<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876</id><updated>2012-01-28T11:19:32.758+01:00</updated><category term='Patchwork and Quilt Books'/><category term='Mistery quilt'/><category term='EQ6'/><category term='New York'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='On the road'/><category term='My life'/><category term='Houston 2009'/><category term='Small Things'/><category term='Tips'/><category term='Do-it-yourself'/><category term='Work In Progress'/><category term='Swap'/><category term='Tutorials'/><category term='Classes'/><category term='be grateful'/><category term='Hand quilting'/><category term='Corners of my home'/><category term='Awards'/><category term='Home Sewing'/><category term='Yoko Saito'/><category term='Amish'/><category term='My pictures'/><category term='Free patterns'/><category term='Sew Happy'/><category term='Calendars'/><category term='Inspirational'/><category term='Recipes'/><category term='Quilt Gallery'/><category term='Bags'/><title type='text'>A Quilter's life, dreams and projects</title><subtitle type='html'>my everyday journey in quilting</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>100</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-5476342797021586452</id><published>2012-01-18T16:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-18T16:23:00.847+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand quilting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Do-it-yourself'/><title type='text'>What is this???</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;Is there anyone out there who can tell me what is this wooden box??&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;A little help needed? Well, it's a very useful tool for hand quilters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;Who quilt in a frame. As I do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;I built it by myself, just assembling two parts: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;a slab of plywood (from the hardware store) and a wooden box (from Ikea)&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;It has the advantage of being a very affordable item!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;And you can easily made one, simply combining the two pieces&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;with glue and some small nails&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;It's&amp;nbsp;my quilter toolbox&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;A PANORAMIC VIEW OF MY HOMEMADE QUILT FRAME&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-5476342797021586452?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/5476342797021586452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-is-this.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/5476342797021586452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/5476342797021586452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-is-this.html' title='What is this???'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eltsQp4plqU/TxbgL2bS92I/AAAAAAAABVk/vLvGAGoV5II/s72-c/EMPTY.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-6363575278629851594</id><published>2012-01-01T10:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-01T10:49:53.547+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sew Happy'/><title type='text'>A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;To all my friends and their beloved ones,&amp;nbsp;a very happy new year from A Quilter's Life!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;Hope you enjoy this special day with your family, wherever you are.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;A tutti i miei amici ed ai loro cari, auguri di buon anno nuovo!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;Spero che trascorriate questo giorno speciale con le vostre famiglie, ovunque voi siate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;This is my post nr. 100 in this blog... I'm not a very prolific blogger! But I'm a very busy one (^-^) and to celebrate, I've just written my first post on &lt;a href="http://celebratehandquilting.blogspot.com/2011/12/hand-quilting-makes-quilt.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;celebrate hand quilting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; blog. I'm so happy to be part of it! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Enjoy your quilting time ♥&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-7203398359875491757?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/7203398359875491757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-first-post-in-celebrate-hand.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/7203398359875491757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/7203398359875491757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-first-post-in-celebrate-hand.html' title='My first post in &quot;Celebrate Hand Quilting&quot; blog, my 100th in this blog!'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--VB7PQxn-WQ/Tt9_1iWBzHI/AAAAAAAABSw/XY3zRTDgLUw/s72-c/SDC11746.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-8592176040670055588</id><published>2011-11-29T16:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T16:30:04.693+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Small Things'/><title type='text'>Simple fabric basket as Xmas gifts</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Sitting here, sewing Xmas little presents and waiting for the snow to come. Maybe for the new year's eve... too warm outside, now. So let's be patient, and keep on sewing and quilting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;This is my version of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://vlijtig.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;vlijtig&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; fabric basket (one of the many I made...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;You can find the tutorial to make it on your own &lt;a href="http://vlijtig.blogspot.com/2008/11/here-it-is.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;. The beautiful rose pins and the rusty jingle bells are from &lt;a href="http://www.theprimitivehare.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;The Primitive Hare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. And if you're wondering what kind of thread I put inside the basket, it's raw linen yarn.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;♥ good afternoon ♥&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-8592176040670055588?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/8592176040670055588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/11/simple-fabric-basket-as-xmas-gifts.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/8592176040670055588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/8592176040670055588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/11/simple-fabric-basket-as-xmas-gifts.html' title='Simple fabric basket as Xmas gifts'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MK3CubaxuOQ/TtT1teevHBI/AAAAAAAABR0/EcvGZE1kXOA/s72-c/SDC13495.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-4963190844058679473</id><published>2011-11-26T11:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-26T11:49:42.778+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Corners of my home'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Home Sewing'/><title type='text'>OH HAPPY SATURDAY!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I love to stay at home on Saturdays, being involved in one (or more...) of my crafts activities, staying with my twins, listening to some good music. From time to time, watching through one of my windows and appreciate mother Nature's gifts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;What are you doing today at home?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;My twins are taking absolutely random pictures around their rooms, and I don't know at all if I can take some more pictures tomorrow... or never...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;So I keep calm, and goin'on stitchin!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Have a nice day y'all&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-4963190844058679473?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/4963190844058679473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/11/oh-happy-saturday.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/4963190844058679473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/4963190844058679473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/11/oh-happy-saturday.html' title='OH HAPPY SATURDAY!'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6OUhzGL2e2A/TtDCzWxUVMI/AAAAAAAABRg/COl3keMjgso/s72-c/SDC12542.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-9138881696883637764</id><published>2011-11-24T18:43:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-26T11:26:40.392+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On the road'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be grateful'/><title type='text'>A joyful Thanksgiving Day to you all! Share your opportunity to be grateful</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;Oggi è il giorno del Ringraziamento, e anche se in Italia non è considerato una festa da celebrare, sono del parere che ogni giorno possiamo trovare un motivo per essere grati.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: IT;"&gt;Pensando alla mia promessa di dividere con voi alcuni indirizzi di New York, ho deciso che oggi il momento è arrivato: si avvicina il Natale e molti partiranno proprio in questo periodo per vivere la grande mela in tutto il suo splendore di luci e neve.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Ve li scrivo così, un po’ alla rinfusa… come mi vengono in mente. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;per dei bijoux strepitosi a ottimi prezzi: Cinderella, 265W 34 St &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;abbigliamento casual: Aéropostale, Times Square, 1515 Broadway&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;ristorante per ottima carne alla griglia, ostriche, ecc.: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.keens.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Keens steakhouse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; 72 W 36 street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;libri strepitosi, cartoleria e vare giapponesi (al piano interrato): &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/indexohb.cgi?AREA=03"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Kinokuniya Bookstore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;, 1073Ave. of the Americas (c'è un parco di fronte sulla 5 Ave., con la biblioteca pubblica di NY, da vedere)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;abbigliamento casual: Hollister, fifth Ave., 668&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;abbigliamento casual: Old Navy, 150 W 34th Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;un pranzo veloce : Macy's cellar bar &amp;amp; grill, 151 W 34th Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;oggetti per la cucina, tazze, ecc.ecc. a ottimi prezzi: Century 21,22 Cortlandt Street (vicino a Ground Zero)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;bottoni, passamanerie, attrezzature, fili, ecc.ecc.: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mjtrim.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;M&amp;amp;J Trimming&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;, 1008 Sixth Avenue, Between 37th &amp;amp; 38th Sts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;tessuti esclusivi per pw, tessuti in lana, filati ecc.: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.purlsoho.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Purl Soho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;, 459 Broome Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;cenetta con musica al Rockefeller center, ottima NY cheese cake, 10 Rockefeller Plz # 3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Merita assolutamente una passeggiata a piedi la linea ferroviaria abbandonata che è stata trasformata in giardino pensile (deve avere il suo fascino anche d'inverno) la High Line (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thehighline.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;http://www.thehighline.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #134f5c;"&gt;/&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;considerate la possibilità di acquistare il City Pass (http://it.citypass.com/new-york) che consente l'ingresso a 6 attrazioni (musei, Empire S.B., ecc.) per soli 79 dollari a testa (si risparmia quasi la metà di quello che si spenderebbe acquistandoli singolarmente).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Se non ci siete già stati, non perdetevi il Metropolitan Museum of Arts &lt;a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;http://www.metmuseum.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Da vedere anche la Grand Central Station, recentemente ristrutturata,&amp;nbsp;sulla 87 East 42nd Street, e se vi piacciono le ostriche, provate il http://www.oysterbarny.com/ che si trova al suo interno.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;La metropolitana è comodissima, fate la MetroCard così le corse sono anche più economiche.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Ah, dimenticavo, anche il Belvedere Castle in Central Park offre uno splendido panorama.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Is your Indian Summer warm and sunny? We are blessed by a very good weather, blue sky, red fall foliage. This is the perfect time in the year to look at Nature's beauty&amp;nbsp;for inspiration, and we quilters are so busy in doing this! Have a good quilting afternoon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-2330892546975375583?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/2330892546975375583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/11/indian-summer.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2330892546975375583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2330892546975375583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/11/indian-summer.html' title='Indian Summer'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9SSOUd5hLG4/TsEwYpQyYBI/AAAAAAAABQ0/5RqVg4VLUpI/s72-c/SDC13015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-865429823600092055</id><published>2011-11-02T19:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-02T19:06:35.041+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be grateful'/><title type='text'>HARVEST IN NORTHERN ITALY</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
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&lt;span a="undefined" c="4" closure_uid_1yv30w="1739" lang="en" td="null"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1695" td="null"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;uring my&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1696" td="null"&gt;short trip&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1697" td="null"&gt;to the Carrefour&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1698" td="null"&gt;Europeen&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1699" td="null"&gt;de&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1700" td="null"&gt;Patchwork&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="atn" closure_uid_1yv30w="1701" td="null"&gt;, Val d'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span closure_uid_1yv30w="1702" td="null"&gt;Argent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span closure_uid_1yv30w="1703" td="null"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1704" td="null"&gt;I have&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1705" td="null"&gt;visited many&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1706" td="null"&gt;exhibitions&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1707" td="null"&gt;and shops&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span closure_uid_1yv30w="1708" td="null"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1709" td="null"&gt;The&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1710" td="null"&gt;quilts&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1711" td="null"&gt;that I liked&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1712" td="null"&gt;the most were&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1713" td="null"&gt;those of&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1714" td="null"&gt;Edyta&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1715" td="null"&gt;Sitar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span closure_uid_1yv30w="1716" td="null"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1717" td="null"&gt;I was hoping&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1718" td="null"&gt;to meet&lt;/span&gt; her &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1719" td="null"&gt;at its booth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span closure_uid_1yv30w="1720" td="null"&gt;, but&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1721" td="null"&gt;unfortunately&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1722" td="null"&gt;that day&lt;/span&gt; she &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1723" td="null"&gt;was busy&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1724" td="null"&gt;elsewhere for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_1yv30w="1725" td="null"&gt;a course.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-3142246192526882155?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/3142246192526882155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/10/edyta-sitar-exhibition-in-val-dargent.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/3142246192526882155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/3142246192526882155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/10/edyta-sitar-exhibition-in-val-dargent.html' title='Edyta Sitar exhibition in Val d&apos;Argent'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZMJeKTJ7Pgs/TpM5JQmJIAI/AAAAAAAABO8/7eQmlynsCGw/s72-c/SDC13184.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-7064233227713799851</id><published>2011-09-01T16:48:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-01T16:48:52.324+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Home Sewing'/><title type='text'>IN USA SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SEWING MONTH</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;From Official Home of National Sewing Month:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;The observance of National Sewing Month began in 1982 with a proclamation from President Ronald Reagan declaring September as National Sewing Month “In recognition of the importance of home sewing to our Nation.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Please go to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationalsewingmonth.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;http://www.nationalsewingmonth.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and spread the word here in Italy, too!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Ci pensate? Negli USA oggi le nostre "sorelle" quilter (e non solo) iniziano a celebrare il mese nazionale del cucito. Questa tradizione è iniziata nel 1982 con la proclamazione del Presidente Ronald Reagan, "&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;in riconoscenza dell'importanza del cucito domestico per la nazione."&lt;/span&gt;﻿ &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Se desiderate saperne di più, accedete al link del sito ufficiale &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nationalsewingmonth.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;http://www.nationalsewingmonth.org/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;e scoprirete le iniziative che sono state messe a punto per celebrare adeguatamente questo periodo.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Vista la scarsa considerazione che spesso oggigiorno viene riconosciuta alle attività casalinghe inerenti il cucito in tutte le sue manifestazioni, se lo desiderate condividete anche voi questa festa, e spargete la voce anche qui in Italia!!!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Yours in sewing, stitching, quilting&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Sara&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-7064233227713799851?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/7064233227713799851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-usa-september-is-national-sewing.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/7064233227713799851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/7064233227713799851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-usa-september-is-national-sewing.html' title='IN USA SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL SEWING MONTH'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-grgOJTh1bXM/Tl-X-mJuPPI/AAAAAAAABOE/2P_9hmRdeUU/s72-c/NSM_sm.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-1124261209555693353</id><published>2011-07-26T19:20:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-26T19:20:13.579+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On the road'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My life'/><title type='text'>A postcard from London</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Only one postcard from my London long weekend&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;just to say how I felt well:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;nights were windy and fresh&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;thousands of lights were reflecting on the Thames water&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IhIwFiS6wYA/Ti72YVT_IVI/AAAAAAAABNA/KhxZeL5usJ0/s1600/tower+bridge.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400px" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IhIwFiS6wYA/Ti72YVT_IVI/AAAAAAAABNA/KhxZeL5usJ0/s400/tower+bridge.JPG" t$="true" width="300px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I love U London, so much&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-1124261209555693353?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/1124261209555693353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/07/postcard-from-london.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/1124261209555693353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/1124261209555693353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/07/postcard-from-london.html' title='A postcard from London'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IhIwFiS6wYA/Ti72YVT_IVI/AAAAAAAABNA/KhxZeL5usJ0/s72-c/tower+bridge.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-5734646417739999188</id><published>2011-07-19T20:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-19T20:47:24.541+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On the road'/><title type='text'>I am just back, but I'm ready to go again! Let's fly to London...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Se nella mia macchina ci fossero ancora le pellicole fotografiche tradizionali, potrei&amp;nbsp;portarne metri e metri al fotografo per lo sviluppo di tutte le immagini di NYC che ho scattato (e quelle che non ho fatto in tempo a cogliere, le ho ben impresse nel cuore).&amp;nbsp;What a wonderful place!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;If my camera had&amp;nbsp;traditional photographic film, I might bring yards of it to the photographer for the development of all the pictures I took in NYC (and those that I have not had time to take, I have imprinted in my mind and heart, you bet&amp;nbsp;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Stars and Stripes at the MoMA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ic0gCEs4prE/TiXLIpdSQyI/AAAAAAAABMU/uLCWHALvCg0/s1600/SDC12696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213px" m$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ic0gCEs4prE/TiXLIpdSQyI/AAAAAAAABMU/uLCWHALvCg0/s320/SDC12696.JPG" width="320px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;At the end of the Brooklyn Bridge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Work in progress at Ground Zero&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;The Purl Bee Soho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="ft"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Solomon R&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Guggenheim&lt;/strong&gt; Museum 1071 Fifth Avenue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;saint&amp;nbsp; patrick's cathedral&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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﻿&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Next Friday I leave for London, UK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-5734646417739999188?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/5734646417739999188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-am-just-back-but-im-ready-to-go-again.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/5734646417739999188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/5734646417739999188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-am-just-back-but-im-ready-to-go-again.html' title='I am just back, but I&apos;m ready to go again! Let&apos;s fly to London...'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GBPHUOpauoQ/TiXKrKvyseI/AAAAAAAABMQ/iPa6v6pw3A8/s72-c/SDC12481.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>Liberty Island, New York, 11231, Stati Uniti</georss:featurename><georss:point>40.6900495 -74.04506750000002</georss:point><georss:box>40.68871 -74.04771900000001 40.691389 -74.04241600000002</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-8669909652043608605</id><published>2011-06-22T21:03:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-22T21:03:44.902+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The countdown has begun!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Sunday we leave for NY&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Tomorrow I start to pack my luggage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;See you soon!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-8669909652043608605?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/8669909652043608605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/06/countdown-has-begun.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/8669909652043608605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/8669909652043608605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/06/countdown-has-begun.html' title='The countdown has begun!'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-2331577700628844504</id><published>2011-06-21T22:38:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-21T22:39:42.523+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be grateful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My pictures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My life'/><title type='text'>The first picture of Summer</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Do you remember Lotus Eaters' song "The first picture of you"? It was... some years around the eighties... I was a teenager, I've been loving this song for many years, 'til now...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;WHAT A﻿ SONG !!! It all seemed so simple then..such memories of my youth !!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;This is the first picture of Summer... 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;But this is another story, and we'll talk about in September&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-2331577700628844504?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/2331577700628844504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-picture-of-summer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2331577700628844504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2331577700628844504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/06/first-picture-of-summer.html' title='The first picture of Summer'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dPO9QXqc7Yg/TgEAJH_dtrI/AAAAAAAABL0/0XOtCkx8HiM/s72-c/collage+verde.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-5520620696758586837</id><published>2011-06-09T17:45:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-06-18T13:57:07.681+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand quilting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quilt Gallery'/><title type='text'>A stitchin' life - Aurifil threads</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;My first project hand quilted with Aurifil threads Makò nr. 28&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;colors are vibrant, yearn is soft&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;on a white background they look so bright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I think I'm gonna use these threads in my classes, to make the difference!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;And this is the &lt;em&gt;back&lt;/em&gt; of the quilt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Every day can be a &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;Quilting Day!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;... do I actually have anything interesting to share with my readers?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;... c'è davvero qualcosa di interessante su di me che posso condividere con i miei lettori?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Maybe my sewing studio in an awful mess?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Forse il mio studio&amp;nbsp;in un terribile disordine?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I don't think so&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Penso di no&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Maybe my WIP Aurifil hand quilting test?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Forse il mio lavoro in corso per testare il filo Aurifil?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;... Maybe...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;.... Forse .....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;But the rules of an award, such the Versatile Blog one, must be fulfilled, anyway...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ma le regole di un premio, come il Versatile Blog Award, vanno rispettate, in ogni caso...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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﻿&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;So there are seven things about me and my everyday life:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Così ora vi dirò sette cose su di me e sulla mia vita:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I love cats, but at the moment I have none&lt;/span&gt;﻿ &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I love my children, and ate the moment I have four!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Since we've been livin in this home, I'm very happy because I've got my own sewing studio: I can think, draw, sew and quilt my projects in a complete peace&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;I love sunsets, especially in solitude&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;When I'm standing in front of the sea, and smell the breeze, I feel completely reborn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;I love the winter sea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Today is my birthday!! :o)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Amo i gatti, ma in questo momento non ne ho nessuno&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Adoro i miei figli, e in questo momento ne ho quattro!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Da quando viviamo in questa casa, sono molto felice perchè ho il mio studio, dove posso pensare, disegnare, cucire e quiltare i miei progetti in tranquillità &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Amo i tramonti, specialmente in solitudine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Quando mi trovo in piedi davanti al mare, e respiro la brezza, mi sento rinata ogni volta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Amo il mare d'inverno&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Oggi è il mio compleanno!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Here we are, that's all!&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Eccoci, tutto qua!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;My&amp;nbsp;newly favorite discovered quilt bloggers are: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;I&amp;nbsp;quilt blog&amp;nbsp;a cui desidero inviare questo premio, in Italia, sono:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;- Vania of &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.arabafenicequiltshop.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;"araba fenice quilt shop"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;﻿ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;- Nichi of &lt;a href="http://quiltycat-quiltycat.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;"quiltycat"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;- Paola of&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.lospiritodellecose.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;"lo spirito delle cose"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;- Lory of&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.loryanna.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;"l'atelier di loryanna"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;- Laura of &lt;a href="http://www.laurastitch-lavoriincorso.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;"Lavori in corso"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;- Maria Rosaria&amp;nbsp;of&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://paginedarte.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;"Pagine d'arte"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;I'll contact these bloggers to let them know they’ve received the award&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Contatterò queste blogger per far loro sapere che hanno ricevuto il mio premio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Have a nice Sunday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Buona domenica a tutti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-9137592965534933440?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/9137592965534933440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/05/seven-things-about-me-some-worries.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/9137592965534933440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/9137592965534933440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/05/seven-things-about-me-some-worries.html' title='Seven things about me: some worries'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EGnI0z-rc4c/TeI0LZ3YGAI/AAAAAAAABJk/Wc8zcZc821c/s72-c/SR+mess_1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-3641141822739366681</id><published>2011-05-02T22:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T22:46:53.779+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Awards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be grateful'/><title type='text'>Versatile blogger award winner</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;This is the Versatile Blogger Award, and I'm very honored to receive it from &lt;a href="http://www.inmysewingroom.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;Kerrie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I’ve been blogging since April 2009, I love to share my passion for hand quilting, for sewing and patchwork too (plus some other sweet things I find on my everyday journey into life). I welcome all people who pass by here and leave a comment, a suggestion, a tip to do something better. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Here’s the way this award works:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;The Versatile Blogger Award rules&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;1.&lt;/span&gt; Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them in your post&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;2.&lt;/span&gt; Tell 7 things about yourself that others might not know about you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;3.&lt;/span&gt; Pass along the award to 15 newly discovered bloggers (I'm going with … 5 )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Spring has open wide its arms all around. I feel happy in the green.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;La Primavera, generosa, ha aperto le sue braccia tutt'intorno a noi. Come sto bene, nel verde.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Blossoms and buds are everywhere, I enjoy so much this time of the year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Gemme e boccioli sono ovunque, e io amo moltissimo questo periodo dell'anno.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;A few days ago I recived an unexpected gift from a dear friend, Lory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Qualche giorno fa ho ricevuto una sorpresa: un dono dalla mia amica Lory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;She made this beautiful brooche for me! Look at her gorgeous creations on &lt;a href="http://www.loryanna.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;her blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Lei ha fatto questa meravigliosa spilla per me! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;And she sent me these taupe/autumn colors fabrics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;And she made this&amp;nbsp;lovely scrapbooking card &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;I'm speechless!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Mi ha spedito queste stoffe dei miei colori preferiti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ha fatto per me con lo scrapbooking un delizioso biglietto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Sono senza parole&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Thank so much you Lory!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Grazieeeee Lory!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;In the meantime, I'm still workin' for the Finishes quilts class&amp;nbsp;(to be held on May,7)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Nel frattempo sto lavorando per ultimare la preparazione del corso sulle finiture per quilt, che si terrà il prossimo 7 maggio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;And last but not least... I want to introduce you my Goose weighted pincushion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;It's a very useful tool, expecially for appliqueing or hand quilting on small quilts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Prima di salutarvi, voglio lasciarvi una foto della mia Oca sul "peso" che ho preparato per il corso di Yoko Saito lo scorso marzo. Si tratta di un utilissimo peso, poichè trattiene un piccolo quilt mentre lo state trapuntando o applicate dei pezzi minuti.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I've been very busy in recent weeks, a lot of things to do and no time at all for blogging :o(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;I'm working on the samplers for the Quilt Finishes class, there are many variations on this theme and I have to choose some of them all, because otherwise only a&amp;nbsp;single afternoon would not be enough...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Sono stata molto presa nelle ultime settimane, così tante cose da fare e nemmeno un minuto libero per il blog :o(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Sto preparando i sampler per il &lt;a href="http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/p/classes-corsi_22.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;corso di rifiniture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;ci sono molte varianti sul tema tuttavia dovrò sceglierne alcune fra tutte, perchè altrimenti un solo pomeriggio non basterebbe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I have heard in recent days that the course of hand quilting at the Fiera di Parma is confirmed (the class is full, registrations are closed). I take this opportunity to thank all those who have registered, it will be my pleasure to meet them&amp;nbsp;on May 15 and work together.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Mi è stato comunicato nei giorni scorsi che il corso di hand quilting alla Fiera di Parma è stato confermato (la classe è completa, le iscrizioni sono chiuse). Colgo l'occasione per ringraziare tutte coloro che si sono iscritte, sarà per me un vero piacere incontrarci il prossimo 15 maggio e lavorare assieme.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Per chi non avesse ancora consultato la pagina del sito di Italia Invita con l'elenco dei corsi che hanno ancora posti disponibili, può cliccare &lt;a href="http://www.italiainvita.it/node/107"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #783f04;"&gt;qui&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;﻿I&amp;nbsp;put a few&amp;nbsp;stitches on my WIP quilt, I hope to make progress during the weekend&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Sono riuscita a mettere pochi punti anche sul mio quilt in corso d'opera, spero di poter fare dei significativi progressi durante il weekend...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;~ Lots of sweet stitches &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: IT; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"&gt;~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Il corso si è tenuto grazie alla brillante organizzazione di &lt;a href="http://www.agomago.it/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Agomago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;E' stata un'esperienza che rifarei subito, sono molto contenta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;La signora Yoko Saito è un'insegnante eccellente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;It has been a very good experience, I would do it again immediately!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Mrs. Yoko Saito is an excellent teacher&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I let the pictures speak for me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Lascio che le immagini parlino per me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Yoko and me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Thank you Mrs. Saito&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-4710039334525088376?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/4710039334525088376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/03/yoko-saito-class-in-florence-march-1718.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/4710039334525088376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/4710039334525088376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/03/yoko-saito-class-in-florence-march-1718.html' title='Yoko Saito Class in Florence, March 17/18, 2011 -- Corso di Yoko Saito a Firenze, 17/18 marzo 2011'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2iscc26P0nE/TYSa4v31mQI/AAAAAAAABDY/_X-WnUfbgRg/s72-c/APPLIQUE%2527+PROJECT+copia.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-6171513466189811179</id><published>2011-03-08T16:07:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T16:07:04.051+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On the road'/><title type='text'>A bag full of fabrics - Una borsa piena di tessuti</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Gorgeous lace zippers from Agomago, Firenze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Last Friday I went to&amp;nbsp;Abilmente hobby and crafts fair&amp;nbsp;with my mom and my dear friend Fiorella: we visited all booths, and we stopped at many of them. We were looking for one-of-a-kind opportunities: do you know those beautiful-beautiful-beautiful scraps of fabric at never seen prices? Well, we do know... So we bought some (yards) of very good fabric, some useful tools and notions, &amp;nbsp;and we met a lot of friends... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Venerdì scorso sono andata ad Abilmente Primavera, alla fiera di Vicenza, insieme alla mia mutti e alla mia cara amica Fiorella: abbiamo camminato tutto il giorno, visto e rivisto tutti gli stand, e da alcuni ci siamo anche fermate. Molto sensibili, come tutte le quilter, alle "occasioni irripetibili": avete presente quei tessuti belli-belli-belli a dei prezzi mai visti? Oh, noi li avevamo ben presenti, tant'è vero che ne abbiamo aquistati alcuni (metri) di ottima qualità, oltre ad attrezzature, aghi, filati, e... abbiamo incontrato tante amiche.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Questo è stato l'avvenimento più importante della giornata, per me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;My next quilt is a stitchery project, these fabrics are from 1° Laboratorio, Noventa (PD)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;La mia cara amica Nichi mi ha regalato un puntaspilli fatto da lei, con degli spilli che adoro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Thanks, Nichi, grazie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I play like a child with my needle and thread&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;sticking stitches such as small footsteps on the white snow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Gioco come una bimba con l'ago ed il filo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Sbocciano i punti come piccole impronte nel bianco della neve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;If only I had time I would stay hours and hours on the frame&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I check backing often to see the work in progress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Controllo spesso il retro per vedere come procede il lavoro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;These are the scalloped borders I draw for the quilt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Questi sono i bordi che ho disegnato per questo quilt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;I hope to quilt a bit tonight again&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Spero di quiltare un po' anche stasera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Happy&amp;nbsp;quilting to you all!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-2157342969476168488?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/2157342969476168488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/02/playing-with-needle-and-stitches-gioco.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2157342969476168488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2157342969476168488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/02/playing-with-needle-and-stitches-gioco.html' title='Playing with needle and stitches - Gioco con l&apos;ago e i punti'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QviL5SYw-d8/TWVO9oXKGMI/AAAAAAAABBQ/4O69qPH4n-w/s72-c/first+stitches+copia.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-7326702550729199636</id><published>2011-02-19T21:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-19T21:33:38.148+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be grateful'/><title type='text'>Life is beautiful - La vita è bella</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;... even when I'm basting a quilt, and I'm on my knees, on the floor, maybe for hours...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;... anche quando sto imbastendo un quilt, e sto inginocchiata sul pavimento anche per ore...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;A few words about positioning quilting designs/stencils on a wholecloth top; this is one among several methods you can use, and it works well for small/medium size tops. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Alcuni cenni su come posizionare i disegni per la quiltatura su un top in cui non ci sono nè blocchi, nè appliquè a farci da guida, ma un unico tessuto chiamato "wholecloth". Questo è solo uno tra i diversi metodi che potete provare ad utilizzare, ed è particolarmente adatto ai top di&amp;nbsp;grandezza piccola o media.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;As usual, I post some pictures so the technique is more understandable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Come di consueto, vi mostro qualche immagine, così la tecnica di base&amp;nbsp;è più chiara&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;For this wholecloth table runner (center panel size is 50" x 21") I used a transparent paper such as that for dress patterns, the same size of the center panel. First I drew the center lines, perpendicular to each other, then the two diagonals. Last but not least, I drew an angle of 45 degrees on each short side. &lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="455" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;This&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="456" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="457" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="458" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;most&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="459" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;important&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="460" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;work, &lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="461" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="462" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;the basis of the design&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="463" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;and should&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="464" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;be&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="465" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;as accurate as&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="hps" closure_uid_nz3owk="466" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;possible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span closure_uid_nz3owk="467" title="Fai clic per visualizzare le traduzioni alternative"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Per questo progetto che misura, nel pannello centrale, 127 cm x 54 cm circa, ho utilizzato la comune carta trasparente&amp;nbsp;su cui&amp;nbsp;solitamente si disegnano i cartamodelli di sartoria.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Per prima cosa ho tracciato le linee centrali, perpendicolari l'una all'altra, poi le due diagonali. Infine, ho disegnato du angoli di 45° in corrispondeza dei due lati corti. Questa è la parte più importante del lavoro, è la base del disegno e deve essere quanto più precisa possibile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Da ora in avanti, tutto dipende dal tipo di impostazione che desiderate dare al disegno: io ho scelto un classico&amp;nbsp;medaglione centrale con motivi agli angoli ed uno stencil di riempimento sullo sfondo.&lt;/span&gt;﻿ &lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;L'essenziale comunque è affidarsi alle linee tracciate sul cartamodello per posizionare armoniosamente i disegni, seguendo riferimenti precisi per centrare bene i motivi scelti rispetto agli assi e agli angoli.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Se invece state utilizzando uno stencil, vi basterà seguire le linee (diagonali, mediane, ecc.) sul cartamodello sottostante per un corretto posizionamento del disegno. Una volta individuato, tracciate il motivo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Buon week end e... happy&amp;nbsp;quilting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Have a nice weekend, yours in quilting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: #92d050; font-family: 'Pea Susie Trees'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;Sara &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: #92d050; font-family: 'Pea Carrie'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;Sara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-111479255176190737?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/111479255176190737/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-position-quilting-designs-on.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/111479255176190737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/111479255176190737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-position-quilting-designs-on.html' title='How to position quilting designs on a wholecloth - Come posizionare i motivi della quiltatura su un top di un unico tessuto'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s0hNa7c7mnQ/TV4zLCJjatI/AAAAAAAABAk/_7nV9LMHuBI/s72-c/vista+centro+copia.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-5786301816706437774</id><published>2011-02-12T21:14:00.014+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-13T16:03:19.091+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand quilting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tutorials'/><title type='text'>Thumble quilting tutorial - Come quiltare con il pollice: tutorial</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;Hand quilting is my favorite form of craftsmanship expression (and I've no doubt you do know it!), and today I want to begin to show you (hand quilting is, first of all, a very visual&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;thing) some techniques that I use regularly. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Have you ever tried quilting with your thumb? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;.....What are you saying? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;"There are other fingers easier to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;use" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Pea Susie Trees'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;OK ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;let's try?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;La quiltatura tradizionale a mano è la mia forma di espressione creativa preferita (e non ho dubbi sul fatto che ormai tutti voi lo sapete!), così oggi ho pensato di iniziare a illustrarvi (perchè il quilting è prima di tutto una cosa che si deve vedere ed è complicato o quantomeno incompleto spiegarlo a parole) alcune delle tecniche che uso abitualmente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Avete mai provato a quiltare con il pollice?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;... Come dite?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;"Ci sono a disposizione altre dita più facili da usare"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;ok... &lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: #943634; font-family: 'Pea Susie Trees'; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-themeshade: 191;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt;l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;proviamo?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;The reason to learn and practice thumb quilting is that sometimes we need to quilt from bottom to top. How can we do that, without having to turn our hoop?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;La ragione per cui è utile imparare e fare pratica con questo metodo è che, in alcuni casi, dobbiamo quiltare partendo dal basso e muovendoci verso l'alto. Come riusciamo a farlo, se non ci è possibile ruotare il lavoro? (per esempio se stiamo utilizzando un telaio fisso a pavimento)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I use to wear Ted's thumb thimble (named from quilter Ted Storm, who developed it) and, on index finger of my left hand, under the quilt surface, a needleglider as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Io uso&amp;nbsp;questo ditale sul dito&amp;nbsp;pollice della mano destra, si chiama Ted's thumb thimble, dal nome di Ted Storm, la quilter che lo ha ideato. Sul dito indice della mano sinistra, che sta sotto il quilt, io uso uno speciale ditale di ceramica del tipo "needleglider":&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;- 1 -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Il ditale sul pollice della mano destra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;il salvadito di ceramica sull'indice della mano sinistra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Then I gentle pick the needle into the small cup on the thimble&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Prendo il controllo dell'ago introducendo la cruna nella piccola coppa posta sul ditale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;At this point, I gentle start pushing the perpendicular needle into the quilt, until it grabs the needleglider under the surface. I turn the needle point up and as far as I see it I restart pushing the needle (carefully perpendicular to the quilt) down. I go on quilting, one stitch after another, 'til I put five or sixstitches on the needle. Then, I pull the needle out and start again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Ora inizio a spingere delicatamente l'ago nel quilt, fino a quando incontro il ditale sotto; a questo punto, ruoto la punta dell'ago verso l'alto e, non appena la vedo spuntare in superficie, ricomincio da capo, riportando l'ago in posizione perpendicolare al quilt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;Look at the needleglider: it's under the surface, and it push up the quilt, so the needlepoint can easily go through it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;Osservate la posizione del salvadito di ceramica: è sotto il quilt, e spinge verso l'alto in modo che la punta dell'ago possa agevolmente passare attraverso tutti e tre gli strati del manufatto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;IMPORTANTE: il quilt non deve essere troppo teso sul telaio, anzi deve essere moderatamente morbido&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Me and my twins (aged 4) had an adventure, today, at the Post Office. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I had to ship the mug rugs that I had sewn for the swap. For sure, people who were in that building won't never forget us. Of course, they promised me in advance they'd be calm, and I felt very relaxed about it. Uh uh... the twins have made such a confusion that I was ashamed... I have not been able to keep them quiet even for a minute. Few minutes later, came the postmaster who&amp;nbsp;asked: "what's goin' on here?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Uh uh... if I could, I would sink into the ground. But obviously, I couldn't.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I took my little ones' hands and I went out, apologizing for the mess.... Believe me, there are times I'm not very proud of my twins... But I love them so much! First of all I scolded them, then I forgot them, and in the end I embraced them... Mine is always a mum's heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-2036211175588618725?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/2036211175588618725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/02/at-post-office-with-my-twins-allufficio.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2036211175588618725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2036211175588618725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/02/at-post-office-with-my-twins-allufficio.html' title='At the Post Office with my twins - All&apos;ufficio postale con i gemelli'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-5846015277853561472</id><published>2011-02-09T20:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T20:29:23.249+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Swap'/><title type='text'>Mug rugs ready to ship ~ (Come si traduce in italiano "mug rug"???)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;The deadline is february 15, but I&amp;nbsp;wanna be sure I won't be late... so tomorrow I ship the two mug rugs I made for the &lt;a href="http://quiltinggallery.com/quilters-fun/mug-rug-swap/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13;"&gt;Quilting Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; swap I joined last mont. I put &lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a442a; font-family: 'FG April Trial'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;in each pocket a small Italian honey bag and a fruit flavored tea bag, just to let&amp;nbsp;taste something from my country. &lt;span lang="EN-US" style="color: #4a442a; font-family: 'FG April Trial'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: background2; mso-themeshade: 64;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Hoping my "secret partner" in this swap&amp;nbsp;like hand quilting, I send her a needle puller as a small gift from me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;I wonder which side of the world they will come from...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-5846015277853561472?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/5846015277853561472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/02/mug-rugs-ready-to-ship-come-si-traduce.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/5846015277853561472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/5846015277853561472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/02/mug-rugs-ready-to-ship-come-si-traduce.html' title='Mug rugs ready to ship ~ (Come si traduce in italiano &quot;mug rug&quot;???)'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TVLk6I6on5I/AAAAAAAAA_A/6qLdwD8bUN0/s72-c/mug+rug+swap.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-4898529391870071692</id><published>2011-01-23T22:17:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-01-23T22:18:16.205+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand quilting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be grateful'/><title type='text'>At home Sunday - Una domenica casalinga</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;This has been an at-home-Sunday (the ones I prefer...) I've been quilting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;and sharing my spare time with my beloved twins and grown ones, too. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I hope you enjoyed your Sunday the same way!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TTcOBmbngWI/AAAAAAAAA-g/E4q1V3TLa8k/s1600/IMG_4052.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TTcOBmbngWI/AAAAAAAAA-g/E4q1V3TLa8k/s320/IMG_4052.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;A chance for all quilters&amp;nbsp;to win the ENTIRE set of Springtime BOM patterns!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Visit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gumtree-designers.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;http://www.gumtree-designers.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;and good luck!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
﻿&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-3899357625844764724?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/3899357625844764724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/01/fabulous-giveaway-from-among-gum-trees.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/3899357625844764724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/3899357625844764724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/01/fabulous-giveaway-from-among-gum-trees.html' title='A fabulous giveaway from Among the Gum Trees designers!'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TTcOBmbngWI/AAAAAAAAA-g/E4q1V3TLa8k/s72-c/IMG_4052.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-8864701158813277694</id><published>2011-01-18T21:34:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-01-18T21:34:45.370+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand quilting'/><title type='text'>One stitch after another - Un punto dopo l'altro</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TTX5GF8lEaI/AAAAAAAAA-U/9zpMLOX0AOI/s1600/quilting+kimono+copia.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TTX5GF8lEaI/AAAAAAAAA-U/9zpMLOX0AOI/s400/quilting+kimono+copia.JPG" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Hand quilting stitches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;work in progress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-8864701158813277694?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/8864701158813277694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-stitch-after-another-un-punto-dopo.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/8864701158813277694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/8864701158813277694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/01/one-stitch-after-another-un-punto-dopo.html' title='One stitch after another - Un punto dopo l&apos;altro'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TTX5GF8lEaI/AAAAAAAAA-U/9zpMLOX0AOI/s72-c/quilting+kimono+copia.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-5927167412384444244</id><published>2011-01-16T15:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-01-16T15:32:56.647+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Recipes'/><title type='text'>Homemade bread &amp; quilts - Pane &amp; quilting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I'm spending my Sunday baking and quilting, isn't&amp;nbsp;this a perfect world?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Oggi trascorro la mia domenica cuocendo il pane e quiltando, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;non è forse questo un mondo perfetto?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TTL5flskHrI/AAAAAAAAA8E/ItLhkNCqP3I/s1600/homemade+sunday+bread.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TTL5flskHrI/AAAAAAAAA8E/ItLhkNCqP3I/s400/homemade+sunday+bread.JPG" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;We bake our bread almost everyday, so we're always looking for new yummy recipes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Sforniamo il pane fresco quasi ogni giorno, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;in casa, così siamo sempre alla ricerca di nuove ricette&lt;/span&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Oggi abbiamo provato questo "pane con latte di soia e semi tostati"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(ricetta per MdP)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Ingredienti:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;300 gr. latte di soia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;2 cucchiai olio evo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;2 cucchiaini sale fino&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;1 cucchiaino zucchero di canna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;230 gr. semola rimacinata di grano duro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;230 gr. farina “0”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;1 bustina di lievito secco tipo “Mastro Fornaio”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;50 gr. semi misti leggermente tostati (zucca, girasole, pinoli)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Immettere nell’ordine gli ingredienti nel cestello della MdP, impostare il programma “solo impasto” della durata di 1 ora e mezza circa. Al termine, accendete il forno ad una temperatura di 250°; nel frattempo, con le mani leggermente unte d’olio, prelevare l’impasto lievitato a disporlo su un tagliere. Velocemente e senza maneggiarlo troppo, tagliate a pezzettini delle dimensioni di un pugno (piccolo) e distribuiteli sulla placca del forno ricoperta di apposita carta antiaderente. Infornate e dopo un paio di minuti abbassate la temperatura a 200°; cuocete per 15-18 minuti finché i panini sono ben dorati e croccanti. Togliere dal forno e porre a raffreddare su una griglia, a temperatura ambiente. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;This is today's one:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Bread with soy milk and roasted seeds - Recipe for bread machine&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Ingredients:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;300 gr. soy milk (10.5 oz.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;2 teaspoons salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;1 teaspoon brown sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;230 gr. durum wheat semolina (8.10 oz.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;230 gr. flour "0" (8.10 oz.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;1 packet of dry yeast (0.25 oz.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;50 gr. (1.75 oz.) lightly toasted mixed seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, pine nuts)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Enter the ingredients in the previous order&amp;nbsp;in the MB&amp;nbsp;inner bowl, and set the "dough only" program, lasting 1 hour and a half. When finished, turn the oven at a temperature of 250 degrees (480 if &lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"&gt;Fahrenheit&lt;/span&gt;); in the meantime, with your hands lightly greased with oil, remove the&amp;nbsp;leavened dough&amp;nbsp;to place it on a cutting board. Quickly and without too handle, cut it into pieces the size of a fist (small) and distribute them on a baking tray covered with greaseproof paper special. Start baking and after a couple of minutes turn the temperature down to 200 degrees (390 if &lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;"&gt;Fahrenheit&lt;/span&gt;) , bake for 15-18 minutes until rolls are golden brown and crispy. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool at room temperature.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;Mettete anche voi qualche punto oggi, se vi è possibile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;Sew some good stitches you too today, if you can&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Aloha...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-5927167412384444244?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/5927167412384444244/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/01/homemade-bread-quilts-pane-quilting.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/5927167412384444244'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/5927167412384444244'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2011/01/homemade-bread-quilts-pane-quilting.html' title='Homemade bread &amp; quilts - Pane &amp; quilting'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TTL5flskHrI/AAAAAAAAA8E/ItLhkNCqP3I/s72-c/homemade+sunday+bread.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-6788605689295148652</id><published>2011-01-03T15:06:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-01-03T15:13:48.088+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be grateful'/><title type='text'>Joy for the New Year - Auguri a tutti</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Suddenly new year is here! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Tutto d'un tratto l'anno nuovo è qui&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;So many things to do - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;to cut and stitch - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;to quilt with patience and passion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I wish you all a very&amp;nbsp;joyful 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Love and health in your families&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Così tanto da fare - tagliare e cucire - quiltare con pazienza e passione&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Vi auguro un 2011 di grandi gioie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Amore e salute a voi e ai vostri cari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;~ Sara &lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;"...Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love, aren't we already there?" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;(from ﻿"There's no such place as far away" by Richard Bach)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Happy, sweet and peaceful Xmas to you all &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;"Possono le distanze separarci dagli amici?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Se desideri essere accanto a qualcuno che ami, non ci sei forse già?"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;(da "Nessun luogo è lontano", Richard Bach)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Un felice, sereno, Natale di pace a tutti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Sara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-66548881983418891?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/66548881983418891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/12/theres-no-such-place-as-far-away.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/66548881983418891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/66548881983418891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/12/theres-no-such-place-as-far-away.html' title='There&apos;s no such place as far away - Nessun posto è lontano'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TRizlJQIjNI/AAAAAAAAA3U/vlBkfJa-ibY/s72-c/reindeer.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-47158457246727996</id><published>2010-12-10T11:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-12-10T11:56:48.125+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quilt Gallery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Work In Progress'/><title type='text'>Caramel Macchiato quilt</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Some stitches to finish this quilt top, today&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;... I feel the sweet smell of my favorite Caramel Macchiato coffee ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;I wish you all a very nice quilting day &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-47158457246727996?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/47158457246727996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/12/caramel-macchiato-quilt.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/47158457246727996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/47158457246727996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/12/caramel-macchiato-quilt.html' title='Caramel Macchiato quilt'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TQIGR984lwI/AAAAAAAAA1o/9x3vMZvJi3w/s72-c/caramel+macchiato_2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-2225523963999523771</id><published>2010-12-02T14:39:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T14:42:26.318+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand quilting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Classes'/><title type='text'>Saturday is a hand quilting day ~ Sabato è il giorno del trapunto a mano</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Sto preparando il programma del corso avanzato&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;di quiltatura a mano tradizionale,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;che si terrà il prossimo 18 dicembre, sabato, presso &lt;a href="http://www.living-24.it/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Living 24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; a Treviso, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;nella accogliente atmosfera preparata per noi da Alessandra. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Per informazioni come sempre potete contattare Alessandra, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;chiamando &lt;a href="http://www.living-24.it/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Living 24&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; al nr. 0422 1742095 in orario negozio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;~ Yours in quilting, Sara ~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-2225523963999523771?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/2225523963999523771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/12/saturday-is-hand-quilting-day-sabato-e.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2225523963999523771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2225523963999523771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/12/saturday-is-hand-quilting-day-sabato-e.html' title='Saturday is a hand quilting day ~ Sabato è il giorno del trapunto a mano'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TPee9tDWXhI/AAAAAAAAA1U/QmZkYSWngzs/s72-c/Hinterberg+homestead+quilting+hoop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-5446257406591183018</id><published>2010-11-21T11:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-21T11:09:51.237+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand quilting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be grateful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Classes'/><title type='text'>Sunday sewing mornin'..... Domenica mattina si cuce</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I'm sewing and quilting for Christmas on its way, and on Sunday, very early in the mornin', I find the perfect time. In the silent home, I grab my cup of coffee, go to my crafts room&amp;nbsp;and switch on the sewing machine: the day is dawning in the best way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I bought this wooden candle carrier at Living 24 in Treviso, its so pretty to me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;I'm very happy and excited that&amp;nbsp;the ladies who attended my basic hand quilting class enjoyed it, so now me and Alessandra are planning an advanced level class to be held before Christmas. Thank you so much.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ho acquistato questo porta candela in legno da Living 24 a Treviso, è molto grazioso per me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Sono felice ed emozionata che le amiche che hanno frequentato il corso base di quiltatura tradizionale a mano lo abbiano apprezzato, ora io e Alessandra stiamo preparando il corso di perfezionamento che si terrà prima di Natale. Grazie a tutte di cuore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Sabato 6 novembre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;presso il bellissimo negozio &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;lo spazio country chic di Alessandra Balzaro&amp;nbsp;in Viale Fratelli Bandiera 24 a Treviso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Il corso si terrà dalle 9 alle 13&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;con l'utilizzo del telaio rotondo in legno per quilting,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;un ditale in metallo e uno in ceramica,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;può contattare Living 24 al n. 0422 1742095&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Ho lavorato sodo tutta la scorsa settimana per pulire, collocare i mobili, sistemare i tessuti e le attrezzature.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;In our new home I’ve found, at least, the right place for my sewing room, a small place but with a big window and a good light all day long.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #b45f06;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #b45f06;"&gt;I’ve been working during all last week to clean, then to arrange the furniture, my fabrics and tools.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;At present, I’m testing this working area, with a place just for cutting fabrics or drawing patterns and another place for sewing at my Sew Ezi table. I will find if it’s comfortable or if I can improve it with some adjustments. Of course, yesterday I immediately started to cut and sew a new “Apple-a-day” bag. After all, September is apples month, isn’t it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;And so, my dear big brother's wedding quilt is finally ready... A week ago I sent it to U.S. and I was happy to hear by my sister-in-law that it arrived safe in Florida, the Sunshine State.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Ecco, dopo una lunga gestazione, il quilt nuziale di mio fratello è finalmente terminato; una settimana fa l'ho spedito per gli Stati Uniti e ho avuto la conferma da parte di mia cognata che è arrivato sano e salvo in Florida, lo stato in cui splende sempre il sole ("The sunshine state" è il motto&amp;nbsp;della Florida).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;L'ovattina che ho utilizzato per questo quilt a dire il vero è abbastanza pesante, così ho detto a mio fratello che forse un giorno potranno usarlo anche nel Klondike... (forse in Florida non farà mai abbastanza freddo...)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Who sleeps under a quilt (expecially made by his sister) sleeps under a blanket of LOVE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-1982156321590014063?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/1982156321590014063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/07/done-gone-finito-e-partito.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/1982156321590014063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/1982156321590014063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/07/done-gone-finito-e-partito.html' title='Done &amp; gone - Finito e partito'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TESCRO9nwWI/AAAAAAAAAxk/WKcl4PBpuUk/s72-c/Wedding+Quilt+done.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-7547762543146584337</id><published>2010-06-09T17:57:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T17:57:46.737+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Patchwork and Quilt Books'/><title type='text'>Before shopping... Books preview - Prima degli acquisti... Anteprima libri</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;The first appeal (or I should say &lt;em&gt;"fatal attraction"&lt;/em&gt;) in a quilt book - in my opinion - is its cover. Expecially when we go&amp;nbsp;shopping on line, most of times we decide to buy or not to buy that particular book after a&amp;nbsp;simply look at the cover.&amp;nbsp;Easy. Fast. But not always satisfactory! Sometimes the pages inside are not full of quilts or&amp;nbsp;ideas good for us, simply because it wasn't what we were looking for. Cover can be misleading. But I've found a good trick, to preview new and bestseller books, and&amp;nbsp;make&amp;nbsp;a better choice. Some quiltshops on line have a very good&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;selection of inside images. My favorite is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/books/All_Quilting_Books__L600402.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Connecting Threads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;then&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thimbleberries-Collection-Classic-Quilts-Country/dp/1890621889/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1276098458&amp;amp;sr=1-3"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Amazon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #c27ba0;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;(click look inside).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;Il primo richiamo (o forse dovrei parlare di "attrazione fatale" esercitato da un libro sui quilt - a mio parere - sta nella copertina. Quando facciamo shopping in rete, o comunque tutte le volte che non abbiamo la possibilità di sfogliare le pagine per renderci conto del contenuto, basiamo la nostra decisione solo sull'impressione che abbiamo tratto dalla copertina. Facile e veloce. Ma, di sicuro, non sempre soddisfacente: a volte le pagine non contengono foto o istruzioni che ci soddisfano, perchè non rappresentano quello che stavamo cercando. La copertina, quindi, può essere fuorviante. Qualche tempo fa ho scoperto che alcuni siti internet mettono a disposizione le immagini di alcune pagine&amp;nbsp;per vedere in anteprima il contenuto di molti nuovi libri e anche di bestseller. I miei preferiti sono&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.connectingthreads.com/books/All_Quilting_Books__L600402.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Connecting Threads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/Thimbleberries-Collection-Classic-Quilts-Country/dp/1890621889/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;s=books&amp;amp;qid=1276098458&amp;amp;sr=1-3"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #a64d79;"&gt;Amazon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;(i libri sono contrassegnati da&amp;nbsp;"look inside"). Provate a dare un'occhiata anche voi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;My beloved brother Tiziano has been living in the U.S. since 1998. He and his italian girlfriend got married in 2007, and I've been working on their wedding quilt for these years, in my spare time. Now I'm quilting the outer borders, and I am planning about sending the completed quilt by my mum and my daughter, who are leaving for my brother's home next july (I'm about to become Aunt!). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Mio fratello Tiziano vive stabilmente negli USA da molti anni, il 1998 per la precisione. Lui e la sua fidanzata, italiana, si sono sposati nell'estate del 2007, e naturalmente, per l'occasione, &amp;nbsp;io promisi a mia cognata un quilt nuziale. Le mie migliori intenzioni di terminare il quilt in tempi brevi sono di volta in volta naufragate nei mille impegni quotidiani, la famiglia, l'ufficio, e via dicendo. Ho lavorato alla realizzazione della trapunta per questi tre anni, nel poco tempo libero a mia disposizione, e ora finalmente sono giunta a quiltare i bordi esterni. Desidero terminare il manufatto in tempo per metterlo nella valigia di mia figlia che, con mia madre, partirà per andare da mio fratello tra circa un mese. (Sto per diventare zia!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-3080920902633335277?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/3080920902633335277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/06/wedding-quilt-trapunta-nuziale.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/3080920902633335277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/3080920902633335277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/06/wedding-quilt-trapunta-nuziale.html' title='Wedding Quilt - Trapunta nuziale'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/TAeHwcOccLI/AAAAAAAAAsA/jvoQYlg2Y64/s72-c/wedding+quilt.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-8951602709200593885</id><published>2010-05-08T16:27:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-17T12:20:29.022+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bags'/><title type='text'>A new country cozy red bag ~ Una borsa piena di tasche</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I've been very busy last week... with my children, but also with just a little bit of sewing, because my right elbow aches and I cannot quilting at the moment...&amp;nbsp;So I've been cutting, and stitching to make this bag with lots of pockets:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Sono stata molto presa ultimamente... con i miei figli, ma anche con un po' di lavoretti di cucito, visto che mi duole il gomito destro e per il momento ahimè non posso quiltare... Così ho tagliato, cucito e alla fine ecco il risultato:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;In the original pattern there are some big long hearts appliqué on the pockets, but I prefer my option because it is plain and simple (only two small ceramic button hearts). I'm planning to bring this bag at quilting classes, but also in my next quilting trip, to the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Il disegno originale prevedeva alcuni grandi cuori allungati applicati sulle tasche, ma erano decisamente troppo country per i miei gusti, così mi sono limitata a due soli bottoni in ceramica, cuciti agli estremi della tracolla. Mi sembra che il risultato, più semplice e lineare, ne abbia tratto beneficio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;P.s.: il modello originale "Practical Pocket Bag", qui da me rivisitato,&amp;nbsp;è di Elaine Aitken, 2006,&amp;nbsp;"Button Angel".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The "Practical Pocket Bag" original pattern is from Elaine Aitken, 2006,&amp;nbsp;"Button Angel".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-8951602709200593885?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/8951602709200593885/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-country-cozy-red-bag-una-borsa.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/8951602709200593885'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/8951602709200593885'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-country-cozy-red-bag-una-borsa.html' title='A new country cozy red bag ~ Una borsa piena di tasche'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/S-Vt9UNqh6I/AAAAAAAAArY/7tsMimP8TMQ/s72-c/front.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-81950903911561498</id><published>2010-04-28T17:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-28T17:40:53.855+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be grateful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My life'/><title type='text'>~ Here I am ~</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;This is Spring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Me and twins are very busy in running and playing in our little green garden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;~ Enjoy your first days of Spring ~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-81950903911561498?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/81950903911561498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/04/here-i-am.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/81950903911561498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/81950903911561498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/04/here-i-am.html' title='~ Here I am ~'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/S9hWgS2cYSI/AAAAAAAAArE/V1fOCGtEj0Q/s72-c/SDC11393.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-943373371900354890</id><published>2010-04-10T16:09:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-10T16:11:32.075+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amish'/><title type='text'>Books report - Vi segnalo due libri</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Last month I've been reading two interesting books about life without technology &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Durante l'ultimo mese ho letto due libri molto interessanti, uno sulla possibilità di vivere senza essere oppressi dalla tecnologia e l'altro su alcuni aspetti salienti della vita quotidiana di alcune donne Amish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Eric Brende, "Better Off. Flipping the switch on technology", Harper Collins Publishers, Inc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Eric Brende, "Meglio Senza", Ponte alle Grazie Editore, Milano 2005&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;L'autore, ricercatore del MIT di Boston, ci racconta una storia vera: la sua provocatoria avventura assieme alla moglie Mary in una comunità rurale molto simile a quelle Amish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Durante questi 18 mesi di "esperimento", Brende cerca di trovare, se esiste, un equilibrio tra la troppa e la troppo poca meccanizzazione o, ancora meglio, un modo per trovare quell'equilibrio dovunque ci si trovi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Thank you to &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11827668977397072233"&gt;Alchemilla&lt;/a&gt; who wrote about this book in her &lt;a href="http://giannina-ilgabbiano.blogspot.com/2009/08/meglio-senza.html"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ringrazio &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11827668977397072233"&gt;Alchemilla&lt;/a&gt; che, scrivendone sul suo &lt;a href="http://giannina-ilgabbiano.blogspot.com/2009/08/meglio-senza.html"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;mi aveva&amp;nbsp;incuriosito a proposito di questo libro, spronandomi a leggerlo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Amish Women, Lives and Stories, by Louise Stoltzfus. Good Books, 1994&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Little has been written about Amish women. How are they regarded within their highly structured community? How whole are they individuals? This insightful, gently probing, yet always respectful text opens a door to this nearly hidden world. The Author, a woman reared in an Amish family, profiles 10 Amish women.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Non ho trovato la versione italiana di questo libro, ma lo segnalo ugualmente perchè pur essendo in inglese è di facile lettura e non troppo corposo (122 pagine). L'autrice, nata e cresciuta in una famiglia Amish, nell'età adulta ha compiuto una scelta di vita che l'ha condotta a lasciare la comunità, pur rimanendo profondamente legata ai valori ed alle tradizioni della sua infanzia. Il suo punto di vista, nel raccontare le storie di queste 10 donne Amish, non è dunque quello di un osservatore esterno, ma di una attenta conoscitrice della realtà in grado di percepire molte sfumature e di ben interpretare il pensiero delle protagoniste.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Come si vivono i preparativi di una cerimonia nuziale in una famiglia Amish? Come si affronta il lutto per la perdita di un figlio ancora piccolo? Come si può far convivere con le regole della comunità un'indole artistica? Molte risposte e alcuni punti di riflessione.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;-Happy reading!-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-943373371900354890?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/943373371900354890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/04/books-report-vi-segnalo-due-libri.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/943373371900354890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/943373371900354890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/04/books-report-vi-segnalo-due-libri.html' title='Books report - Vi segnalo due libri'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/S8B-zj7tqnI/AAAAAAAAAqo/6We2KT14Fy0/s72-c/9788879287371g.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-1582024499332812171</id><published>2010-04-08T18:11:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-08T18:11:12.272+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand quilting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On the road'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspirational'/><title type='text'>I'm back!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Hello, I'm back and, as promised, there are some pictures I took at the Fair in Cologne.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;This year it was mainly dedicated to knitting and hand embroidery, but I found some interesting quilts and other patchwork ideas... as follow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Eccomi di ritorno dalla Fiera a Colonia&amp;nbsp;e, come promesso, vi ho portato alcune foto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Quest'anno&amp;nbsp;c'era molta maglia e molto ricamo a mano, ho potuto comunque scovare alcuni quilt interessanti e qualche&amp;nbsp;idea patchwork&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;My next quilting reportage is Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK, next August. In the meantime, a lot of precious things will happen everyday... So, if you want,&amp;nbsp;stay connected!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Il mio prossimo reportage sarà sul Festival of Quilts di Birmingham, ma dovremo attendere il prossimo agosto. Nel frattempo, molte altre cose preziose ci attendono ogni giorno, perciò, se volete, tornate a trovarmi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Hello, I'm leaving for Cologne, Germany! From 26 to 28 march I will follow the International Trade Fair for Creative Handicraft, Craft and Hobby Supplies with a dear friend of mine, Vania, who is the "Araba Fenice" &amp;nbsp;quilt shop owner in Sedico (BL), Italy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Can you imagine all those needlework yarns and implements, haberdashery, tapestry, home-textiles, knitting- and sewing machines, craft and hobby supplies?? Yes, we can...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Un veloce saluto a tutte, sono in partenza per Colonia, in Germania! Dal 26 al 28 marzo prossimi seguirò la fiera internazionale dedicata agli hobby creativi e a tutte le iniziative commerciali che vi ruotano attorno! Accompagnerò in quest'avventura la mia cara amica Vania, che è la proprietaria del meraviglioso "Araba Fenice" Quilt Shop a Sedico (BL). Potete immaginare tutti quei filati, tessuti, macchine per cucire, attrezzature per l'hobbistica???&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Arrivederci a presto... spero di tornare con molte foto!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-6759371544285561979?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/6759371544285561979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/03/handarbeit-hobby-fair-in-cologne.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/6759371544285561979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/6759371544285561979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/03/handarbeit-hobby-fair-in-cologne.html' title='Handarbeit &amp; Hobby Fair in Cologne, Germany'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-4590769119745722013</id><published>2010-03-16T20:05:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-16T20:08:02.079+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quilt Gallery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspirational'/><title type='text'>ART &amp; PATCHWORK SHOW - MOSTRA ART &amp; PATCHWORK</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Questo quilt fa parte dell'esposizione "Art &amp;amp; Patchwork" ospitata&amp;nbsp;nell'edizione primaverile di "Abilmente" presso la Fiera di Vicenza. E' il mio preferito, mi piacciono molto&amp;nbsp;sia l'esecuzione che l'effetto cromatico. E' stato realizzato dalle quilter appartenenti all'associazione nazionale austriaca, la &lt;a href="http://www.patchworkgilde.at/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Patchwork Gilde Austria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Davvero brave!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;At least! This is my japanese bag, flower among flowers, as a contribute to Yoko Saito.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Finalmente! Questa è la mia borsa giapponese, fiore tra i fiori, in omaggio a Yoko Saito.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Tomorrow I'll&amp;nbsp;bring this bag to Abilmente Fair in Vicenza to enter it to a contest organized by &lt;a href="http://www.agomago.it/gallery/textextras/apatchwork/saito+23+24+aprile+2010"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Agomago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; quilt shop in honor of Yoko Saito who'll teach&amp;nbsp;her patchwork class next April in Florence.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I greatly admire the work of Saito.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Domani porterò questa borsa ad Abilmente Vicenza, e la consegnerò ad &lt;a href="http://www.agomago.it/gallery/textextras/apatchwork/saito+23+24+aprile+2010"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Agomago&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; per iscriverla alla competizione organizzata in onore di Yoko Saito, che terrà un suo corso a Firenze il prossimo aprile. Sono una ammiratrice del lavoro di Mrs. Saito.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;A nice shopping week end&amp;nbsp;to you all!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-3302076497355003055?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/3302076497355003055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/03/yes-yes-yes-i-did-it.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/3302076497355003055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/3302076497355003055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/03/yes-yes-yes-i-did-it.html' title='Yes Yes Yes! I did it!'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/S4_LVAtj3yI/AAAAAAAAAog/OwofehA-r-E/s72-c/front+bag.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-3709129320045912056</id><published>2010-02-27T19:58:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-27T19:58:01.228+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='be grateful'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My life'/><title type='text'>I WANT THIS!!! MY SPRING DAY-DREAMING - LA PRIMAVERA CHE VORREI... SOGNANDO AD OCCHI APERTI</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Last week I've been in Rome, and, suddenly, I've noticed that Spring is on it's way. Wow!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Questa settimana sono stata alcuni giorni a Roma, e, improvvisamente, mi sono resa conto che la primavera è nell'aria. Finalmente!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Obviously, these pictures are memories of last Spring... but now I know it's coming, and I'm happy, 'cause I need it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ovviamente queste sono foto della scorsa primavera... ma ora ho percepito che la rinascita sta arrivando tutt'attorno e sono molto felice perchè ne sento&amp;nbsp; il bisogno!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Voglio camminare nell'erba fresca e verde...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Voglio un davanzale colmo di fiori...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Una felice Primavera sognando ad occhi aperti a tutti!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-3709129320045912056?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/3709129320045912056/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-want-this-my-spring-day-dreaming-la.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/3709129320045912056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/3709129320045912056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-want-this-my-spring-day-dreaming-la.html' title='I WANT THIS!!! MY SPRING DAY-DREAMING - LA PRIMAVERA CHE VORREI... SOGNANDO AD OCCHI APERTI'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/S4lnLF3bdiI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/od8odwtB4uo/s72-c/apple+blossoms.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-1957416599003474478</id><published>2010-02-16T15:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-16T15:47:16.436+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On the road'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bags'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Free patterns'/><title type='text'>Planning a journey - Programma di viaggio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Well, maybe it's because I'm planning a journey with my quilting friends, anyway, I was looking for somehing to carry with me my small quilting tools while traveling. Usually my tote bag is always in a mess, and most of times is very hard to find the right needle or thread in a few seconds, so I tried to piece a quilter chatelaine. I found one in the Thimbleberries website, I'm fond of these books and fabrics since I was an absolute beginner quilter, and I still appreciate the patterns, from time to time, when I want to make something warm and cozy, in very rich shades of fall colors. This is my new tiny bag, with a small pocket on the backside, and room enough for scissors, thread, needles and thimbles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Forse&amp;nbsp;sarà perchè sto programmando un viaggio con alcune amiche quilter, comunque ero alla ricerca di un modello per realizzare una borsina (minuscola) per portare con me tutta la mia piccola attrezzatura&amp;nbsp;per quiltare.&amp;nbsp;Normalmente, quando sono in viaggio, la mia borsa è di per sè un &lt;em&gt;mare magnum&lt;/em&gt; in cui sarebbe difficile trovare persino il passaporto in tempi accettabili, figuraiamoci cosine piccine tipo aghi e filo. &amp;nbsp;Ho trovato quello che cercavo sul sito Thimbleberries, sono sempre stata attratta dai quilt e dai tessuti di Lynette Jensen fin da quando ero una quilter alle prime armi, e devo ammettere che apprezzo ancora queste pattern, specialmente se desidero realizzare un quilt caldo e confortevole nei tipici toni caldi e ricchi dell'autunno. Questa è la mia borsina, con una tasca sul retro e spazio sufficiente all'interno per le forbici, il filo, gli aghi e i ditali. Cosa si puo' desiderare di più dico io!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Se anche voi desiderate realizzarne una per il vostro prossimo viaggio, potete trovare il modello gratuito&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thimbleberries.com/pdf/THP00150.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;qui&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;As you can see, I'm still workin' on my japanese bag backing. It may be seem an endless work, but it is really additive to me, and I don't notice time passing while I'm hand quilting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Come certo avrete notato, sono ancora al lavoro con il pannello della mia borsa giapponese. Puo' apparire come un lavoro infinito, ma è così coinvolgente per me che non mi accorgo affatto del tempo che passa mentre quilto a mano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Generally, I'm not always working on this project, (I do need to follow more than one at the same time, it's liberating)&amp;nbsp;so I never know when I finish it.&amp;nbsp;I'm happy to quilt, and that's all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;In generale, non lavoro mai ad un solo progetto per volta, o a questo in particolare (anzi direi che ho bisogno di progettare, tagliare, cucire ecc. ecc. più cose contemporaneamente, è&amp;nbsp;liberatorio non avere per forza e sempre una scadenza) così non so mai quando avrò finito. Ma sono felice quando trapunto, e questo è l'importante.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;When I was in Houston at the International Quilt Festival, last October, I felt in love with a little-handy-portable &lt;a href="http://www.sewezi.com/"&gt;Sew Ezi&lt;/a&gt; sewing table, and after I've tried it at the booth, when I returned home I decided to buy one, and so did my dear friend Vania, too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Lo scorso ottobre, quando mi trovavo a Houston per l'International Quilt Festival, ho visto un tavolo da cucito che rispondeva esattamente alle mie esigenze: piccolo, maneggevole, portatile! Le gentilissime hostess dello stand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sewezi.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Sew Ezi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt; mi hanno fatto accomodare, l'ho provato e quando sono tornata in Italia ho deciso di ordinarne uno, così come pure la mia cara amica Vania.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I really miss a quiet room to sew, me and my hubby are looking for a bigger home, but 'til that day... I can sew everywhere and it really helps me to find time to do it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Mi manca davvero un posto tranquillo dove cucire, in effetti è anche per questo motivo che stiamo cercando una casa più grande... Fino a quel giorno, comunque, ho trovato il sistema per cucire ovunque, e devo dire che questo mi aiuta veramente a trovare un po' di tempo libero per poterlo fare!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;It's something like to hold your sewing room in your pocket, is'nt it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;~Have a nice sewing day... anywhere you are~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-1686526829542451339?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/1686526829542451339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-portable-sewing-room-il-mio-angolo.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/1686526829542451339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/1686526829542451339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-portable-sewing-room-il-mio-angolo.html' title='My portable sewing room - Il mio angolo per il cucito mi segue dappertutto'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/S22Xmd9jCcI/AAAAAAAAAlw/FB_qTah0FMw/s72-c/sew+ezi.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-2604512722031149333</id><published>2010-02-04T17:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-04T17:57:48.210+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amish'/><title type='text'>I was featured on Amish America dot com! - Il mio blog su Amish America.com!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Today I'm happy to thank Mr. Erik Wesner, author of amishamerica.com, for linking in &lt;a href="http://amishamerica.com/2009/12/tuesday-amish-links.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;his blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; my post about the italian book about the plain peole, "Gli Amish" by Andrea Borella, among "A few links of interest from around the ole interweb".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Oggi, con grande piacere, voglio ringraziare Erik Wesner, autore di amishamerica.com, per aver inserito &lt;a href="http://amishamerica.com/2009/12/tuesday-amish-links.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394;"&gt;nel suo blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; il link al mio post del 29 settembre 2009 in cui ho parlato della pubblicazione del libro italiano "Gli Amish" di Andrea Borella, tra "alcuni collegamenti interessanti trovati su internet".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Still talking about Amish quilts, and there’s another sliding little green door for you, my friends: my trip as Alice in Wonderland goes on (see previous post &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-makes-good-quilter-quali-sono-le.html"&gt;&lt;span id="goog_1265053341394"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #741b47;"&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="goog_1265053341395"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shape&lt;/strong&gt;: Quilts are generally 70” – 80” square.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Patterns&lt;/strong&gt;: Center Diamond, Bars, and Sunshine and Shadow patterns are the most popular.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Colors&lt;/strong&gt;: Colors are bright jewel tone of purples, royal blues, bright greens, and wine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fabrics&lt;/strong&gt;: Fabric choices are almos always fine wools for the quilt top and cottons for the quilt backing. The fabrics are plain, without designs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quilting&lt;/strong&gt;: Quilting is extensive and elaborate and often includes motifs of feathers, baskets, tulips, and pumpkin seeds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Workmanship&lt;/strong&gt;: Expert craftsmanship is shown in both piece-work and quilting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Borders&lt;/strong&gt;: Borders are unusually wide and corner blocks are frequently used.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Possiamo leggere le risposte alla nostra domanda: Cosa contraddistingue un autentico quilt Amish antico, proveniente dalla Lancaster County?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Periodo&lt;/strong&gt;: i manufatti appartenenti all’intervallo di tempo tra il 1880 ed il 1940, considerato come l’Età D’Oro dei quilt Amish;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forma&lt;/strong&gt;: i quilt sono in genere quadrati di dimensioni variabili tra 178 ed i 213 cm di lato.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Motivo&lt;/strong&gt; : Quadrato nel quadrato, Strisce verticali, Giro intorno al mondo sono i più popolari.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Colori&lt;/strong&gt;: tutte le tonalità brillanti e luminose di violetti, blu, verdi e bordeaux.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tessuti&lt;/strong&gt;: Quasi sempre sono privilegiate le lane leggere per il top ed il cotone per il retro. I tessuti sono in tinta unita, non sono ammessi gli stampati.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trapunto&lt;/strong&gt;: molto fitto ed elaborato, spesso include motivi di piume, cestini, tulipani ed i caratteristici “semi di zucca”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fattura&lt;/strong&gt;: L’abilità nella lavorazione traspare sia dall’assemblaggio dei vari pezzetti di stoffa, sia dalla perfezione nel trapunto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bordi:&lt;/strong&gt; sono insolitamente ampi e di frequente vengono inseriti dei blocchi ai quattro angoli.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bordino esterno di rifinitura&lt;/strong&gt;: segno distintivo di questi quilt, è sempre di spessore abbastanza ampio, in genere 2,5 – 5 cm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;~That's all for today, goodnight everybody. It's time to&amp;nbsp;quilt.~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;~E' tutto per questa sera, vi auguro la buonanotte. E' venuto il momento di mettere qualche punto al mio quilt.~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-7193357604862577655?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/7193357604862577655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-distinguishes-antique-lancaster.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/7193357604862577655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/7193357604862577655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-distinguishes-antique-lancaster.html' title='What distinguishes an antique Lancaster Amish quilt? ~ Cosa contraddistingue un autentico quilt Amish antico della contea di Lancaster?'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/S2cvMvIo3eI/AAAAAAAAAkw/TgcciPJ1sJ8/s72-c/SDC10904.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-6102602912987529390</id><published>2010-01-31T20:34:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-31T20:34:53.252+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On the road'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='My life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspirational'/><title type='text'>Inspiration</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Yesterday I and my hubby went to Milan to have a one-day-holiday, with a lot of things to see.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ieri io e mio marito siamo andati a Milano per trascorrere una giornata di vacanza, avevamo in programma moltissime cose da vedere.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;We booked in advance tickets for the &lt;em&gt;Edward Hopper&lt;/em&gt; exhibition at Palazzo Reale, and fortunately we went beyond the long queue of shivering people, waiting for two hours or more to enter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Avevamo prenotato in anticipo i biglietti per la prima grande mostra di Edward Hopper in Italia, e grazie a questo abbiamo fortunatamente evitato la lunga coda di persone infreddolite che stavano aspettando da più di due ore per entrare a Palazzo Reale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;We enjoyed the show (more than 160 superb paintings) just in time: it was the penultimate day of the exhibition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Abbiamo potuto apprezzare la mostra del più popolare e noto artista americano del XX secolo (oltre 160 opere tra cui celebri capolavori come &lt;em&gt;Morning Sun&lt;/em&gt;) appena in tempo, infatti oggi chiuderà i battenti.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;During our stay in Milan we took time to go to the terraces of Duomo and take some pictures of the spires of the cathedral in the sunset light.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Nel nostro girovagare libero per la città, non ci siamo lasciati sfuggire l'occasione di fare una passeggiata sulle terrazze del Duomo, e scattare così alcune foto delle guglie nella luce soffusa di un tramonto invernale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Even inside the cathedral I took some pictures of flowers and vines, so inspiring to me:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Scesi all'interno del Duomo non ho saputo resistere alla tentazione di&amp;nbsp;catturare le immagini di alcuni fiori così semplici ed essenziali:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Inspiration is everywhere!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ogni particolare puo' ispirarci!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;~See you soon, and thank you for stopping by!~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;~Arrivederci a presto, grazie per la vostra visita!~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-6102602912987529390?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/6102602912987529390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/01/inspiration.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/6102602912987529390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/6102602912987529390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/01/inspiration.html' title='Inspiration'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/S2XTInwIzaI/AAAAAAAAAkA/G6spxNijDXo/s72-c/SDC11163.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-2259810686264265129</id><published>2010-01-21T19:36:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T19:37:23.836+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hand quilting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On the road'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quilt Gallery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amish'/><title type='text'>What makes a good quilter? ~ Quali sono le regole per essere una brava Quilter?</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I saw this little green door (I am feeling like Alice in Wonderland…)hung on a wall of the People’s Place Quilt Museum in Pennsylvania. I slid it, here for you the precious rules to follow to be a good Quilter:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;1. Choose a pattern with a skill level that matches with your ability.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;2. Select fabrics compatible to the pattern .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;3. Coordinate fabric colors to be visually pleasing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;4. Cut fabric pieces accurately; sew together precisely.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;5. Applique stitches neatly and inconspicuously.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;6. Mark quilting lines proportionate to the design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;7. Choose batting of appropriate quality and thickness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;8. Quilt small and evenly spaced stitches.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;9. Keep fabric taut in frame while quilting in order to avoid puckering.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;10. Hide quilting threads knot well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;11. Square off quilt before attaching binding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;12. Miter corners on binding.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;13. Sew binding on flat without puckering, using small hidden stitches.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;14. Sign and date back of finished quilts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;15. Journal and photograph all your quilted creations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Ho notato questa porticina verde (nel dirlo mi sento un po’ Alice nel paese delle meraviglie..) appesa ad una parete del People’s Place Quilt Museum in Pennsylvania. Seguendo l’invito, l’ho fatta scorrere ed ho trovato le risposte alla domanda. Ecco dunque svelate le regole d’oro per definire una brava Quilter:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;1. Scegliete un disegno adatto alla vostra abilità&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;2. Utilizzate tessuti compatibili con il motivo scelto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;3. Fate in modo che i colori si accompagnino tra loro armoniosamente&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;4. Tagliate i pezzetti di tessuto accuratamente, cuciteli con precisione&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;5. Se cucite delle applicazioni, fate in modo che i punti siano ordinati e il meno appariscenti possibile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;6. I motivi per il trapunto devono essere sempre ben proporzionati rispetto ai blocchi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;7. Scegliete accuratamente l’ovattina, che deve essere di buona qualità e della giusta consistenza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;8. Trapuntate con piccoli punti uniformi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;9. Tenete il top teso sul telaio mentre trapuntate per evitare grinze&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;10. Nascondete bene i nodi di inizio-fine della trapunta tura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;11. Squadrate sempre il quilt prima di attaccare il bordino di rifinitura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;12. Usate il metodo con gli angoli mitrati per il bordino di rifinitura&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;13. Cucite questo bordino tenendo il quilt ben disteso e sul retro rifinite con piccoli punti nascosti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;14. Firmate e datate sempre sul retro il vostro quilt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;15. Tenete un registro, o un diario, e fotografate tutti i vostri lavori&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I think it’s a romantic way to teach!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Mi sembra un modo molto romantico per insegnare!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;~ Dedicated to all romantic Quilters all round the world~ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;As many other online products, for example sewing and patchwork patterns, I’ve recently discovered there are a lot of Ebooks to download (in .pdf format) from publisher websites, at a reasonable price (less than regular printed printed books and without shipping charges). The most interesting thing is that some out-of-print bestseller books are now downloadable in few minutes, avoiding unsuccessful flea market or garage sale researches. For the last two or three years, I’ve been looking for a Barbara Brackman’s book on antique quilts dating (“Clues in the calico”), but it was sold out. Today I found it searchin on &lt;a href="http://www.ctpub.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d;"&gt;www.ctpub.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Another American well-known publisher, Martingale &amp;amp; Co. (That Patchwork Place) offers on his wbsite &lt;a href="http://www.patchwork.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d;"&gt;www.patchwork.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; some quiltings and crafts Ebooks. For sure there are many more, maybe you can report to me, I’ll be glad to share with all quilting friends!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Come molti altri prodotti venduti on line, ad esempio pattern per il cucito o il patchwork, ho recentemente scoperto che sono disponibili molti libri americani sui quilt (e su vari altri hobby creativi) in formato elettronico .pdf, scaricabili direttamente dal sito web dell’editore, ad un prezzo inferiore rispetto alle edizioni rilegate e, ovviamente, senza spese di consegna. La cosa più interessante, a mio avviso, al di là del risparmio sul prezzo di copertina, è il fatto che si possono trovare alcuni testi che erano esauriti e fuori stampa, il tutto stando comodamente a casa propria e senza infruttuose ricerche nei vari mercatini (anche virtuali e magari non proprio affidabilissimi). Da qualche tempo a questa parte stavo cercando senza successo un libro di Barbara Brackman sulla datazione dei quilt antichi, “Clues in the calico”, pensate che soddisfazione quando, in una decina di minuti, non solo l’avevo trovato su &lt;a href="http://www.ctpub.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d;"&gt;www.ctpub.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ma anche già scaricato sul mio PC!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Un altro editore americano molto conosciuto, che pubblica i suoi testi con l’etichetta “That Patchwork Place, ha iniziato a mettere a disposizione questi testi elettronici; una lista di titoli (ancora un po’ scarna, ma in via di implementazione) è disponibile su &lt;a href="http://www.patchwork.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #20124d;"&gt;www.patchwork.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; . Di certo vi saranno molte altre case editrici, non solo americane, che hanno iniziato ad offrire ai propri lettori questo tipo di servizio, se avete qualche segnalazione da fare in proposito sarà molto gradita.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-7236524085435196208?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/7236524085435196208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/01/ebook-download-libri-elettronici-dalle.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/7236524085435196208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/7236524085435196208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2010/01/ebook-download-libri-elettronici-dalle.html' title='EBook download ~ Libri elettronici dalle case editrici'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/S1Cp4UgZ9AI/AAAAAAAAAjc/pu3SAZXvNb4/s72-c/60130.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-9015405554178040784</id><published>2010-01-14T18:48:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T20:33:55.520+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Calendars'/><title type='text'>DIY a 2010 quilt calendar - Create il vostro calendario 2010 personalizzato</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Reading an italian magazine named "Donna Moderna" (sounds something like "A modern woman") I found &lt;a href="http://www.rocksland.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;this site&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; where, in a few seconds and totally free, you can create a calendar adding your favorite pictures: quilts, cross stitch sampler, family beloved ones, landscapes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Sfogliando il settimanale "Donna Moderna" mentre aspettavo mia figlia dal dentista, ho scoperto &lt;a href="http://www.rocksland.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;questo sito&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; dove, in pochi secondi e del tutto gratuitamente, possiamo creare i nostri calendari personalizzati aggiungendo le nostre foto preferite: quilt, punto croce, famiglia, paesaggi ecc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ci sono alcune opzioni tra cui scegliere sia la periodicità (annuale o mensile) sia il tipo di orientamento della pagina (orizzontale o verticale), in alternativa si puo' anche stampare il formato "da tavolo" (molto pratico in ufficio)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I am working on a new sampler for a basic patchwork class I'll teach , what a mess in my living room! To take a break, I put a cup of coffee on my window sill and make some new year's resolutions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Every time I start a new project, either a beginner or an advanced level one, it's a special moment to me, 'cause I feel excited and relaxed in the same time, I'm not able to explain this sensation. When I am sewing and quilting for a class to come, I always think about my early days in patchwork and&amp;nbsp; all my teachers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ogni volta che inizio a lavorare ad un nuovo progetto, sia esso per un corso base o per una classe più avanzata, è sempre un momento speciale per me, perchè mi sento carica di energia&amp;nbsp;e rilassata allo stesso tempo... non sono capace di spiegare questa sensazione. Quando sto cucendo o quiltando per realizzare un manufatto da presentare ad un corso, il mio pensiero è rivolto, sempre, ai miei primi passi nel mondo del patchwork ed alle mie insegnanti che in tutti questi anni mi hanno aperto le porte di un nuovo universo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;To teach in a beginner patchwork class means to explain and show carefully all the basic techniques to cut, piece and quilt a sampler-project. Although I prefer hand quilting,&amp;nbsp;in my opinion,&amp;nbsp;it is correct to spend some time&amp;nbsp;with students also explaining two of the most common forms of straight line machine quilting (&lt;em&gt;in the ditch&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;grid&lt;/em&gt;), both of them&amp;nbsp; done using the walking foot.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Insegnare le basi del patchwork significa spiegare e realizzare praticamente tutte le tecniche di base per tagliare, cucire e trapuntare il primo quilt. Anche se io prediligo la quiltatura a mano, mi sembra corretto impiegare proficuamente un po' di tempo durante le lezioni per illustrare due dei più comuni metodi di quiltatura a macchina (nella ripiegatura della stoffa e a reticolo), entrambi realizzati con il doppio trasporto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ricordatevi sempre di quiltare a macchina guardando il top del vostro quilt, ma pensando costantemente a cosa sta succedendo sul retro!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Il primo giorno del nuovo anno porta con sè una rinnovata gioia nel tempo dedicato a quiltare. La nostra tradizione, in Italia, è quella di fare qualcosa di speciale oggi nella speranza di poterlo fare in ogni giorno del 2010. Così oggi, tra le tante cose che sono speciali per me, ho dedicato qualche minuto anche al cucito e al quilting,&amp;nbsp;facendo un incantesimo per i giorni &amp;nbsp;a venire.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Buon anno nuovo a tutti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;In questi giorni di Natale (in italiano il gioco di parole Christmas/Quiltmas non è traducibile, sorry) nel mio giardino sono nati alcuni piccoli fiori d'inverno.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Mi piace cucire esagoni molto piccoli, questi sono di 1,2 cm di lato. Mi sembrano così delicati ed eleganti. Credo che contribuiscano molto i tessuti giapponesi tinti in filo, la loro trama/consistenza è gradevole al tatto prima ancora che alla vista.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;In this new year's eve very small red berries are, most of time, the only colored spot in a&amp;nbsp;cloudy winter sky. I take&amp;nbsp;a good walk in the country, almost everyday, to spend some precious time with my eldest sons, and landscape is often unhappy like the three below:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;In quest'ultimo scorcio di anno, piccole bacche rosse sui rami sono, per la maggior parte, l'unico guizzo di colore nel cielo nuvoloso d'inverno. Ho fatto una lunga passeggiata per la campagna&amp;nbsp;quasi ogni giorno, trascorrendo del tempo prezioso assieme ai miei figli più grandi,e ho scoperto un paesaggio spesso triste come questo albero:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;It reminds me the Legend of Sleepy Hollow... Take care...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Mi fa venire in mente la Leggenda di Sleepy Hollow... Fate attenzione...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Today here in Padua is a very extraordinary day, it has been snowing since yesterday night and now we have about 15 cm of a white soft blanket over everything! It usually doesn't happen, so now we are feelin' very excited to go out to play with our children.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;But where are wool mittens?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Oggi per Padova è un giorno davvero eccezionale, sta nevicando da molte ore (già da ieri sera, a dire il vero) e ora, ovunque posiamo lo sguardo, vediamo una bianca e soffice coltre ricoprire silenziosa ogni cosa. Credo ci siano 15/18 cm. di neve fresca, normalmente qui non capita, ci sentiamo tutti molto eccitati all'idea di uscire fuori a giocare con i bambini.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;My rosemary little tree is freezing under the snow, take a look&amp;nbsp;at it ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Il mio alberello di rosmarino sta soccombendo sotto il peso della neve&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;L'anno ci sta lasciando... è per molti, questo, il momento dei bilanci, delle previsioni astrologiche, ma anche delle promesse fatte a noi stessi. Curiosamente, io non sento l'anno finire la notte di San Silvestro, o il giorno del mio compleanno (che cade il 29 maggio), ma quando finisce l'estate. Così, per questo motivo, in questo periodo non sono&amp;nbsp;sintonizzata sul "passaggio" tra un periodo ed un altro, ma mi lascio coinvolgere volentieri dai miei cari nell'elezione del momento più bello, del libro più entusiasmante, della canzone dell'anno, del film numero uno, e chi più ne ha più ne metta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Il mio film preferito del 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;I wanna be a part of it... New York, New York...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;My home and family, my quilts, my garden&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;And so this is Christmas....&amp;nbsp; I love listening to Christmas carols when I'm doing my chores, I sing, I sing, and my mind and my heart are wide open and warm in the music. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Some other old favorites at my home during the Cristmas Season are: berry wreaths, tree ornaments, little paper snowmen on the windows,&amp;nbsp;and homemade&amp;nbsp;chewey oatmeal cookies (with a little bit of ground coconut).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Non è meraviglioso farsi contagliare dalla magia del Natale, mentre il conto alla rovescia ci dice che mancano solo 15 giorni? In questo periodo amo particolarmente ascoltare canzoni natalizie mentre mi occupo della casa, e senza accorgermene finisco sempre per cantare, prima un po' sommessamente, poi mi lascio trasportare ed il cuore e la mente si aprono grazie alla musica ed al suo straordinario potere.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Come ogni famiglia ed ogni casa, anche noi abbiamo degli "evergreen" in questo periodo, cose che ci piace realizzare o acquistare, sempre rispettando questi temi: ghirlande ornamentali di bacche rosse, addobbi per l'albero, piccoli omini di neve ritagliati nella carta, colorati dai gemelli e attaccati alle finestre, biscotti fatti in casa con fiocchi d'avena e un pizzico di cocco.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;This is the original recipe from Esther:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Questa è la ricetta che mi ha dato Esther, sono buonissimi:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;beat: 250 gr. margarine - 300 gr. sugar - 125 gr. molasses syrup (really too sweet for me)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;add and beat: 2 eggs -&amp;nbsp; vanille sugar - 1/2 teaspoon salt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;350 gr. flour - 1 pk. baking powder - 1/2 tbs backing soda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;350 gr. oatmeal - 1 cup coconut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;bake till light brown (ca. 170 C°)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Mescolare bene 250 gr. margarina o burro, 300 gr. di zucchero, 125 gr.sciroppo d'acero se piace (io non lo metto perchè viene mooolto dolce) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Aggiungere e continuare a mescolare bene: 2 uova, una bustina di vanillina - 1/2 cucchiaino di sale, 350 gr. di farina bianca, 1 bustina di lievito istantaneo per dolci, 1/2 cucchiaio di bicarbonato di soda ad uso alimentare -&amp;nbsp;350 gr. di fiocchi d'avena e una tazza di cocco grattugiato (farina di cocco). Sagomate i biscotti appiattendoli ben bene.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Cuocete in forno a circa 170 C° finchè sono dorati.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Christmas greetings!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Ho quasi terminato il table runner, manca ancora solo il sottopunto a mano per completare il binding. Si tratta di un progetto molto semplice e veloce, adatto anche a chi è alle prime armi. Per realizzare il blocco centrale della stella, mi sono divertita ad utilizzare uno speciale ruler che ho acquistato a Houston nello stand di Jodi Barrows. La tecnica su cui si basa questo ruler si chiama &lt;a href="http://www.squareinasquare.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;square in a square&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; e, con un po' di pratica, permette di tagliare e assemblare moltissimi blocchi diversi. Ecco alcuni passaggi:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;I've almost finished to piece and quilt my table runner, it needs only to hand sew the binding from the back side, and that's all. It wasn't really a challenge, because actually it's a very simple project, good for beginners too. But I had fun piecing and cutting the central star block using the &lt;a href="http://www.squareinasquare.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #134f5c;"&gt;square in a square&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ruler that I bought from Jodi Barrows at her booth in Houston Quilt Show. It's a very practical technique, and it needs only a little time to learn. Then you can use it for a variety of quilt blocks. Here there are some pictures of my work:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Star center square in a square block&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Questo è il centro della stella, si tratta di un blocco "quadrato nel quadrato", che in questo caso viene ottenuto senza tagliare e cucire triangoli; le strisce laterali vengono infatti prima cucite con il metodo dello strip piecing, poi rifinite con il ruler in un secondo momento. Con un po' di pratica, lo spreco di tessuto è davvero minimo, ed inoltre il blocco risultante è perfettamente squadrato e con tutti i margini di cucitura della misura desiderata.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;It looks perfect!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Mi sembra perfetto!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;This is called the "option 3" - Flying Geese. Notice that 1/4" seam allowance is only at right and left sides, not at the&amp;nbsp;top (north) and bottom (south) sides.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Questo secondo passaggio è necessario per il taglio dei blocchi flying geese che formeranno i raggi della stella. Notate come il margine di cucitura di 6mm venga lasciato solo lateralmente e non sopra o sotto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Now you know why: this is the way to cut in half and obtain two flying geese units!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ora è chiaro il motivo dei margini differenziati: infatti è necessario praticare un taglio a metà, da lato a lato senza margini, per ottenere due unità flying geese.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;All units match perfectly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Tutti i pezzettini combaciano perfettamente e sono pronti per essere assemblati nel blocco della Stella. Non ci sono calcoli complicati da fare, basta fare qualche prova e il gioco è fatto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Have a nice day, and thank you for stopping by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large;"&gt;May you always have much for which to be thankful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"&gt;Natale si avvicina...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;As usual, in this season, I love to think about Christmas presents I wish I could do in time for all my (very very) beloved one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Come di consueto, in questo periodo, mi piace pensare e progettare i doni natalizi che vorrei riuscire a realizzare in tempo per tutti i miei cari (quelli molto, molto speciali).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Last Sunday I've been working on a simply EQ6 kitchen table runner project. I wanted it a little bit country and, most of all, warm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Domenica scorsa mi son messa al lavoro e ho realizzato&amp;nbsp;con EQ6 un semplice progetto per una striscia da tavolo, adatta per la cucina. La immaginavo un po' country ma soprattutto dall'aspetto caldo e piacevole come la stagione richiede.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;This week I'm cutting and sewing, I hope in a few days to be able to post a picture of the completed top.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Questa settimana, nei ritagli di tempo (è l'espressione perfetta per una quilter non trovate?), sto tagliando e cucendo; spero proprio nel giro di qualche giorno di essere in grado di pubblicare una foto del top completo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Always stitchin'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-2490871336718267557?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/2490871336718267557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2009/11/enjoy-making-christmas-presents-for-all.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2490871336718267557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/2490871336718267557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2009/11/enjoy-making-christmas-presents-for-all.html' title='Enjoy making Christmas presents for all your beloved ones! - Prepariamo i doni natalizi per i nostri cari'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SwGzzunsK1I/AAAAAAAAAcI/fkLgALTvZHg/s72-c/table+runner+copia.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-7788374771256501333</id><published>2009-11-10T18:03:00.057+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T20:18:52.364+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Houston 2009'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quilt Gallery'/><title type='text'>The road to Houston Quilt Show 2009 - Sulla strada per Houston</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;As I promised on my previous post, here there are some pictures I took at the Houston Quilt Festival 2009. Please note that all pictures are for personal and non commercial use only. Enjoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Come promesso nel precedente post, concludo il mio reportage sul recente viaggio negli USA con l'ultima tappa, il Quilt Festival di Houston. Ecco alcuni scatti dei quilt da cui mi sono sentita più "ispirata". Così come previsto nel regolamento della mostra, vi prego di considerare tutte le foto ad esclusivo uso personale e assolutamente non commerciale.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;"Santa Claus Has Come to Kirara's Hometown!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;by AYAKO KAWAKAMI of FUNABASHI-CITY, CHIBA, JAPAN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;the 2009 winner of the the "Robert S. Cohan Master Award for Traditional Artistry"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Merit Quilting-Machine Second Place winner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Saffron Spring—OCD Meets SAD by BARBARA LIES of MADISON, WISCONSIN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Heart's Desire by DEBORAH KEMBALL of BAIE D'URFE, QUEBEC, CANADA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;My Challenge by VICKI JENKIN of HORSHAM, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Father's Whistle by CHUNG SU LEE of SEONGNAM-SI, GYEONGGI-DO, KOREA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-large;"&gt;Aren't they all gorgeous??&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;You can see all 2009 Winners in Quilts: A World of Beauty&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;on the official web site &lt;a href="http://www.quilts.com/fqf09/enVivo/vidcasts.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #351c75;"&gt;http://www.quilts.com/fqf09/enVivo/vidcasts.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Enjoy some other pictures I took walking around the show:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Ecco qualche altro scatto che ho preso girovagando per la fiera:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;They are all beautiful and inspiring to me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Sono tutti uno più bello dell'altro, per me, e tutti mi hanno fatto sentire... ispirata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-7788374771256501333?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/7788374771256501333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2009/11/road-to-houston-quilt-show-2009-sulla.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/7788374771256501333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/7788374771256501333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2009/11/road-to-houston-quilt-show-2009-sulla.html' title='The road to Houston Quilt Show 2009 - Sulla strada per Houston'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SvmoL-gaSXI/AAAAAAAAAaw/JKj1q-yi3ag/s72-c/SDC10980.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-7667266042884385087</id><published>2009-11-03T15:37:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T15:40:17.790+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='On the road'/><title type='text'>America: a little bit of this, a little bit of that - Scampoli dei miei giorni americani</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SvA0SE-Am3I/AAAAAAAAAXA/4Vfb5E24gko/s1600-h/SDC10830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SvA0SE-Am3I/AAAAAAAAAXA/4Vfb5E24gko/s400/SDC10830.JPG" vr="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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This is New York, a (Brooklin) bridge over troubled water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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New York mi è apparsa ancora una volta come una città così ricca e piena di possibilità (forse il termine giusto è "densa") da essere faticosa da vivere per lungo tempo. In effetti, avere troppe possibilità finisce spesso per essere come non averne affatto, non si sa cosa fare, da che parte cominciare, perchè&amp;nbsp;esitare e&amp;nbsp;lasciarsi sfuggire le occasioni sarebbe un gran peccato. Si corre, ci si tuffa letteralmente da un taxi all'altro (è vero che qui a Manhattan i taxi, paragonati ai nostri, costano pochissimo, ma devi prenderne 20 al giorno!) e si vorrebbe poter approfittare di una galleria d'arte, degli sconti da Macy's, dei miliardi di bottoni e pizzi di M&amp;amp;J Trimmings (con scaffali che vanno da terra al soffitto). Ho visitato il Museo di Storia Naturale sulla 79ma, poi un salto indietro nel tempo a Central Park, qualche milione di window shopping e la giornata era già finita. Ma è così sempre, anche il tempo qui non basta mai, non ce n'è per tutto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SvA3FQrOReI/AAAAAAAAAXI/fiVJoKLQBB8/s1600-h/SDC10812.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SvA3FQrOReI/AAAAAAAAAXI/fiVJoKLQBB8/s400/SDC10812.JPG" vr="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Remembering J.L. from the eighties...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Beautiful Native American Crafts: beads and embroidery&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Il viaggio prosegue verso la Pennsylvania, prima tappa: Longwood Gardens. Road to Pennsylvania, first leg: Longwood Gardens. It's fall foliage time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Ed ecco subito all'ingresso mi colpisce il gruppo di visitatori proprio davanti a me:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Sono donne Mennonite con i loro figli, le riprendo di spalle per non essere invadente, incutono rispetto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Nei vari padiglioni dei Giardini scatto molte foto, per i colori della natura che sono prorompenti, senza dubbio. Alcuni accostamenti, nelle aiuole, sono particolarmente accattivanti come questo:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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mi lascio catturare, ho sempre adorato i peperoncini...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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e questa è la pianta a cui Madre Natura ha dato più coraggio:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Il melograno è simbolo di fertilità, dell'abbondanza, dell'energia vitale!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Si riprende il cammino verso la contea di Lancaster, i limiti di velocità qui sono molto contenuti, percio' i tempi di viaggio sembrano dilatarsi. Ecco qualche scatto di questa giornata:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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People's Place Quilt Museum, Intercourse, dettaglio di uno dei manufatti esposti&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Questa dovrebbe essere la carrozzina per i baby-Amish&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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(non sono certa dell'origine, ma così mi è stata presentata!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Non puo' mancare uno dei tanti "Antiques" lungo la statale &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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E, visto, il periodo, zucche, zucche in quantità!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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It's Harvest time, pumpkins galore!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Alla prossima puntata per le foto da Houston 2009 International Quilt Festival!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;In Central Park Mother Nature is painting her first leaves in red&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;A Central Park Madre Natura sta dipingendo di rosso le prime foglie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;The Big Apple is dressing its Halloween costume&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Anche la Grande Mela sta indossando il suo costume di Halloween&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;A new hope is growing at Ground Zero&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;Una nuova speranza sta gettando le fondamenta a Ground Zero&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Miss Liberty in a rainy monday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia;"&gt;La Statua della Libertà in un piovoso lunedì&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/959335963897997876-5954796050919770594?l=handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/feeds/5954796050919770594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2009/10/autumn-in-new-york.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/5954796050919770594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/959335963897997876/posts/default/5954796050919770594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://handquiltingstitches.blogspot.com/2009/10/autumn-in-new-york.html' title='Autumn in New York'/><author><name>Sara Casol</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12548454905002315792</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SqZTA7KH1qI/AAAAAAAAATs/flSpWEBSyMM/S220/doll+dress.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_i_4UEcRT7Ek/SuHNIFR8zZI/AAAAAAAAAWg/BvonBpziIeQ/s72-c/SDC10810.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-959335963897997876.post-7870446158047807450</id><published>2009-09-29T18:30:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-21T18:49:00.943+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amish'/><title type='text'>Gli Amish - An italian book about the plain people</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Sto leggendo un libro da poco pubblicato e voglio segnalarvelo perchè, una volta tanto, non servono traduzioni per leggerlo. Me l'ha regalato una cara amica qualche giorno fa, dopo aver saputo che tra breve partirò per gli USA: un viaggio che, tra gli altri luoghi, mi porterà anche nella contea di Lancaster in Pennsylvania. E pensare che io non cercavo più libri in italiano sull'argomento, perchè dopo vari vani tentativi avevo deciso di lasciar perdere! A questo servono le amiche, giusto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Il libro si intitola semplicemente GLI AMISH, l'autore è Andrea Borella (cito testualmente: dottorando di ricerca in Scienze Antropologiche presso l'Università degli Studi di Torino) e l'editore è Xenia (collana tascabili).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Da diversi anni mi sto documentando sui princìpi, gli usi e i costumi di questa popolazione, amplificando, laddove possibile, l'aspetto legato ai quilt (il punto di partenza di questo mio interesse furono proprio questi meravigliosi manufatti); raramente ho trovato scritti in italiano: a parte qualche articolo di giornale, infatti, la traduzione dal francese del libro di Jacques Légeret "Amish, una comunità fuori dal tempo" è uno dei pochi esempi. Non sono certo un'esperta, ma una semplice appassionata.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;La mia piccola biblioteca sugli Amish, anno dopo anno, si è composta di questi titoli:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;The Amish of Holmes County, 1996, Spectrum Publications&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;A history of the Amish, Steven M. Nolt, 2003, Good Books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Quilts from two Valleys, Phyllis Pellman Good, 2002, Good Books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Amish Country II, Doyle Yoder and Leslie A. Kelly, America's Amish Country Publications&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Amish Children, Phyllis Pellman Good, 2000, Good Books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Amish wall quilts, Rachel Thomas Pellman, 2001, Martingale &amp;amp; Company&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;The World of Amish quilts, Rachel and Kenneth Pellman, 1984, Good Books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;The Amish, a photographic tour, Carol M. Highsmith and Ted Landphair, 1999, Crescent books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;The best of Amish cooking, Phyllis Pellman Good, 1996, Good Books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Cooking from quilt country, Marcia Adams, 1989, Clarkson Potter Publishers New York&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;New recipes from quilt country, Marcia Adams, 1997, Clarkson Potter Publishers New York&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Come vi dicevo, praticamente niente in Italiano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Ho avuto la fortuna di parlare e ascoltare la storia di una donna nata Amish, mia insegnante di quiltatura, e ho appreso che bisogna guardare agli Amish non come ad un'identità unica e uniforme in tutte le comunità e gli ordini, in quanto diversi gradi di "apertura al mondo" conferiscono a ciascuna comunità una propria caratteristica distintiva.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Nell'immaginario collettivo, gli Amish sono spesso considerati una sorta di fenomeno turistico, una comunità anacronistica. In Italia sono noti soprattutto grazie al film del 1985 Witness- Il testimone, del regista Peter Weir. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Sul libro GLI AMISH si legge: "non è possibile, a meno di non cadere in semplificazioni, imprecisioni e luoghi comuni, parlare degli Amish come di un gruppo coeso e uniforme nelle sue usanze e credenze. (...) Le osservazioni qui riportate, quando non sarà diversamente specificato, riguarderanno il Vecchio Ordine Amish". Molte parti del libro sono state scritte sulla base di osservazioni dirette della vita della comunità da parte dell'autore. Un'altra citazione: "la natura di questo testo e lo scopo principalmente divulgativo mi hanno condotto ad abusare del termine Amish nell'intento di fornire un quadro d'insieme, il più possibile accurato, talvolta forse indebitamente semplificato, ma sempre, almeno nelle mie intenzioni, rispettoso della verità. Uno sguardo, non un'analisi."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Dello stesso autore, un articolo dal titolo "Realtà e prospettive degli Amish oggi" è stato pubblicato sul sito di Riforma, il settimanale in rete delle chiese evangeliche battiste, metodiste e valdesi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Se siete interessate a leggere altre pagine sull'argomento, potete dare un'occhiata sul blog amishamerica.typepad.com (in inglese).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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