Dear Margot ! Thank you SO much for bringing this project to our attention!! It is perfectly stunning, and I have already written to ask for the cost of shipping the book to me in the US. My initial response was "We should do that in the US!!", but after looking at the panels, and the sweeping ethnicity involved, I concluded that it has been done, hands down, in the most splendid fashion, and a "US" version could only pale in comparison. My applause goes to the women who envisioned the project and organized it, and saw it through to completion!! It boggles my mind!! WELL DONE!!!!
Clay Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [Original Message] > From: Margot Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: ARACHNE <[email protected]> > Date: 8/17/2005 2:47:03 PM > Subject: [lace] Quilt > > I have just seen the most magnificent piece of needlework ever! It's > called 'The quilt of belonging'. It measures 36m. (120 ft.) x 3.5m. > (10ft. high) and is composed of 263 blocks. Each of the main aboriginal > groups and representatives of all the world nationalities in Canada have > made blocks. There's embroidery, beading, quilting, applique, and every > other technique known to woman. And wait for it - there's lace on the > blocks representing Brazil, Paraguay, Belgium, and Malta. (I may have > missed some.) You can read all about it, and see a picture of each > block, at: > http://www.invitationproject.ca/ > > Canadians, check the tour dates to see when it will be exhibited near > you. And if your community is not on the tour, put pressure on someone > to have it on display. It really shouldn't be missed. I don't know > where it will go on permanent display, but my vote would be the > Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. > > Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada > Visit the Seaspray Guild of Lacemakers web site: > http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/quinbot/seaspray/SeasprayLaceGuild.html > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
