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	<description>My thoughts and revelations on the vintage arts and skills of yester-year.</description>
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		<title>Ouch!  Watch those hinges!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammi</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Featherweight]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday I was packing up my things to go to our Sewing Circle.  I was in a hurry, and when I grabbed the case of the featherweight I found last month, I managed to rip a 1.5&#8243; long gash &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.archaicarcane.com/ouch-watch-those-hinges/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Pink!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 05:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sewing Machines]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok,.. not really, but it&#8217;s pretty cool. A really short post today, to make up for the long one last night. Thought I&#8217;d pop into a couple of thrift stores to see if there were any sewing machines that needed &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.archaicarcane.com/its-pink/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>testing threads</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 05:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sewing Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how it works]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[quilting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in a previous post, I intend to do a comparison between several  threads to decide which I like the best for piecing and quilting. I currently have 6 of the threads that I reviewed from a cost &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.archaicarcane.com/testing-threads/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Common Thread &#8211; Evaluating the real cost of thread</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 08:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expensive really is in the eye of the beholder.  Take thread for instance.  I often read things like: I love x brand, but it&#8217;s so expensive! or Brand y is pricy, but I think my quilts are worth it. So &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.archaicarcane.com/common-thread-evaluating-the-real-cost-of-thread/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s that post from last week?</title>
		<link>http://www.archaicarcane.com/wheres-that-post-from-last-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Site News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I made a few changes to the site in the last week or so. I changed the Pinterest plugin we were using, because the new one offers a lot more and better functionality. I did a little clean up on &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.archaicarcane.com/wheres-that-post-from-last-week/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hello Kitty! Update on the queen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It occurs to me that I forgot to update you readers on how Stormi&#8217;s been doing. Back in November, I posted about some problems she had, and a new diagnosis of CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease), and a change of vets. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.archaicarcane.com/hello-kitty-update-on-the-queen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Well, I didn&#8217;t expect that&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sewing Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lol]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.archaicarcane.com/?p=1421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a 301 brought to me last month.  I was told that it didn&#8217;t run.  That&#8217;s all I&#8217;d been told.  Strangely when I plugged it in, it ran just fine.   I told the owner I&#8217;d tune it up and &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.archaicarcane.com/well-i-didnt-expect-that/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I learned a lot today. Tension, needles, thread</title>
		<link>http://www.archaicarcane.com/i-learned-a-lot-today-tension-needles-thread/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sewing Machines]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.archaicarcane.com/?p=1385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love learning!  One of the things I&#8217;ve realised about quilting and sewing in general is that you can never learn all of it.  I spent a day a couple of weeks ago just watching videos from the Superior thread &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.archaicarcane.com/i-learned-a-lot-today-tension-needles-thread/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mack the Knife &#8211; testing your serger knives</title>
		<link>http://www.archaicarcane.com/mack_the_knife_serger_knife_test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read this in an &#8220;old&#8221; Serger book this week again.  I read it probably about a year or so ago, and needed the information today.  I thought it was a good enough tip to warrant publishing here to help &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.archaicarcane.com/mack_the_knife_serger_knife_test/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Because a change would do you good &#8211; Substitution parts</title>
		<link>http://www.archaicarcane.com/because-a-change-would-do-you-good-substitution-parts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:53:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tammi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sewing Machines]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[restoration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The longer I work on vintage machines, the more I find parts that I need that are no longer available.  Sometimes I can get lucky and find something that works. Sometimes we have to &#8220;make&#8221; them.  I thought that this &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.archaicarcane.com/because-a-change-would-do-you-good-substitution-parts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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