Current Projects 2011

The National Guild proposal for the Olympics is to create a series of postcards for a visiting nation. The country drawn out of the hat for Chesterfield was Moldovia. There are very specific instructions about the construction of these postcards, which need to be completed by March 2012. We will put an evening on the next programme to the creation of these cards, but we would like a few volunteers to lead on this project please. It could end up as a social event away from the usual guild meetings in order to get together to design and construct these.

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/moldova

Anne Menary will run a workshop for this project later in 2011:

each postcard will:

.be 6"x4" in a landscape format

.resemble an opened out concertina book of postcards

.have the national flag as the top postcard

.scenes or aspects of the country below eg costume currency, customs, fauno, flora, embroidery, landmarks etc,

.the postcards will be stitched together along the long (6") edge using a suitable stitch to enable folding and packing for storage and transportation

.laced over stiff card of an appropriate size so the finished card measures 6"x4"

.have the backs finished with calico

 .the preferred minimum no. of cards in a set is 9 and a max of 15 - of course we can do more than one set!

.they should have 2 brass rings sewn to the top of the strip ready for hanging 1.5" in from each side edge and placed so half the ring shows above the top edge - rings to be supplied by region for uniformity - from regional day.

.to be completed by end March 2012