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	<copyright>Copyright &#xA9; Leanne Prain 2010 </copyright>
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		<title>Dreamy book animation.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love bookstores, and I love stop-motion animation, so I double-love this book trailer that was shot at Type Books in Toronto. Full disclosure, my book Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery has a tiny cameo. See if you can spot it.]]></description>
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		<title>One of a Kind Vancouver, Dec 8 &#8211; 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be at One of a Kind Vancouver tomorrow giving a short talk on Subversive Craft. Find me on the main fashion stage between 2-2:30. Afterwards, I&#8217;ll be teaching Siobhan Long&#8217;s &#8216;Photo Feelism&#8217; an embroidery craft from Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery which will have participants learning to stitch on photographs. Books, as always, will be available for sale and signing. Can&#8217;t make it? Then make sure that you check out one of Kim Werker&#8217;s Mighty Ugly Workshops happening &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/12/one-of-a-kind-vancouver-dec-8-11/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver to Courtenay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo caption: Cherry Blossom photo by Jeff Christenson I have two free public events this week: Tomorrow night I will be at the Roundhouse with Ann-Marie Metten and Lenore Rowntree discussing the Joy Kogawa House Cherry Blossom Project for the Vancouver Community Arts Council&#8217;s &#8216;Eco Arts Salon&#8217; series. This is a free event held from 7-9 pm. I will be showing some examples of yarn bombing and knit graffiti and we&#8217;ll also discuss the benefits and challenges of the cherry &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/11/vancouver-to-courtenay/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>VPL event</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be at the Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch) on Monday night talking about subversive craft and demonstrating the &#8216;Photo Feelism&#8217; project, designed by Siobhan Long, from Hoopla. This is a free public event where you can embellish a postcard with stitching. Here are the official details: November 7, 2011 Vancouver Public Library Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St., Alma VanDusen &#038; Peter Kaye Rooms 7:00–9:30 pm This is a fun craft. Here are some examples made by attendees of &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/11/vpl-event/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>From Brooklyn to Bowen Island</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entering Snug Cover Terminal on Bowen Island, photograph by Adam Jones. My book tour has come full circle, and I&#8217;m back in Vancouver, prepping for local events. The first is this coming weekend on beautiful Bowen Island. Here are the details: Author and Artist Talk Sat. Oct. 22, 2011 at The Gallery 589 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island For all who love art and textiles with a dash of whimsy! Event schedule: 4:30pm &#8211; Doors open 5:00pm &#8211; Author Leanne Prain &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/10/from-brooklyn-to-bowen-island/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>West Coast Tour begins</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m halfway through my epic nine-city book tour and I&#8217;m having so much fun meeting many of the artists who contributed to the book. Read a recap of my East Coast over at my Unexpected Embroidery blog or come and join me at an event on the West Coast: October 6, 2011 Craft Bar, Museum of Craft and Folk Art 51 Yerba Buena Lane San Francisco, California 6–8 pm, Admission $5 at the door October 8, 2011 Yarn Bombing and &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/10/west-coast-tour-begins/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Hoopla in Toronto tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be talking about Hoopla and showing images from the book at Type Books in Toronto tonight at 6pm. Come join me for a stitch and bitch after the talk. Door prizes will be given! Download Hoopla Poster for Type Books here]]></description>
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		<title>Late Night Antics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had the pleasure of meeting two film-makers, Sarah Gonzalez and John Moore who hail from Austin, Texas. They are making an ambitious documentary on the knit graffiti movement and are traveling all over the place to get footage. They interviewed Mandy (my co-author and co-conspirator in Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti) and I in my living room while we tried to keep my cat out of the view of the camera. Sarah and &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/09/late-night-antics/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>A Whole Lot of Hoopla</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it September already? The days have been flying by as I prep for the upcoming tour for my new book Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery. The nine city tour will have me visiting bookstores and textile centers throughout the east and west coasts of the US. I&#8217;m excited to see so many places and to meet makers in every city. Many of the artists profiled in the book were interviewed over the telephone or Skype, so it will &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/09/a-whole-lot-of-hoopla/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery showcases those who take the craft of embroidery where it’s never gone before, in an astonishing, full-color display of embroidered art. Hoopla rebels against the quaint and familiar embroidery motifs of flowers and swashes, and focuses instead on innovative stitch artists who specialize in unusual, guerrilla-style patterns such as needlepoint nipple doilies and a ransom note pillow; it demonstrates that modern embroidery artists are as sharp as the needles with which they work. Hoopla &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/09/hoopla-the-art-of-unexpected-embroidery-3/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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