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	<title>The Embroiderers' Story &#187; Historical Background</title>
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		<title>Janet Arnold Rocks!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/15/janet-arnold-rocks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/15/janet-arnold-rocks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I hadn&#8217;t been at Plimoth when the new Patterns of Fashion 4 preview  was viewed and so was very excited today when my package came from  Plimoth with my order (benefiting the jacket project &#8211; get yours now).
WOW.  I am very grateful to Jenny Tiramani and Santina Levey for  finishing this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Treats AND Good Works</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/10/treats-and-good-works/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/10/treats-and-good-works/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard that the new Janet Arnold book, Patterns of Fashion 4: The cut and construction of linen shirts, smocks, neckwear, headwear and accessories for men and women c.1540-1660 is finally really being released?
If you haven&#8217;t heard, take a deep breath.
Janet Arnold died unexpectedly in 1998, and since then the historic clothing world has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan D</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/01/plan-d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/01/plan-d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stitches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold thread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plaited braid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1203</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post was written on Tuesday, October 29.
Some have asked what our plan is for the gold work.  We have had many plans.  Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C.  Mostly every time someone asked me  this important question, I would put my fingers in my ears and sing &#8220;La la  la la [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Doesn&#8217;t Matter</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/31/it-doesnt-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/31/it-doesnt-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:36:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stitches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plaited braid]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Judy Laning is here working this week on plaited braid.  We choose one of  the jacket fronts to work on. She started Monday and worked one whole coil  of plaited braid.  Then she started on the second one.
That is when the  questions started.  Some of the coils start from another coil in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hampton Court</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/30/hampton-court/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/30/hampton-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hampton Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry VIII]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal School of Embroidery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Embroiderers&#8217; Guild is housed in an apartment in Hampton Court, one of Henry VIII&#8217;s favorite palaces.  If you ever have the chance to visit, take it.  It is a lovely place.  The Royal School of Embroidery also is located there.  Call ahead, each has a little store with wonderful goodies and books to buy.
Once [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Butterflies</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/29/butterflies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/29/butterflies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stitches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butterfly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detached wings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motifs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1181</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago we finished all the detached butterfly wings (sans one).  I wish we had the knowledge then that I have now.  The wings are one color and then have a rim of a separate color at the tips. From the earlier photography we couldn&#8217;t tell if the detached buttonhole changed color or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Spangles, Bat Girl!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/28/holy-spangles-bat-girl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/28/holy-spangles-bat-girl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The title of this post was Wendy&#8217;s reaction to my email that the Laton Jacket was sitting in front of me ready for inspection.  I loved it.
Back to the jacket, Wendy had a number of questions for me pertaining to the embroidery on 1359-1900.  They all centered around one issue &#8211; &#8220;did we figure it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gussets</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/27/gussets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/27/gussets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bobbin lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gussets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spangles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T.70-2004]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok &#8211;  I can&#8217;t seem to let this plaited braid on the seams go.  Fear I  think.  When I expressed dread and how were we going to keep the jacket from  getting so wrinkled this brought up the jackets with pre-installed gussets.   Yes, there are examples out there that have the gussets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ink</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/26/ink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/26/ink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan North]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tracing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having been trained as a scientist, I am apt to always question a statement, think about other ways things could have been done and ask for data to back up the statements.  I have to thank Susan and her patience with me all day.  The lack of written records because of the Great Fire in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UFO&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/23/ufos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/23/ufos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[252-1902]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blackwork sleeves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan North]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we were having the debate on who was seaming what and whether the  jackets were custom made to order, Susan went to a cabinet and got out another  piece to show me &#8211; the best part of working in the storage room that day.  She  brought out a set of fine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tailors</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/22/tailors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/22/tailors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuffs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[godets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gussets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laton jacket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plaited braid stitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan North]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As it happens when researching these things, one ah-ha leads to many questions. I am blogging all this so I don&#8217;t forget anything and so please forgive my rambling from one subject to another. So after I went &#8220;oh crud&#8221;&#160; and joked about a lot of stitching in front of American
football to make those covered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Lace Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/21/more-lace-thoughts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/21/more-lace-thoughts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laton jacket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MET]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nightcap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[portrait]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another question we had was how the lace was applied to the jacket and what  happened at corners when the lace had to change direction (think front edge  corners).
Well, the lace is whipped down with a white thread in a very  fast and crude fashion.  Susan and I joked that we would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lace Answers</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/18/lace-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/18/lace-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cuff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[join]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laton jacket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Jill emailed me questions about the Laton jacket, many of them  focused on the lace details which were too hard to see from the photos  taken outside the case.  The lace was applied to the jacket later in
its life, but shows in the portrait and thus is contemporary.  We know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panel</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/17/panel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/17/panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[borage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calyx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carnation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coif]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coiling stem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detached petals]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[foxglove]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gold]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The panel at the Embroiderers&#8217; Guild has often been referred to in some texts as a coif.  The confusion may have occurred because the dimensions (width and height) are similar to many coifs.  But it is a panel.  We took a look at the edges and it was obvious that the piece [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who is Doing the Spinning?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/16/who-is-doing-the-spinning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/16/who-is-doing-the-spinning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[show & tell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blended thread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Berry]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a mistake on the panel that was very interesting to me. One of the questions I have been working on for the MET exhibit has been the method of manufacturing gold threads. This also begets the question, who was making them. From the research so far, we see gold and silver wyre drawers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bird &#8211; Beak and Feet</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/15/bird-beak-and-feet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/15/bird-beak-and-feet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stitches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bird wing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blended thread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[braid stitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ceylon stitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embroiderers' Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fly stitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knot stitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motifs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plaited braid stitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reverse chain stitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silver gilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silver thread]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stem stitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trellis stitch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We haven&#8217;t worked the birds on the piece yet as we had questions about some of the detailing and were awaiting my trip to examine the EG piece closer. The birds on the EG piece are in yellows and greens with blue beak and feet. The jacket has red, green, pink and yellow as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Panel &#8211; Raised Work</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/14/the-panel-raised-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/14/the-panel-raised-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embroiderers' Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[panel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raised-work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stuffing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trapunto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wool]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you saw in the picture from yesterday, the panel in the EG collection is quite small. It appeared to me to be the same scale as the jacket, but some further measurements will be made from photographs I took with a ruler at the edge of the mounting. If you remember, our hypothesis is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks are in order</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/13/thanks-are-in-order/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/13/thanks-are-in-order/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[show & tell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1359-1900]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burrell Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Berry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[embroiderers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embroiderers' Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laton jacket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Szygenda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan North]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tailors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I get into details, I must thank the people who helped me immensely by taking time to host me for the appointments. First, Lynn Szygenda, Senior Curator at the Embroiderers&#8217; Guild and Chris Berry, Past President of the EG.  Chris happened to be down in London on business this week and took time out [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[1359-1900]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embroiderers' Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laton jacket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wendy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1109</guid>
		<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>Our Foreign Correspondent</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/08/our-foreign-correspondent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/08/our-foreign-correspondent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[show & tell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1359-1900]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embroiderers' Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motifs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pinball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a note from Tricia today. She&#8217;s in the UK, on a special birthday trip with a couple of friends. In addition to sightseeing and spa visits, she spent some quality time with the EG panel.
The Embroiderers&#8217; Guild in the UK owns a flat panel of embroidery which has sometimes been called a coif [...]]]></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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=956</guid>
		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[V&A]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=891</guid>
		<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>A Jacket for Rebecca</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/31/a-jacket-for-rebecca/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/31/a-jacket-for-rebecca/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dressing Rebecca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[knitted pocket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petticoat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pocket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stays]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
When Tricia was taking these pictures, Rebecca was dressing herself in these clothes for the first time. Before this she had only tried them all on, with help, especially with the stays. This time she laced herself in. Once she got into the petticoats I cast a critical eye upon her things and decided to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dressing Rebecca &#8211; Part Three</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/30/dressing-rebecca-part-three/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/30/dressing-rebecca-part-three/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bumroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[garters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[girls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[making cheeses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[petticoat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stockings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[volunteers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=822</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When last we left Rebecca, she had on her smock, stays, bumroll, shoes, stockings, garters, one petticoat and had had her hair done.
Next is another petticoat. They go on easiest over the head. We put the fastenings in front; I know some others put the closure on the side. I can think of one painting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebecca&#8217;s Hair</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/21/rebeccas-hair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/21/rebeccas-hair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[braids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dressing Rebecca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lacey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few pictures of Lacey fixing Rebecca&#8217;s hair.
In the early 17th century working-class women (like the Plymouth Colonists) wore their hair up and covered with a white linen coif. Modern female interpreters may or may not have &#8220;period-correct&#8221; hair, but either way they have to get their hair under a coif with no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Butterflies and Oops!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/09/adorable/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/09/adorable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stitches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blue heads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embroiderers' Guild]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motifs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satin stitch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/09/adorable/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the interesting things about the original jacket is the mistakes or variances we keep finding on the piece.  One of the most intriguing is the butterfly heads.  All of the heads on the jacket are done in a golden brown tone using trellis stitch, EXCEPT the ones on the outer left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aren&#8217;t You Hot in those Clothes?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/21/arent-you-hot-in-those-clothes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/21/arent-you-hot-in-those-clothes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Francis Higginson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Spufford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Susan Vincent]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/21/arent-you-hot-in-those-clothes/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a question the role-players hear often in this season and the answer is, Yes. Very.
It is deep summer here in Southern New England, and today was the fourth (or was it fifth?) day of +90-degree temperatures with smothering humidity.
The role-players, dedicated to their craft and to portraying the Plymouth colonists as accurately as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Weaving for You</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/18/no-weaving-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/18/no-weaving-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bibliography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weaving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Age of Homespun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fiber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurel Thatcher Ulrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marilyn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/18/no-weaving-for-you/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Marilyn, a frequent contributor to the comments and embroiderer on the jacket as well as a student of Japanese embroidery, recently asked me if any weaving was going on in Plymouth Colony as early as the 1620s.
The answer is no, we have no evidence that any was and lots of evidence that there was no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slate Frames</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/13/slate-frames/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/13/slate-frames/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Products]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Access Commodities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forehead cloth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[needles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nightcap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slate frames]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tammy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/13/slate-frames/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahem. I owe an apology; Tricia sent me this information to post way back in February and I don&#8217;t think I ever did post it. I was looking for something else in my emails and found it. As a poor defense, the cover note mentioned that her sons had just come down with what my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the two V&amp;A jackets</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/11/link-to-detached-buttonhole-needlelace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/11/link-to-detached-buttonhole-needlelace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical Background]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stitches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1359-1900]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butterfly upper-wings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calico Crossroads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laton jacket]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda Connors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pea pod covers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tricia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[V&A]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/11/link-to-detached-buttonhole-needlelace/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several of the stitches we&#8217;re using on the jacket have been diagrammed and illustrated by Tricia. Her directions and photos are fantastic, I think. They really helped me understand these stitches, none of which I&#8217;d ever tried before last summer.
Tricia hasn&#8217;t done up her own version of the plaited braid stitch instructions, though, and likely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Intern&#8217;s Eye View</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/26/an-interns-eye-view/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/26/an-interns-eye-view/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Participate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emily is guest-posting today. Send her comments. We love comments. JMH

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My mother and I shared several  squeals and a victory dance this New Year’s Eve Day. This was the day I first  opened the door of Plimoth Plantation’s intern house, standing under the  colonnade in the freezing cold of the December afternoon. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columbine</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/17/columbine-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also blooming in my garden are two kinds of columbine. I see them as purple and purple &#38; white, but the color of the plain ones could be called dark blue. They look dusty, but it&#8217;s pollen. The pollen this year seems to have been extremely heavy and when I took these photos it hadn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pink comments</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/16/pink-comments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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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>Pink!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/13/pink/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to show you some live pinks in my garden, before they &#8220;went by.&#8221; I almost missed them; we had an obnoxious heat wave here last week which shortened their bloom time as well as my ambition to take pictures of them. Yesterday was cool and lovely, though, so here we are.
First a clump [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;EC&#8221; Sampler</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/16/the-ec-sampler/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/16/the-ec-sampler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago I let you know that the Mayflower Sampler Guild donated $1000 to kick off our Textile Conservation Fund, with their donation earmarked for the conservation of the &#8220;EC 1664&#8243; sampler in Plimoth&#8217;s collection.
Today I have some exciting news to share: The Swan Sampler Guild has donated $2500 to the same cause. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/08/more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for all your encouraging comments. I will photograph more motifs tomorrow at the office and post them.
About the plaited braid stitch, I know Tricia is working on a set of instructions with great photos that can be posted here and downloaded, like she did for all the other stitches we&#8217;ve been doing.
She and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Settled to Stitch</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/28/getting-settled-to-stitch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I started a photo journal of a typical day in the life of our  sessions.  Here we continue on the day.  After going over the instructions and  as new stitchers are getting their doodle cloths finished, Wendy or I do a  &#8216;highly scientific&#8217; process of looking at the doodles, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>List</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/28/list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Are you going to Celebration of Needlework in Nashua, NH May 2 &#8211; 5?  Would you like to stop in Plymouth coming or going to stitch on the jacket? We&#8217;re having &#8220;shoulder sessions&#8221; the couple of days before and after. Call me [508-746-1622 X 8119] or email jhall@plimoth.org to sign up.
2. Thank you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spangle Quest</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/05/the-spangle-quest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wendy continues the story:
Time to rethink &#8211; so I went backwards and began again from the “process” point of view beginning with goldsmiths and how the metal is made.
Having done wire drawing (the process of stretching or “drawing” metal out to a longer length) and being familiar with the tools I started there. The actual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mingled Color</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/31/mingled-color/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All of the scheduled sessions are full or nearly so. I have sent an email with the schedule to all the embroiderers I’m expecting in August. If you didn’t receive a personal email with the August schedule, it means I don’t know you want to come. Please get in touch right away. jhall@plimoth.org By the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August schedule</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/29/august-schedule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow. The days are really flying by right now. I didn’t realize I missed four days posting. Thank you to the two readers who commented on the red petticoat post; red certainly was an extremely desirable and expensive color to dye, and it is very likely those facts contributed to the higher value assigned to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1 Red petticote</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/22/1-red-petticote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing up the information about 17th-century linen cloth got me thinking about Mary Ring’s probate inventory. Probate inventories of a deceased’s goods were taken for tax and inheritance purposes. In the early 17th century it was rare for a woman’s goods to be inventoried. It was rarer still for clothes to be itemized, man’s or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linen</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/18/linen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked for some information on kinds of cloth available in the early 17th century. This information is going to the interpreters who portray the Plymouth colonists in the 1627 English Village and on Mayflower II. As I was putting it together, I thought it might be interesting to you, too.
Kinds of linen cloth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tracing the Coif &amp; Forehead Cloth</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/08/tracing-the-coif-forehead-cloth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/08/tracing-the-coif-forehead-cloth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia continues the story of how the embroidery pattern was transferred to the pattern pieces and the decisions that needed to be made along the way.
As we talked about previously in the blog, we decided to add a matching coif and forehead cloth to this mad project. Since we didn&#8217;t have a piece to use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuffs, Collar, Wings</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/05/cuffs-collar-wings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/05/cuffs-collar-wings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 02:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AUGUST DATES: There’s been a little confusion about the dates of the August embroidery bee. We’ll be meeting and embroidering for three days, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, AND FRIDAY, AUGUST 10. On the questionnaire that went out with the sample kits there’s a typo which I will not reproduce here lest I cause [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s a Waistcoat?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/04/whats-a-waistcoat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/04/whats-a-waistcoat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 02:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve been calling the garment we’re making a “jacket.” But if you visit the 1627 English Village (and I hope you will) you’ll see women wearing garments of the same shape and calling them “waistcoats.”
Most of the time, we can’t be positive what name a person from the past would assign to which piece of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sewing Pattern</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/30/the-sewing-pattern/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 02:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia’s writing tonight:
When we were initially working on the jacket planning, we had to have a physical pattern for a jacket to apply the design and embroidery to. Since many of the jackets in collections are now mounted for their own conservation, taking the pattern (how is a mystery to me!) from the chosen jacket [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bit Fancy for the Colonies</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/17/bit-fancy-for-the-colonies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frequently, the first reaction to the news that Plimoth Plantation is making a 17th century embroidered jacket is “Hmmm. Bit fancy for the colonies, isn’t it?”
It’s absolutely true. It is extremely unlikely that anyone in Plymouth Colony, either a resident or visitor, ever wore a jacket of the sort we’re making. These jackets were a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extreme Costuming</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/10/extreme-costuming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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So how do we know we aren&#8217;t crazy for doing a project like this? By finding someone else who is just as crazy, of course! But isn&#8217;t crazy just another word for passionate?Seriously, while we had made an estimate of the number of hours to embroider the jacket we weren&#8217;t totally sure we were on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Gets to be the Draftsman?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/08/who-gets-to-be-the-draftsman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s Tricia continuing the story:
For the last two entries we have been talking about the sample embroidery we worked and the insights we have gained.  Another insight is that of the pattern drafting.

Remember that Denise drafted the sample pattern from the photos and I worked the embroidery.  Well, I had difficulties with some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bringing Math to History, Part II</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/07/bringing-math-to-history-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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Tonight Tricia continues the story of how we chose which jacket to recreate. What have I been doing while she’s blogging? Well, taking pictures of Laura, for one. Here’s Laura in her first completed reproduction garment – a man’s shirt, which was basically underwear in the period. She did a great job and is now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worth Reading</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/05/21/worth-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 02:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[YAY! This is just what I was hoping this blog could be. PF left a comment to let us know that some records of the Embroiderers’ Company DO survive from before the fire – see below.
“Some of the records of the Embroiderers’ Company of London (called “Broderers’ Company”) do survive from before the great fire. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who embroidered the handkerchief?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/05/20/who-embroidered-the-handkerchief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 01:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last time I mentioned that the embroidered handkerchief is being used as a gift in the courtship story in the 1627 English Village. An inquisitive reader (thanks, Amy) asked who would have done the embroidery?
It is very unlikely that much, if any, embroidery was being carried out in Plymouth Colony’s early years. The business of [...]]]></description>
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