It is a truth universally acknowledged, that when there is an upcoming deadline, it is important to distract oneself with something totally unrelated to the deadline task.
Thus, after a conversation with Hilary about the sad lack of contributions of "letters" for the Contemporary Quilt banner, which she will be sewing together, I resolved to make some, and had a happy hour using up scraps already backed with fusible web, making a crazy-patchwork sort of cloth -
out of which some letters were cut (most shapes derived via typefaces available in InDesign, very much enlarged) -These were put onto black cloth (size could be anything from 3" to 7" in either direction) -
and satin stitched from the selection of delicious colours in my tidied-up thread box -
It was quick and fun, but there's a sad side to the story....
The idea behind the banner, and the simple, quick task of making a letter (your choice of A, C, E, I, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, T, U, Y - the letters in the name of the group) - was that anyone and everyone in the group could easily contribute. It was a chance for as many members as possible to be included. But there have been contributions from only a tiny proportion of the 700 members. Perhaps like me they forgot about the cut-off date; perhaps the wide-open nature of the project (any technique, the range of possible size) made it daunting - too much choice! Or is the task too simple to bother with - is it not enough of a challenge? Was it that the contributions were anonymous, makers not given credit?
In any case, the poor turnout is a real disappointment - this "group" project doesn't have "group" participation, and is not representative of the membership. Last time letters for a banner were needed, people were given the fabric and a pattern, and supplied enough for four banners - and that design has been used for various CQ websites -
If the letters I'm sending aren't used, no matter. Perhaps after making the needed banner, Hilary will pass the project on to someone else to continue, and there'll be another call - and more response.
1 comment:
I sent several and asked if more were needed to let me know. But no one has said!
I did find the instructions very ambiguous, but when I asked for clarification, it seemed my request was taken as a complaint.
So, I made what I hoped would work. Perhaps if some of the previously made ones had somehow been shown as examples more people would have ideas of how to take it from there.
Sandy
Post a Comment