I have just been told about this project to create commemorative poppies, and thought Iâd post it in case anyone wants to participate: https://5000poppies.wordpress.com/
Hereâs a quick intro from the website: we are in the throes of planning our final installation at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra in 2018. While I canât give you details of the installation ⦠I can tell you that it will be a spectacularly fitting tribute to those who served and sacrificed, their families, their communities and in a way, the whole nation ⦠I canât tell you how excited we are! This wonderful community led, community driven project has been a testament to the depth of feeling we have for our ANZACS ⦠and Marg and I cannot thank you enough for your continued support of our efforts. Itâs been quite a journey and we are justifiably proud of what we have all achieved as an incredible team. So we will have one last huge push ⦠to create approx 62,000 poppies on stems in honour of the fallen in WWI to be planted in Canberra on Remembrance Day 2018. It will take a huge community effort to pull it together ⦠but first the poppies ⦠Patterns for knitted, crocheted, felted, machine-embroidered and felted poppies are at: https://5000poppies.wordpress.com/poppy-patterns/ I am thinking of participating as my paternal grandmotherâs two brothers had emigrated to Australia just before WWI, and so fought with the Australian troops. Thankfully both survived. Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
