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		<title>Spellbinding Textiles Competition</title>
		<link>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2008/05/10/spellbinding-textiles-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 18:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.dix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Call For Entries

The Textile Directory has announced their Spellbinding Textiles Competition, open to anybody with an interest in any area of textiles, including fashion, interiors, textile art and design and 3D work.
The theme of the competition is magic and entrants are asked to produce an item based on their interpretation of this theme.

The overall winner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oxfam needs knitters</title>
		<link>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2008/04/23/oxfam-needs-knitters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.dix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Oxfam web site:
Staff in our Leeds office have just started a new campaign to create a giant baby blanket, with each square knitted representing a mother who did not survive pregnancy or childbirth to be able to care for her baby, because she couldn't access the medical care she needed.

We're aiming to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fibre&#038;Stitch 3</title>
		<link>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2008/02/27/fibrestitch-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.dix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest issue of Fibre&#038;Stitch (issue 3) is newly out, offering a feast of techniques, projects and information. Scanning down the table of contents, some headings immediately caught my eye - Terri Stegmiller with a series on techniques and methods for writing on fabric, and special guest articles by Linda Stokes on shibori with transfer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bags2Riches 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2008/02/04/bags2riches-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.dix</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[fashion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bags2Riches 2008 is the 3rd annual handbag competition to prevent homelessness.

The brief is to create an original handbag to be eligible to win the &#34;The Most Original Handbag Award&#34; with Grand Prize Package. The deadline for entries is August 20, 2008.
The judges will select 10 finalists, with selection criteria including originality, unique design elements, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beguiling Time - the 98 Lace Group</title>
		<link>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2008/01/30/beguiling-time-the-98-lace-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2008/01/30/beguiling-time-the-98-lace-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.dix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
A group of contemporary lace makers is to give an ancient craft a twenty-first century edge with a new exhibition of modern lace.
To mark its 10th anniversary, the 98 Lace Group is bringing together the best of its work to challenge all preconceptions about this often delicate, intricate textile. No longer the preserve of old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leisure Learners</title>
		<link>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2007/12/04/leisure-learners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2007/12/04/leisure-learners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.dix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A new website connecting tutors, organisations and students in UK for arts and crafts subjects

If you've noticed recently how much harder it's become to find adult leisure and recreational courses in the UK since the government's decision to focus resources on younger people, you'll welcome this site that aims to fill the information gap.

To find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Textile Conservation Centre closure threat</title>
		<link>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2007/11/30/textile-conservation-centre-closure-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2007/11/30/textile-conservation-centre-closure-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.dix</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[heritage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Textile Conservation Centre at the University of Southampton is threatened with closure - see the Institute of Conservation site for more information.  If you are a British citizen or resident, please consider signing the petition against the closure that has been set up on the Government's e-petition web site. We cannot let this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art, Nature, Creativity, Life</title>
		<link>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2007/11/07/art-nature-creativity-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2007/11/07/art-nature-creativity-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:31:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.dix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;Art, Nature, Creativity, Life&#34; is a new online book by Virginia A. Spiegel, available now with 100% of the proceeds going directly to the American Cancer Society.

&#34;Art, Nature, Creativity, Life&#34; is full of essays; art, art, and more
art; recommended books for artists, nature lovers, gardeners and other
creative types; over 80 inspirational photos; more than 35 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tactile Textiles</title>
		<link>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2007/10/18/tactile-textiles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2007/10/18/tactile-textiles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.dix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Please Touch!

Textile artists (individuals and groups) are invited to submit a piece of work for Tactile Textiles, an exhibition at The Red House Museum, in Christchurch, Dorset, from 5 July to 25 August 2008.

The exhibition will provide a stimulating and exciting experience, enabling visitors to touch the exhibits. When we are working with textiles, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pricked: Extreme Embroidery</title>
		<link>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2007/10/17/pricked-extreme-embroidery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.textilearts.net/news/2007/10/17/pricked-extreme-embroidery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fiona.dix</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This special exhibition will be on show from 8 November 2007 to 9 March 2008 in the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. 

Participating artists are from 12 countries and include Judy Chicago, Elaine Reichek, Tilleke Schwarz, Berend Strik, Andrea Deszo, Mattia Bonetti, Nava Lubelski, Clyde Olliver, Kate Kretz and Benji Whalen. A [...]]]></description>
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