The blocks that my friends were stitching a weekend ago are for the
"...and still counting" quilt project.
It's the idea of a young woman artist to
"make a small 6" quilt for each American who has died and on that quilt small french knots to represent each Iraqi. Using the numbers from the Reed College installation in Portland, Oregon display, that's 3055 little quilts with 212 french knots on each one. The quilts will be made and bound with solid color fabrics. Any color is fine, they represent the soldiers who repesent us and we are of every color and ethnicity. The 212 french knots will be made with black thread. I've been using 2 strands of embroidery floss, and starting in the center, make a spiral of french knots. Each little quilt will have 2 grommets on each side, so they can be connected to one another with bead chain. (When I calculated out that I would need nearly 25,0000 grommets, and that is approximately how many injuries we've sustained, that's when I danced the good idea dance and knew I had to follow through with this idea.) The grommets and bead chain will allow the piece to be connected in a variety of configurations."
It wasn't until I read the artist's description of her idea aloud to my friends while they were stitching that first morning that I realized her vision was for the french knots to be made with black thread. I've been in contact with her and she's assured me that the colored threads are fine, but she'd prefer black to be used.
It's an open invitation to join in and contribute blocks to this incredible project. Go
here to read the whole presentation of the idea, the description of this project, as well as the tutorials for making the blocks.
It's the idea of a young woman artist to "make a small 6" quilt for each American who has died and on that quilt small french knots to represent each Iraqi. Using the numbers from the Reed College installation in Portland, Oregon display, that's 3055 little quilts with 212 french knots on each one. The quilts will be made and bound with solid color fabrics. Any color is fine, they represent the soldiers who repesent us and we are of every color and ethnicity. The 212 french knots will be made with black thread. I've been using 2 strands of embroidery floss, and starting in the center, make a spiral of french knots. Each little quilt will have 2 grommets on each side, so they can be connected to one another with bead chain. (When I calculated out that I would need nearly 25,0000 grommets, and that is approximately how many injuries we've sustained, that's when I danced the good idea dance and knew I had to follow through with this idea.) The grommets and bead chain will allow the piece to be connected in a variety of configurations."
It wasn't until I read the artist's description of her idea aloud to my friends while they were stitching that first morning that I realized her vision was for the french knots to be made with black thread. I've been in contact with her and she's assured me that the colored threads are fine, but she'd prefer black to be used.
It's an open invitation to join in and contribute blocks to this incredible project. Go here to read the whole presentation of the idea, the description of this project, as well as the tutorials for making the blocks.
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