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	<title>The Embroiderers' Story &#187; Progress</title>
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		<title>Trying it Myself</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2009/01/15/trying-it-myself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<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>Notes from the Front</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/26/notes-from-the-front/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/26/notes-from-the-front/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks several new blogs have linked to us &#8211; welcome! And thanks for helping to spread the word about this project.
Over this weekend I got the chance to work on the gold embroidery &#8211; wheee! I was the beneficiary of a personal tutorial from Wendy, which was awesome, because I&#8217;d really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Backs!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/25/backs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wendy sent this post and the photos:
Over the weekend  there was much discussion about the recent request  to see the  “Backs”.   We were a group of mixed reactions because  there are many stitchers  whose reverse side of their work is as beautiful as the front and then there are  those of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Left Upper Sleeve</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/22/left-upper-sleeve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/22/left-upper-sleeve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1312</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the long promised photos of the left upper sleeve. Lyn from Canada was working on this last time; Wendy has it this time.
Debbie&#8217;s been in touch with Lyn. Apparently there are 5&#8243; of new snow where she is, preventing her from coming to this session. We miss you Lyn!
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		<title>Kris Comes to Stitch</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/07/kris-comes-to-stitch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/07/kris-comes-to-stitch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 00:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
This post was written on Wednesday.
I can&#8217;t tell you how thrilled I am with the boost in the arm that  Judy, our weekend group, and now Kris Andrews is giving to this  project.  We have made tremendous progress on the goldwork and I think  we might even get this project done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You Judy!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/06/thank-you-judy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have to thank Judy Laning for her week of Indentured Servitude to  the Jacket (or Waistcoat).  We have given her a &#8216;certificate&#8217; as the  human who has worked the most plaited braid to my knowledge.  Well,  that title will last until at least Friday when the next Indentured  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All that Glitters</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/05/all-that-glitters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/05/all-that-glitters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[really IS gold, in this case.
The gold thread for the coiling vines is real gold, and, like the gilt sylke twist, was purpose-made for this project by Bill Barnes of Golden Threads in the UK. It is a gold wire wrapped around two ends of yellow silk thread. I know the next question is whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indentured Servants</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/02/indentured-servants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/11/02/indentured-servants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we have moved into the gold work phase of this project we must sometimes  evaluate our methods of getting work done.  We had been working with an  apprentice system which has served us well.  But now with the vast amounts  of plaited braid in front of us, we need to consider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2183.5</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/06/21835/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/06/21835/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Melinda is working on the narration for the video of our project for her exhibit. She asked, how many hours of embroidery have been done so far?
In the fine old tradition of passing the buck, I asked Arianna to go through the heap of time sheets from over a year&#8217;s worth of embroidery sessions. She [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rewards</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/02/rewards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/10/02/rewards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=1034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tricia sent this to me this morning:
I am up early this morning preparing for my trip to see the jacket in  the UK and took a quick look at the blog to see Jill&#8217;s latest entry.   It made me very happy and again validated the enormous amount of work  this project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fabulous</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/29/fabulous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/29/fabulous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a photo of the Sunday, September 28, 2008 volunteer embroidery crew. They are holding out of service frames.
That&#8217;s what I said when I saw this photo. (I was off yesterday, so I found this about 9:30 last night.)
So that&#8217;s Cheryl on the left in the back, holding the frame with the collar and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guests</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/26/guests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/26/guests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bard College]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve got a lot going on this weekend (OK, how many times have you heard me say that?). But we really do.
Aside from working with us, and her several day jobs, Tricia has also been working with the Metropolitan Museum in NY on a exhibition of 16th-17th century embroidery which will open in December of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New England Lace Group</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/24/new-england-lace-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/24/new-england-lace-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My camera was hiding in the trunk. It came out as soon as I wasn&#8217;t looking for it anymore, and I got these pictures. The first is of Mary D, who came up from Virginia to work on the lace this weekend. She set herself a goal of 6 repeats/day, and was well ahead of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catherine, Laura and Jen</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/19/catherine-laura-and-jen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/19/catherine-laura-and-jen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=949</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Catherine, Laura and Jen joined us for last weekend&#8217;s embroidery session. All of them have been here before and so are considered &#8220;veterans.&#8221; They certainly showed their experience; they all accomplished a great deal.
Catherine was working on the unwieldy back piece, and stitched three complete roses along with a few odds &#38; ends here and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bittersweet</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/16/bittersweet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Please note! I am cancelling the October 24-27 session.
Great progress is being made this weekend on the silk embroidery. We have 10 embroiderers scheduled for September 26-29. I anticipate that after that weekend we won&#8217;t have enough silk and GST embroidery left to make a full weekend session worth while.
There is still plenty to do [...]]]></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>
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		<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>Playing with the Sparkle</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/05/playing-with-the-sparkle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/09/05/playing-with-the-sparkle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been able to spend a good deal of time recently working on the gold thread embroidery and it is really beginning to make the piece come to life.  While the polychrome embroidery is always impressive,
once the gold goes on a project, you realize that the piece was previously &#8216;flat&#8217;.  There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Wing Pieces</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/27/two-wing-pieces/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/27/two-wing-pieces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn H]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spangles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Carolyn took the second wing piece of lace off the pillow. The &#8220;wings&#8221; are little flaps that are stitched on over the shoulder. On our jacket, as on the Laton jacket, they are trimmed with lace.
Wendy arranged the lace over Carolyn&#8217;s shoulders so we could see the effect.
I was out in the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank God for Stash</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/13/thank-god-for-stash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/13/thank-god-for-stash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stitches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[besler florilegium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[borage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motifs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=716</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we all come by some book and decide to buy it and later think that you may have been crazy to have done it.  Years ago I bought a modern copy of The Besler Florilegium, which was originally published in 1613.  It is huge and used to hold my computer up.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experimental Archeology</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/12/experimental-archeology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/12/experimental-archeology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[experimental archeology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indiana Jones]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[V&A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[veins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I like that term, when Jill said it the other day to describe what we were doing it gave me all the validation I needed to go buy myself an Indiana Jones hat and bring a whip to the next session!
What she really meant was that we were listing all the means we could imagine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bring in the Cavalry!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/10/bring-in-the-cavalry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/10/bring-in-the-cavalry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bobbin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[experimental archeology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After spending all week here working on instructions and doing experimental archeology, as Jill puts it, it was nice to have a crew come in to make a nice push on the pieces.  We have seven people here today working on embroidery and lace.  Speaking of the lace, Carolyn has come today to [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[blue heads]]></category>
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		<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>Attaching the Pod</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/08/attaching-the-pod/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/08/attaching-the-pod/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[detachable pieces]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/08/attaching-the-pod/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tricia writes:
During the week Wendy and I worked on getting all the detached pieces  traced and labeled for stitching.  We had done a few weeks ago and Jill and a few other stitchers had been working on the detached pod layer for the pea pods.  It is worked in Grene gilt sylke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stitch Your Peas!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/07/stitch-your-peas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/07/stitch-your-peas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gold]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pea pods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia wrote this post for us:
Today we excitedly added peas to one of the pods that are on the jacket to make the instruction sheets.   The bottom of the pod is stitched in silk detached buttonhole and then two gold spider web peas are added on top.  Here you can see me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golden Vines</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/06/golden-vines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/06/golden-vines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stitches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold thread]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[plaited braid stitch]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/08/06/golden-vines/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tricia writes:
Today we took a deep breath and started the goldwork on the jacket.  I am in town all week working and couldn&#8217;t wait to start putting the gold to the jacket and making it come alive.  I picked the collar as the silk work was all done on it.  Here you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Borage</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/09/borage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/07/09/borage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[columbine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foxglove]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[honeysuckle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[master repeat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wendy stitched this borage as the model. She sent me a photo, labeling it &#8220;borage &#8211; done&#8221;. Which of course it is not. I&#8217;m trying to be careful about that now. Borage needs some black and white in the middle, and then the little spiky leaves done too.
But this is the big part, and for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finishing</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/25/finishing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/25/finishing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/25/finishing/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks, Rosemary, for catching my error in the dates for the August session. The formal session is 8 August to 11 August, a Friday to Monday weekend. However, Tricia is planning to be at Plimoth all week, from Monday 4 August to Friday 8 August (that&#8217;s what I was thinking of, I think) working on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linda&#8217;s Butterfly</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/22/lindas-butterfly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/22/lindas-butterfly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plain worms]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Linda H came all the way from Pennsylvania to work on the jacket this weekend. Here&#8217;s a picture of Linda pointing out one of the motifs she worked, a butterfly.
Linda brought some of her needlework for show and tell, which was today. Here&#8217;s a picture of some of her stitching, which will be part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never a Dull Moment</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/21/never-a-dull-moment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/21/never-a-dull-moment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Beth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[FIRST: You didn&#8217;t miss anything, tatting has nothing to do with early 17th century fiber arts &#8211; Kate is just interested in almost ALL the fiber arts, whatever their origin. She doesn&#8217;t tat on site here, either as an interpreter or in the Crafts Center.
The day in pictures:
Here is the workroom, which is a beehive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nineteen</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/20/nineteen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/20/nineteen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/20/nineteen/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We started our anniversary embroidery session today. This weekend last year was the first time embroiderers gathered together to work on the jacket. There&#8217;s been a lot of water under the bridge since then, not to mention a lot of orts.
Here&#8217;s a picture of Wendy showing JoAnn where the 3-D pea pod pieces will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emily&#8217;s Cassock</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/19/emilys-cassock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/19/emilys-cassock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Here&#8217;s Emily&#8217;s first project this summer, a cassock for an interpreter portraying a sailor on Mayflower II.  
When I sat back and looked at that sentence I realized I&#8217;ve opened the proverbial can of worms. What is a cassock? What makes this one particularly for a sailor? What is a non-sailor cassock? Where is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Silk Jacket Lining</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/04/blue-silk-jacket-lining/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/04/blue-silk-jacket-lining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This came from Justin today:
Here&#8217;s the latest jacket lining update-
First off is a shot of the scarn holding all of those spools Kate and I  have been winding.  From here we&#8217;re able to warp nine ends at a time, not as  many as we would have liked, but the skeins of silk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emily and Lacey</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/03/emily-and-lacey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/06/03/emily-and-lacey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here, as promised, are our summer interns.
The first one is of Lacey signing away her photo rights. Actually, she&#8217;s giving me permission to post her photo on the blog.  This fall she will be a junior at the University of Mary Washington in Fredricksburg, Virginia.  The next picture shows Lacey working on her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Construction Details</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/24/construction-details/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 00:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently started thinking about the sewing-together part of this project. Thinking about logistics, I mean. By a happy coincidence, Laura brought her embroidered jacket as part of her show &#38; tell this session. I mentioned that I&#8217;d been comparing the original paper pattern pieces to the tensioned embroidered ones and that some stretching has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Columbine</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/22/columbine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 22:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here, courtesy of Wendy, is a photo of the stitched columbine motif. In my opinion, it is the wackiest of the motifs on the jacket. It sort of resembles a columbine to me, but not much. And it looks crazy. Several columbines were embroidered this session; Norma B from Connecticut stitched this one.
It not only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Wee Froggie</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/18/a-wee-froggie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/18/a-wee-froggie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 23:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some pictures from Friday. Carolyn, Devon, Jill, Margaret and Tricia spent some time consulting, discussing, debating, as usually happens at the sessions. Get a bunch of people, all of them experts in one or another aspect of historic dress, embroidery, lace, etc, and watch the information bounce around, speculation, comparison of items examined; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Lacers and Right Front</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/17/two-lacers-and-right-front/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 22:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry no post yesterday, friends. The evening completely got away from me.
This is some of what has been going on though.
Here is Devon, making lace. The lace will really be the crowning glory of this piece, and it is very exciting to me to see it really underway.
Here is Jill, also making lace. Devon is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many Happy Returns of the Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/15/many-happy-returns-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/15/many-happy-returns-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Happy Birthday! One year ago today, this community was born. I really didn&#8217;t know what to expect, but I jumped into blogging with both feet (and the lifeline of Rich&#8217;s help) and found all of you! This year has been more than I could have imagined, and (maybe you&#8217;re tired of hearing it but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ceylon squiggles</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/11/ceylon-squiggles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 22:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are more of my needlework challenges.
This is the first try at a wavy line of ceylon stitch. A straight line is OK, but the worms &#8220;squiggle&#8221;. (Click on &#8220;ceylon stitch&#8221; for the pdf of the instructions.)
A subsequent (I won&#8217;t say how many tries were in between!) attempt yielded this red worm. It&#8217;s still a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Left Front</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/10/the-left-front/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/10/the-left-front/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 00:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another snapshot of a piece in progress. This is the left (as the wearer sees it) front, and was taken on May 5. The shallow curve at top left is the neckline; the deeper curve at right is the armhole.
The two fronts are the least-favored pieces to work because the frames are so wide. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The beginning of the lining</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/06/the-beginning-of-the-lining/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Knitting & Spinning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first email from Justin, the Village interpreter and weaver who is making the blue silk lining for the jacket in conjunction with Kate of Eaton Hill Textile Works.
Here are some pictures of the current progress on the silk lining. See yesterday&#8217;s entry for a picture of the sample. I knew it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Silk</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/05/blue-silk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 20:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sorry I didn&#8217;t post last night. There was a lot of homework to do at my house, and by the time my number came up to use the computer, it was today.
Here as promised, though, is the beginning of a new story.
Eventually, the embroidery will be done, the oes sewn on, and it will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/05/01/pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 23:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[of yesterday&#8217;s stitchers and their work.
First, here&#8217;s Anne and her leaf, embroidered on the coif. Thanks to Robbin for this great picture.
Here are a couple of pictures of Tricia, Sarah and Susan. I love how Tricia curls up in a chair to work on these big frames. No matter how huge they are, she looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/30/thank-you-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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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>Lace work</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/29/lace-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Carolyn and her friend Margaret came to Plymouth to work on winding bobbins. I have lots of pictures.
Quite a lot of time was spent calculating how much thread should go on each pair of bobbins. I think lacers come from the same school as carpenters, the &#8220;measure twice cut once&#8221; school, or in this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spangles on the Bobbins</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/24/spangles-on-the-bobbins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia sent me this post for tonight:
I know many of those lacers reading the blog would like to see how we  are  keeping the spangles on the bobbins.  Here you see the spangles on  one with  Carolyn&#8217;s small hair clips to hold the thread in place.
We  are also adding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gilded Lily</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/21/the-gilded-lily/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/21/the-gilded-lily/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a photo of the back of the jacket, taken last Friday, April 18.
This is the piece Tricia took home with her before our inaugural embroidery session last June. She had to work one of each motif, taking detailed photos of the steps in order to produce that fantastic instruction manual. That&#8217;s why she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tallying the Progress</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/14/tallying-the-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/14/tallying-the-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abigail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debbie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honeysuckle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pansy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pea pod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rose hip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thistle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trefoil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[worms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/14/tallying-the-progress/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Wendy counted up the motifs that were done this weekend. I had high hopes for this session and I was not disappointed. There were many hands working and a great deal was accomplished:
16.5 worms. The plain worms, not the fancy worms. We don&#8217;t have directions for those yet. But the plain worms gave us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bryce makes Lace, and Rose Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/13/bryce-makes-lace-and-rose-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/13/bryce-makes-lace-and-rose-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bryce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[experiential archeology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/13/bryce-makes-lace-and-rose-strategy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s two pictures of Bryce working, both from Friday. And here&#8217;s what Bryce said in the comments about her time in the workroom:
I had such a wonderful time making lace. I urge all you lacemakers out there to try it! It’s a little fiddly, but not difficult. The people — staff and embroiderers both — [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out of Service</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/12/out-of-service/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/12/out-of-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[borage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryce W]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butterfly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carolyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[columbine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fancy worm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leafs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marilyn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Susan K]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, one of the sleeve pieces went &#8220;out of service&#8221;. This is a good thing, not like when that happens to your TV. I am plenty excited.
Out of service means we&#8217;ve hit a point where we can&#8217;t do anything else on it, until either we get more instructions or more materials. This is the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Left Upper Sleeve</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/09/the-left-upper-sleeve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/09/the-left-upper-sleeve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cornflower]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foxglove]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gussets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honeysuckle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spiky butterfly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vine]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=439</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a good idea, thanks Carol and Kimberly. This is the left upper sleeve as of today, April 9th. Each sleeve is composed of two parts, the upper and the under. The top of the upper sleeve has a convex curve to go over the top of the shoulder; the under has a concave curve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting Up and Stitching</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/02/setting-up-and-stitching/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/04/02/setting-up-and-stitching/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Participate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[EC sampler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[samplers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is Tricia&#8217;s third and final installment on a day in the life of a jacket embroiderer.
Once people are settled in and feel more comfortable, we get their frames  into a stitching station.  Here you see me helping my mom set a frame in a floor  stand.  There weren&#8217;t any stands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Without whom the spangles would not be possible &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/31/without-whom-the-spangles-would-not-be-possible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/31/without-whom-the-spangles-would-not-be-possible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Greenemyer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paula]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Evonuk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Sweet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sweet & Sons]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I promised pix of Robbin&#8217;s lace work today, but at the time I wasn&#8217;t remembering that I wouldn&#8217;t be in the office today. I left them in the laptop at the office. Here instead, is the story of the completion of the Spangle Quest in Mark&#8217;s own words. The gratitude, though, is seconded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do We Do?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/27/what-do-we-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/27/what-do-we-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Participate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Wilson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instruction manual]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motifs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosemary]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, Robbin did a great job of describing a typical session in  the comments but I would like to add to her commentary with a photo journal of  the last session.  This journal is courtesy of my father, Bill Wilson, an  amateur photographer.  He was accompanying my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rapunzel, Rapunzel&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/06/rapunzel-rapunzel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/06/rapunzel-rapunzel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stitches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benton & Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold thread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden Threads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leoni]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let Down Your Plaited Braids.
Tricia&#8217;s writing again tonight, but first I want to mention the receipt of two more lace samples, from Carolyn W and Mary D. 
 Here you can see the  trials stitched in plaited braid.  What I found was that the 371 Gold Wire was  the most flexible and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumplestiltskin!</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/05/rumplestiltskin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/05/rumplestiltskin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benton & Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Day Job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gold thread]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leoni]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tricia writes tonight, beginning a &#8220;thread&#8221; about gold threads for the vines on the jacket. I&#8217;m most grateful, as we&#8217;re opening the museum two weeks from Saturday and the Day Job is insisting on more of my attention. I&#8217;ll try to take some photos tomorrow of that busy-ness.  But tonight:
How I wish I could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Productive Lace Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/03/productive-lace-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/03/productive-lace-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nightcap]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First, Gail J&#8217;s lace sample arrived safely.
The sharp-eyed reader award goes to Catherine K, who noticed Tricia&#8217;s completed &#8220;nightcap&#8221; in the photo on Friday. Tricia&#8217;s going to write about it so I didn&#8217;t photograph it for the blog, but I saw it in that picture and wondered if anyone else would notice. It is so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leap Day</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/02/leap-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/02/leap-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Knitting & Spinning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pansy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosemary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stockings]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are more pictures from Friday. The first two show the transformation of the laundry room into a lunch room.
Remember how Beth said that some embroiderers knit? Here&#8217;s Rosemary with her first stocking (for us). She&#8217;s already knit two pairs of gloves, one larger and one smaller (the smaller ones fit me perfectly). This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Very Busy Day</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/01/the-very-busy-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/03/01/the-very-busy-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Progress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melanie Anne]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was the first day of a new embroidery session. This time we&#8217;re in the Wardrobe office; Accomack is being renovated. So much happened yesterday that it seemed like several days, and it will probably take me several days to tell you all about it.
For now, here&#8217;s a picture of Tricia getting everyone up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret Leaf</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/13/the-secret-leaf/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/13/the-secret-leaf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=301</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ We had a new embroiderer on Monday. It was me! I stitched a plain, single-color leaf in #325. I chose the location carefully; there aren&#8217;t that many single leaves left; they&#8217;re one of the &#8220;training motifs&#8221; we&#8217;ve been using as first work for those new to the jacket. (The other training motif is the [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/10/the-lackeys-leaf/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coif]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/?p=290</guid>
		<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>Friday Morning</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/08/friday-morning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/02/08/friday-morning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Knitting & Spinning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lace]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cheryl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gloves]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marcia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melanie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rosemary]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Karen asked, in a comment on The Spangle Quest post, whether a blog or list on this blog can be set up for the lacemakers to get together. I have absolutely no idea whether that can be done; I&#8217;ve asked Rich. He&#8217;ll know.
This morning the embroiderers gathered in Accomack to begin another session of work [...]]]></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>
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		<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>Strawberry Flower</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2008/01/24/strawberry-flower/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a picture of Wendy&#8217;s completed strawberry flower.
I don&#8217;t know why the strawberry flowers are blue; and not even pale blue, but BLUE.
Strawberry flowers now are white.
Heehee&#8230;another reason to like this blog program &#8211; I can put more than one category on a post!
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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>Transferring to Linen</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/09/transferring-to-linen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/09/transferring-to-linen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Samples from Sharon H and Lauren S arrived today.
Tricia’s writing tonight:

You may have seen some of our earlier hand-wringing over the linen and if it would get here in time for the first session. Well, we managed to get a piece that was 1.9 yards long while we were waiting for our original order of [...]]]></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>Where&#8217;s Waldo?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/07/03/wheres-waldo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia finishes last night’s story:
While we were transferring the embroidery design to the pattern pieces, we found several exceptions to the master repeat. Sometimes it was a simple change form a rounded wing butterfly to a spiky butterfly, sometimes a bud was replaced by a leaf. There are two big changes. For some reason, on [...]]]></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>Record Keeping</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/26/record-keeping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 02:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia made these amazing instruction manuals for each stitching station. They contain the stitch instructions that were posted on the blog; step-by-step photos of the stitches being worked; a ‘master repeat’ of the embroidery pattern with each motif element numbered; full-color pictures of the original jacket (1359-1900) for color placement reference; and blank log pages. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sleepless Nights</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/25/sleepless-nights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The embroidery is well and truly underway. The first session went very well, even better than we expected. A good deal of embroidery was done; the volunteer embroiderers had an enjoyable time, some even reported that their skills improved over the course of the week. My Day Job is even going all right; everyone who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day Four</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/24/day-four/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 04:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[…opened with a flurry of getting settled, again. Thursday night we brought everything up to the Wardrobe Department work room, but didn’t set up. Friday morning everyone found a table, chair and frame stand to suit and we ran extension cords and power strips again. A few stitchers found the overhead daylight fluorescent lights so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Guests</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/23/special-guests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jun 2007 03:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today’s pictures are all courtesy of Robbin. (Thanks again, Robbin.) She and her camera captured several events I missed, all of which occurred on Day Three (Thursday, for those of us who are having trouble keeping track…).

First, here’s Laura the Extreme Costumer, in her embroidered jacket, and the rest of her ensemble, working at a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day Three</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/22/day-three/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[…was a long one, and eventful and productive. I got home late, although that wasn’t the reason for no blog entry. The thunderstorm I whirled home in was; I thought it unwise to turn on the computer. I think it’s going to take me a few days to catch you up on what’s been going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day Two</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/20/day-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day Two is in the books. I’m amazed at how quickly some of the stitching is going; one embroiderer has completed everything that can be done on her frame (it was one of the smaller ones, but still!). Some parts can’t be worked until the threads arrive, and all the goldwork has to wait till [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day One</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/19/day-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 03:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day One of Session One is history and went very well. I was really more nervous about yesterday, when so much had to be done. Today was just meeting lovely people I’d only corresponded with, or at most talked with on the phone.
Much of the morning was spent in introductions, ground rules (NO COFFEE NEAR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALMOST the Last Minute</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/18/almost-the-last-minute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, the new arrivals: samples came today from Irene A, Ann B, and Patricia E.
Today Tricia and Kris brought down everything else we needed for tomorrow. Wendy, Kris and Ann showed up (or were drafted) a day early to help. Most of the day we worked in the Colonial Wardrobe Department’s big workroom.
Lots happened today: [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/08/who-gets-to-be-the-draftsman/#comments</comments>
		<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>How Much Time Will The Embroidery Take?</title>
		<link>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/06/how-much-time-will-the-embroidery-take/</link>
		<comments>http://www.plimoth.org/embroidery-blog/2007/06/06/how-much-time-will-the-embroidery-take/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tricia’s been a whirlwind these past few days, tracking down frame parts from the four corners of the known world; figuring, refiguring, and figuring again how to most efficiently fit the pattern pieces onto the linen and the linen into the frames; not to mention generating fund-raising and product development ideas and answering all the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making the Pattern</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 17:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Tricia Wilson Nguyen is guest-writing. The actual pattern development was carried out by Tricia and Denise Lebica, a former tailor with the Colonial Wardrobe Department, with help from Johanna Tower, who worked with us as both an intern and a tailor.
Tonight we will start a discussion of how the embroidery pattern for the jacket [...]]]></description>
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