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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on What Is The Studio?]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/727/#comment1569</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Jane- The Studio has been one of the best gifts I’ve ever given myself. The Friday bees don’t always fit my schedule, but I go back and watch each one. I love this group of people and always get ideas and learn something from them. Thank you for creating this community that feels so safe in this crazy world.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:52:14 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on What Is The Studio?]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/727/#comment1568</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<div class="commentreply">In reply to <span class="commentlink" data-id="1567">Maureen Crowley</span></div>Good luck Maureen! It exactly because I know how much time available and also energy ebbs and flows through life that I deliberately made The Studio something you can dip into as and when you can.  J x]]></description>
  <author>Katie</author>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:45:38 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on What Is The Studio?]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/727/#comment1567</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A fabulous video Jane. I’m one of the members who look at the odd video, read the newsletter and then fail to engage further. The road to hell as they say… ? I’m making changes to my life, so that I have more time for doing all your gorgeous courses. Wish me luck. Xx]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:12:17 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on Who Wore This? Reading a Costume With a Dress Historian]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/723/#comment1564</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Was the fabric of the 2-piece costume a fine wool gabardine - it did not appear to be twill or cord.  Silt lining, though?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:52:04 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on Who Wore This? Reading a Costume With a Dress Historian]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/723/#comment1563</link>
  <description><![CDATA[This was really interesting.  The little brushy thing along the bottom of the skirt was a brilliant addition.  I can imagine that the bottom of the skirt could get pretty dirty trailing along outside in the grass, dirt, twigs and leaves of a country estate.   Or even in a town with a dirty sidewalk with who knows what laying around on top of the pavement.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:50:19 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on Who Wore This? Reading a Costume With a Dress Historian]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/723/#comment1562</link>
  <description><![CDATA[So exciting to listen to your conversation! What fabric is the ensemble of skirt and jacket made of? In the video, the skirt seems to shimmers a little like silk, but in the close-ups it resembles a more sturdier cotton fabric?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:14:05 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on A Better Word Than Patriarchy]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/724/#comment1559</link>
  <description><![CDATA[As always, you have managed to articulate ideas that are floating in a nebulous mass in my head. I've been struggling with the 'patriarchy' word for a while as it doesn't really serve us and is too definitive for accuracy. Overculture is inclusive, leaves no-one out - we are all responsible / accountable! - and provides a clearer understanding of what we are up against. Time to read WWRWTW again :-) 
As to small local shops, Covid gave me the opportunity to engage more meaningfully with local businesses (as I didn't want to line the pockets of online billionaires if I didn't need to), and there is one shop-owner who prides himself on having absolutely everything you might want from a hardware store (although it's more a general store with hardware on the side). And the rare time he hasn't had whatever obscure thing I'm looking for (only twice in eight years!) he has it the next time I look. He even had eco-friendly paint stripper, and small bolt-cutters....]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:33:32 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on The joy of snail mail and how to send more letters]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/443/#comment1558</link>
  <description><![CDATA[As someone who has recently been diagnosed with ADHD, friction between what I want to do and actually doing it is a major issue. Sometimes I sit and do exactly what you just did and walk through each obstacle that prevents me from accomplishing my goal and it helps so much! Your example is so spot on for me. Thanks Jane!]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:49:17 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on A Better Word Than Patriarchy]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/724/#comment1548</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Oh you are so right.  I was talking to my son just the other day about a similar thing that had occurred to me.  So many small local shops etc. that provide services such as shoe repair places, fix-it shops, local dress shops that sort of things are very quickly disappearing.  And those absences isolate us even more than we realize..  I'm very shy and "shy away" from talking to strangers or going to a new group where I don't know anyone.  For me, this is isolating but what I am also missing out on are the small inconsequential interactions that we used to have.  Gong to the grocery store and checking out with a real person and not having a "real" conversation with them  but there is a little personal interchange between us.  Saying hello to the postman not a big conversation,  just a "hello you've got a fairly nice day today to do your deliveries".  Not a big deal but it is a connection with another human being.  I find shopping online extremely inconvenient.  Shopping for things that have to fit (who knows whether that medium os going to fit you or maybe a large would work better?).  Your toaster goes on the blink there's no fix-it shop where you can find out if it can be fixed or if it "really" needs to be replaced.  What brought all this to my consciousness is  a recent  trip to the local hardware store (yes, there is still one in my town!).  I was looking for a replacement rubber cover for the bottom of the metal leg on a stepladder.  I didn't know what it was called but when I entered the hardware store there was a person (a real human being) asking if he could help me.  I started out trying to describe what I was looking for and he interrupted me and said oh yes, you want a leg tip and it's over here.  And we went to the aisle and looked at them, decided which one was the right size, I told him how the one I was replacing had gotten lost etc..  Not at all a big connection but it was an interaction between two people.  So many of these small personal interactions are missing these days and taken as a whole do add up!]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:40:11 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on A 1920s Piano Shawl Dress tour]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/722/#comment1543</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<div class="commentreply">In reply to <span class="commentlink" data-id="1539">Bryonna D</span></div>I am pretty sure now - esp after the Studio Bee on Friday - that I am going to take the dress apart very carefully in order to find out how it was made from the shawl. 
And I’ll be able to take a pattern from it and save any bits of fabric that can be saved at the same time. 
I will need a completely clear studio and a free day though as I think I’ll put out two parallel tables and have one with my grid and some large tracing paper and the other with the dress.]]></description>
  <author>Katie</author>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:47:26 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on A 1920s Piano Shawl Dress tour]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/722/#comment1542</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<div class="commentreply">In reply to <span class="commentlink" data-id="1541">SnapdragonJane</span></div>thanks! now to learn how!]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:45:42 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[<div class="commentreply">In reply to <span class="commentlink" data-id="1540">Kathie Hoyer</span></div>The insertion stitches were a very common way of embroidering lingerie and things like napkins - it is embroidery stitches holding together two hemmed pieces of fabric in a light, secure and fancy way (it comes under the category of fancy stitching ) - and they are very neat as on show! Jx]]></description>
  <author>Katie</author>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:44:22 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[this was very interesting! you say she had "not the neatest hand" but those insertion stitches, never seen something like that - can you explain?]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:35:56 +0100</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/722/#comment1539</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<div class="commentreply">In reply to <span class="commentlink" data-id="1538">SnapdragonJane</span></div>Jane, could you  put a very  light fusible interfacing under the shredding parts (maybe most or all of the dress) to hold the fabric together so you could take a pattern from it, and sort of preserve it? Of course you couldn't see the underside anymore.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:22:40 +0100</pubDate>
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  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/722/#comment1538</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<div class="commentreply">In reply to <span class="commentlink" data-id="1537">Bryonna D</span></div>I'm glad you enjoyed it Bryonna and that you are inspired to revisit that stash. J x]]></description>
  <author>Katie</author>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:32:01 +0100</pubDate>
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  <description><![CDATA[This is so beautiful, Jane ... so well photographed ! (as is everything you do). I appreciate you explaining the little details with a corresponding pic ... something I would have missed on my own just looking at it. I love the embroidered fabric. It reminded me I have a yard or so of unknown green fabric with velvety leaves in my stash. Haven't sewn for years (I just admire my stash), but this may be the impetus for me to start again.  I'm thinking about it :) ?? ??]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:09:21 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on When “Dilettante” Became an Insult]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/719/#comment1536</link>
  <description><![CDATA[When I was growing up my family always said, "Gill is the musician, Karen is the artist, Geoff is the mathematician/scientist, and Kathie...she bakes bread."
That was because I was interested in so many things - anthropology, gardening, embroidery, dancing, herbs, sewing, writing poetry...and baking bread! and I still am, HAH! makes life so interesting.
I love how you linked "dilettante" changing its meaning to the emphasis on growth, productivity, toxic capitalism, extractive colonialism! Wow. THANKS!
By the way, because you mentioned Philippa Gregory's 'Normal Women' I listened to her read the audiobook - quite a journey, quite a reveal, so thanks for that too. I look forward to listening to you every Friday...can't wait for more!]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:09:01 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on When “Dilettante” Became an Insult]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/719/#comment1535</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Dear Jane, your latest very interesting commentary on the 'dilettante' put me in mind of a comment from a friend.

A few years ago I took myself off on a road trip around the UK, living in my estate car, visiting and enjoying numerous landscapes and environments. At the tail end of the Summer (Heather season) I found myself visiting an old school friend near Kirriemuir. As I was sharing my experiences of the continual travel, her husband commented "you'll no stick" which was given as a complement and I took it as such, thinking later that his comment reflected my life in general to my late father's vexation! The idea of not 'sticking' speaks to me of continual flow, which I consciously invite into my life!

I deeply resonated with all that you said about experiencing a myriad of creative ventures. I crave 'the new', the different techniques (mainly to do with fibrecraft) in order to satisfy my desire for delectable deliciousness delighting my life! 

Sweet Harmonious Blessings
Lynda]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:51:24 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on When “Dilettante” Became an Insult]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/719/#comment1534</link>
  <description><![CDATA[I'm (re)claiming this word! When you glossed its current meaning, I recognised myself, and then when you gave the deeper original meaning, I thought, yes! it's more accurate - and romantic - than just continuing to describe myself as a generalist who likes to dabble. This butterfly is now old enough to not care so much what others think, especially in my family, who exalted specialists over generalists, and I take great delight in exploring new areas of creativity and no longer worry that a thing is not perfect on first attempt. The joy is in the dabbling, the exploration, the discovery of new areas of creativity. And more often than not, I revisit earlier abandoned projects and either repurpose them, having gathered a little more skill or understanding, or finish them. And even if I don't, it doesn't matter, I still know more about a thing than I did before. I have learnt that while I may move on from one all-consuming passion to focus on another for a while, those (even rudimentary) skills are not lost: I just really enjoy having a garden of creative delights to sup from as the whim takes me. And my seemingly broad skill-set (however shallow...) impresses my family no end!!]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:45:16 +0100</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Comment on A 1912 Bathing Suit, and the Women Behind Its Label]]></title>
  <link>https://www.snapdragonlife.com/news/blog/717/#comment1533</link>
  <description><![CDATA[<div class="commentreply">In reply to <span class="commentlink" data-id="1532">Beth Bruno</span></div>Oh I do wonder if you are right there Beth - that it wasn't just swimming costumes where long skirts caught and caused accidents where people fell into water.
J x]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:41:51 +0100</pubDate>
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