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	<title>Contemporary Quilt Art Forum</title>
	
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		<title>Sally Bramald’s Quilted Art</title>
		<link>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/03/03/expert-machine-quilter-and-her-quilting-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ARTIST PROFILES]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Expert Machine Quilter&#8217; Blog
Seems recently I keep running across beautiful blogs of machine quilting experts who specialize in feathers.  Feathers appear simple and elegant. Most things that look simple to do are in fact challenging. Making complicated things appear easy is what the pros do.
Sally Bramald&#8217;s blog has a beautiful header which immediately draws [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neon Lights –  Bright Inspiration for Art Quilts</title>
		<link>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/02/28/neon-lights-bright-inspiration-for-art-quilts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[COLOR & COLOR THEORY]]></category>
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Jewel tones

Crisp edges
Bold Contrast
Geometrical Shapes
Surprise

These are the qualities that describe most of my art quilts. These are the design elements I frequently post about on &#8220;Your Inspiration Zone&#8221; blog. You can see how I make them on my website, Quilts4u.com.
I find visual inspiration everywhere. I don&#8217;t feel the need to make Statement Quilts, and expressing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AQS Adds 4th Venue in 2010 -and-    New International Quilt Festival Exhibit Announced</title>
		<link>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/02/23/aqs-adds-4th-venue-in-2010-new-international-quilt-festival-exhibit-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New AQS Show in Lancaster, PA 
 
The American Quilter&#8217;s Society has added the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster PA as the location for a fourth show and contest in 2010, (others being in Des Moines, IA, Knoxville, TN and Paducah KY). Approximately 200 quilts will be judged  in various categories with more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quilt Artists making Series Quilts</title>
		<link>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/02/18/quilt-artists-making-series-quilts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Signature Style in Art Quilts &#8211; Part 1
 
Now here I go out on a limb&#8230;
 For commercial reasons, I am changing to a new signature look in the art  quilts I make for sale. There are 3 reasons, and the first is that the  art quilts in my “new&#8221; series are SELLING!! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Copyright vs Copyleft</title>
		<link>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/02/13/copyright-vs-copyleft/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[INTERNET SKILLS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Building a richer public domain
quoted excerpts from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, topic  reference &#8211; The Creative Commons Network, The Creative Commons.org and Flickr Creative Commons



Please Note, the copyright information posted here is subject to unforseen changes being made by the major sharing sites on the WWW. This post has been modified twice already. * see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stereograms to Inspire Your Quilt Art</title>
		<link>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/02/08/stereograms-to-inspire-your-quilt-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GOOD LINKS]]></category>
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Gary W. Priester&#8217;s 3D Stereogram Gallery
In this post you will see 4 stereograms created by Gary W. Priester, c0-author of several Magic Eye books of stereograms. Gary also has a lot of information on stereogram creation on his Eyetricks.com website. While next to impossible, I think, to create a true stereogram with fabric, these stereogram [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beth Smith, new gallery director for Quilt Visions</title>
		<link>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/02/03/beth-smith-new-gallery-director-for-quilt-visions/</link>
		<comments>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/02/03/beth-smith-new-gallery-director-for-quilt-visions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stitching together an artistic vision
BY ROBERT L. PINCUS, UNION-TRIBUNE ART CRITIC &#8211; SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2010
Gallery director Beth Smith harnesses a passion for textile-related media: ‘It’s really rewarding to see artists change and surprise you’.

 Museum Director: Beth Smith
 Institution: Quilt Visions
 Previous institution: Oceanside Museum of Art (director of development)
 Current show: “Interpretations,” featuring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunflower Theme Winning Quilts</title>
		<link>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/01/29/sunflower-theme-winning-quilts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Quilt Museum announces 18 winning quilts from the 2010 An Old Favorite Contest.
on exhibit Mar. 19 &#8211; June 15, 2010 and traveling through Dec. 2011.

The Paducah Sun, Jan. 1, 2010
The National Quilt Museum has announced the 18 winning quilts of the 2010 Sunflower-themed New Quilts from an Old Favorite contest.
 These quilts represent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Quilt Index-mother of all quilting resources</title>
		<link>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/01/29/the-quilt-index-mother-of-all-quilting-resources/</link>
		<comments>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/01/29/the-quilt-index-mother-of-all-quilting-resources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[a website review of The Quilt Index &#8211; quiltindex.org

 
 
The Quilt Index is a growing research and reference tool designed to provide unprecedented access to information and images about quilts held in private and public hands.
It is a joint project of The Alliance for American Quilts and several several entities of Michigan State University. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quilt Exhibits in 2010, USA</title>
		<link>http://contemporaryquiltart.org/2010/01/24/quilt-exhibits-in-2010-usa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 06:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[in the CQA Quilting News -Unique Quilt Shows in 2010, in the United States &#8211; Ohio, South Dakota, California, and Paducah Kentucky 





Journey of Hope in America: Quilts Inspired by President Barack Obama- Dec 15, 2009 -Dec 15, 2010 at the Afro American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio


&#8220;Imagine Hope,&#8221; Hollis Chatelain’s first art exhibit, [...]]]></description>
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