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This sewing machine kills fascists
In case anyone feels like combining their sewing and their activisting -- a crafter friend who knows that I find hand-sewing soothing sent me links to some of the amazing suffragette banners as inspiration, and now I'm plotting:
https://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/FSB.html
https://www.vads.ac.uk/results.php?cmd=advsearch&words=women%B4s+library+suffrage+banners+collection&field=all&oper=or&words2=&field2=all&mode=boolean&submit=search&FSB=1
(Another friend has advised that reverse applique may be best for lettering.)
https://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/FSB.html
https://www.vads.ac.uk/results.php?cmd=advsearch&words=women%B4s+library+suffrage+banners+collection&field=all&oper=or&words2=&field2=all&mode=boolean&submit=search&FSB=1
(Another friend has advised that reverse applique may be best for lettering.)
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Now I'm imagining putting some of those onto scarves... Or blankets. The backs of jackets. I don't know how often I could use banners, but wearables would be great for that.
- Deacon