday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 01:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took many pictures yesterday, and many more today. Lilia took many pictures today, including some amazing ones of finished motifs.
I uploaded them all to the laptop, using the wireless internet connection in Accomack. I TRIED to upload them to the blog program. Nothing. More nothing.

I decided to email the photos home, some of them, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Much Gold Thread?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/09/how-much-gold-thread/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/09/how-much-gold-thread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One last post from Tricia on thread development – this time the gold thread for the coiling vines. One of the challenging things on this project is knowing how much of a thread to have made. Since we are doing some rather new stuff, having an accurate estimate is very important because we can&#8217;t just pick up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeing the Past Again</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/07/seeing-the-past-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/07/seeing-the-past-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the last installment of the Gilt Sylke Twist story. I think saying that this tale was “interesting” is putting it mildly. Even those of us who were there, and/or knew the end result, were eager to hear the next bit. I didn’t read ahead, either, even though I had them all at once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gilt Sylke Twist</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/06/gilt-sylke-twist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia continues:
Lamora has promised to fill us in someday on the process she used to name the threads. But we were thrilled to learn that she didn’t use a numbering system. Instead, she named them using 17th-century names and spellings. How appropriate and indicative of the detail she puts to everything.
Gilt Sylke Twist is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Colors?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/05/what-colors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More from Tricia:
Once Lamora and I had determined that the thread could go &#8216;commercial&#8217;, it only  made sense to turn over control of manufacturing to her and Bill. I would take  the role of active consumer and promoter of the thread, trying to find ways to  use it  and make the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will it be a Product?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/04/will-it-be-a-product/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/04/will-it-be-a-product/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More from Tricia. We’re almost to the end of the story!
Lamora and I discussed my trials, sent pictures, and passed little samples back and forth. We discussed in detail my opinion on how well the average stitcher would do with the thread. It&#8217;s one thing for someone with years of training with gold threads and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Stitch With It?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/03/can-you-stitch-with-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia works with the sample threads for the first time. Think about that – this kind of thread hasn’t been available for, how long? Centuries? And there she is in her living room, working with prototypes, bringing the materials and the technique back to life. 
Having worked with many different metal threads, I was concerned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Trials</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/01/the-first-trials/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year everyone. I hope the New Year brings you peace and joy and everything you most wish for yourself. I’m looking forward to 2008. I hope it is kind to us all.
Tonight Tricia continues the story of the thread: 
Needless to say, we made some progress in the horse trading and brought up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hand Twisting Silk</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/12/26/hand-twisting-silk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia writes tonight about the process of hand twisting silk for embroidery, with pictures.
Just a few pictures to give those who haven&#8217;t seen anyone twist flat (floss)  silk by hand an idea of how it is done.  We didn&#8217;t take pictures of the entire  process, but in brief:
- you unreel the silk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Experiments</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/12/22/more-experiments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia continues:
Last night I talked about the experiments I was doing in January trying to find a solution to the composite thread we needed for the jacket. Well, a few weeks went by and I realized that the bullion was a &#8220;s&#8221; twist and the silk was a &#8220;z&#8221; twist thread. What does that mean? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experiments in Thread</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/12/19/experiments-in-thread/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia resumes the thread of the story (pun intended):
 I was so excited with a possible solution that night that I took the silk  gobelin I was working with and &#8216;made&#8217; a wire wrapped thread by expanding a purl  on the silk after threading the two.  I placed my fingernails on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Usual Work</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/12/18/the-usual-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are Penny and Shaina, carrying on the usual winter work of the Colonial Wardrobe department. I took this during the December session last week. I think here they&#8217;re trying to decide whether that shirt is worth saving or is ready to be recycled as a rag.
Behind Penny you can glimpse one of the several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharon</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/12/16/sharon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/12/16/sharon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned the other day that Sharon embroidered several trefoil leaves during this session. The trefoil leaves are not most stitchers&#8217; favorite motif. They have several things going against them &#8211; they have toothed leaves, so you have to fuss with stitching the detached buttonhole across tiny spaces; they&#8217;re stitched only in plain silk &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kandy&#8217;s Show &amp; Tell</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/11/29/kandys-show-tell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/11/29/kandys-show-tell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back to the November session, where there were so many beautiful treasures brought out for show &#38; tell day that it will take some time to show them all.Here are Carol on the left and Kandy, looking over some of Kandy&#8217;s work.This is a blackwork cuff, which some day will have a mate and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Toy</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/11/02/new-toy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got a new toy today. Robbin, one of our steadfast embroiderers and who is also on the lace committee, works at IBM. Through an IBM program, she applied for a community grant on behalf of the embroidered jacket project. We were able to ask for a cash donation or a gift of technology. Living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nitty-Gritty</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/09/30/the-nitty-gritty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/09/30/the-nitty-gritty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 19:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s post returns to the last day of our September session, fitting on the last day of September, I think. The first photo is Beth finishing ends. When you start a thread on this embroidery, you begin with an “away knot.” That means you put a knot in the end of your thread and take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sample Kits</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/20/sample-kits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samples arrived from Abigail W, Margi O, Lucinda T, and Heather R.
I went looking through the blog for the entry where I explained all about the sample kits, and I didn’t find one. I’ve written about the kits several times but never here. This bit is old news for some, but better to hear it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funny Contradictions</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/10/funny-contradictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s Tricia:
I had to get these pictures up on the blog as it just shows the magic of doing this project. Here we see the last day of session 1 after moving back to the Wardrobe department. One of our intrepid stitchers, Carrie, is working away and one of the interpreters marched in to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Odds &amp; Ends</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/28/odds-ends-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/28/odds-ends-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samples! Two yesterday – Katherine B and Lyn J. Two today – Joanne D and Sharon G.
Session One participants will soon be receiving a survey, which Laura kindly drafted. (What would we do without her?) I just want some feedback about the various elements of the session that will help me draw up the schedule [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Samples Received!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/14/samples-received/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samples received! Maybe there was a holdup at the post office, or something, because we got FOUR samples late yesterday.
Samples from Norma B, Rosemary C, Margaret H, and Carol S have safely arrived and been logged in by Laura.
Today, Kathy and I discovered a miscommunication, which will mean we’ll be in a different room on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Not?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/13/why-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“So, want to make a coif and forehead cloth to go with the jacket?” Tricia asked me that a few weeks ago, during the time that she was wrestling with how to get all the jacket pieces out of one piece of linen and still be able to fit the pieces into the frames we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hooked</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/05/31/hooked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I vividly remember how I was first introduced to embroidery. I was seven, and my family was visiting an historic museum. In my memory it was Old Sturbridge Village, in Sturbridge, MA, but I grew up in Rhode Island and we frequently made day trips to many of the museums in southeastern New England, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Day Job</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/05/23/my-day-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 02:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve had to pay a little attention to my day job lately. My ‘regular’ work as the Manager of Plimoth Plantation’s Colonial Wardrobe &#38; Textiles Department is to research, produce and maintain the colonial clothing and textiles for the museum’s 1620s role-playing programs. Plus the same for any other program or exhibit that requires colonial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In the Beginning</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/05/15/in-the-beginning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 19:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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Welcome to Plimoth Plantation’s newest blog. The Embroiderers’ Story will chronicle the progress of a particular project being carried out by the members of Plimoth Plantation’s Colonial Wardrobe &#38; Textiles Department, along with essential help and support from members of the historic needlework community.
Over the next year, we will be recreating a 17th-century embroidered jacket, [...]]]></description>
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