To celebrate the 2012 London Olympics, the Guild is proposing a spectacular tribute by creating a series of textile postcards dedicated to each of the countries taking part.
Parbold Branch have been allocated Serbia as our country and the aim is to make a set of landscape ‘cards’ 6” x 4” with the national flag at the top of a concertina fold strip. Aspects of the country can include costume, customs, currency, embroidery, fauna, flora, food, geography, landmarks etc… The list is endless as are the techniques that can be used to replicate the ideas. Images and information can be found on -www.flags.net/index.htm and you can also try http://www.en.wikepedia.org for other information about the country.
The Serbian flag is red, white and blue and it has been suggested that to make the strips of cards more cohesive, we will use at least one of those colours either as a background or in the stitching. These are just some starting points so that you can investigate your own ideas.
More information, planning and making up instructions will be provided and we hope to have a workday to get them under way sometime in May. They will probably need to be completed by the end of the year and more news on all of this will be provided later.
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