Well, we made it to the festival on the 9th June which was a real success. We managed, after much debate, a cheese and onion pasty and several hundred cable ties, to get the Stitch and Tell Gallery displayed in a great position with large windows behind, giving it large amount of light (check out the photos here http://www.flickr.com/photos/8185243@N02/540690653/. We continued on the day to make more squares which we hung there are then, until we ran out of room.
I'd like to say a really big thanks to everyone who took part. Don't forget you will recieve your square in the post at some point. I'd also like to say thanks to Clare for her support and ideas, to Ruth for helping in the workshops sessions, to Tim for putting up with all the sawdust and carrying things around for me, Gossypium for providing us with lots of gorgeous fairtrade organic cotton (http://www.gossypium.co.uk/), and Trust Greenbelt (www.greenbelt.org.uk) who made this project possible.
About
- Rachel M Smith
- Oxford, United Kingdom
- I work as a community musician, specialising in singing for wellbeing. I also work for peace charity Fellowship of Reconciliation as their administrator. I am interested in the link between music and peace and reconciliation, and I recently travelled to Palestine and Israel to visit peacemakers on the ground.