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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.quiltingdaily.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>2009 Quilting Arts Calendar Finalists</title><link>http://www.quiltingdaily.com/blogs/pokey/archive/2008/04/17/2009-quilting-arts-calendar-finalists.aspx</link><description>Okay, dear blog readers, it’s that time of year again to announce our Quilting Arts Calendar finalists. (I know it seems a little early to be thinking about 2009, but welcome to my world!) With this year’s theme, “Celebrating Home,” we received 243 entries</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title /><link>http://www.quiltingdaily.com/blogs/pokey/archive/2008/04/17/2009-quilting-arts-calendar-finalists.aspx#1675</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:48:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">dd4ad8cd-147d-404a-a568-5abd2115af5b:1675</guid><dc:creator>Sherise Marie Wright</dc:creator><description>Thank You, Quilting Arts Magazine!
Even though I was not a finalist, I&amp;#39;m so proud of the other quilters and finalist who were chosen. I believe your magazine has inspired me as a quilter, and I am so blessed that I did enter my quilt this year for the first time. I can&amp;#39;t wait to see what the challenge is for next year, and I can not wait to try again. 
Sherise Marie Wright :)
Congratulations to all!:) 
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Wen Redmond
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http://www.klru.org/docubloggers/?p=125

Best,

Heidi :)  
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