rydra_wong: Black and white photo of a seam ripper. Text: "Soft drugs and a seam ripper." (sewing -- seam ripper)
rydra_wong ([personal profile] rydra_wong) wrote in [community profile] sewing2017-02-12 09:14 pm

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.)
lilacsigil: 12 Apostles rocks, text "Rock On" (12 Apostles)

[personal profile] lilacsigil 2017-02-14 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
Reverse applique is great for lettering because you can get nice crisp corners!
across_space_and_time: A nebula shifting in rainbow hues from red to blue (Rainbow Galaxy)

[personal profile] across_space_and_time 2017-08-12 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
You have great friends! :D

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