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		<title>A Bead, Indeed!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Want to add dimension and lots of visual interest to your projects? Fiber art beads will do the trick. There are many ways to create these little gems, but here is the way that I make them.
You will need the following supplies:
plastic drinking straws
fabric glue
fabric scraps
assorted yarns or fibers
beads
craft wire, 22 or 24 gauge
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		<title>Thank you, dear readers</title>
		<link>http://fembellish.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/thank-you-dear-readers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 00:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[My life has certainly changed since my mother suffered a stroke. She lived through it and is now in a nursing home. She lost use of the right side of her body: she can&#8217;t walk or talk. However, she is responding well to therapy and retained her ability to swallow.
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I took this picture of my mother and my grandson last Christmas. My mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer&#8217;s type dementia 4 1/2 years ago. Although she hasn&#8217;t known who I am for some time, she never forgot how to embroider (that&#8217;s an embroidery hoop in her hands).
On Sunday, she suffered a serious stroke. As [...]<br/>
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		<title>Fabrications – Sand In My Shoes (part two)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Batiks serve as the perfect fabrics for making these little flowers since they are tightly woven and quite colorful.
Once you have completed the free motion stitching on each of the circles, remove the Solvy from you hoop. Clip around each flower, leaving all the loose extended threads in place.

Circles Clipped from Solvy
Place each flower circle...<br/>
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		<title>Fabrications – Sand In My Shoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Batiks always make me think of summer vacations at the beach. If you&#8217;re like me, you probably have lots of batik scraps from past projects. Here&#8217;s a great way to transform them into beautifully embellished flowers.
For this project you will need some regular Solvy, a heavy variegated cotton thread (I used Valdani #35...<br/>
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		<title>Felted Finery – Play It Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[When I was working on the Encased project, I felted several of the floral rounds in assorted colors. Here&#8217;s another little project using these versatile flower shapes.
First, you will need to felt a floral round in any color you like. Cut it out of the organza and match it up with some colorful rick rack.

Felted [...]<br/>
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		<title>Fabrications – Encased (part four of case construction)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Our case is now ready for the final steps that will bring it to completion. First, cut a strip of your base fabric on the straight of grain 2&#8243; x 10&#8243;. Fold both long raw edges evenly towards the center (wrong sides together) and press. Fold again at the center line; press.
Topstitch along both sides.

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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With our fabric embellishments complete, we now move on to the basic construction of the case. First, measure across the top or bottom of your fabric. Cut two strips of the base fabric 1 1/4&#8243; wide by the length of your measurement plus an extra inch. For example, my strips measured 1 1/4&#8243; x 7 [...]<br/>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Machine quilting this little case is quite easy since you can simply use the patterns found on your organza overlay and base fabric.Set up your sewing machine with a free motion foot, drop your feed dogs, and change your needle to one that is appropriate for the thread you will be using. I chose a [...]<br/>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll come back to the felted floral round created in the previous tutorial during part three. For the next step, you will need a base fabric, a sheer print fabric, some Angelina, and a stiff stabilizer such as Timtex, and fusible interfacing. These supplies will be transformed into the body of the MP3 case/carrier.
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