July 30th – World Embroidery Day

July 30th is World Embroidery Day.

Find a way to celebrate !

Manifesto for World Embroidery Day 30th of July

Textile reflects our world; embroideries can show the expressions of our time. Embroidery and textiles can focus on the social injustices between countries.

By the means of embroidery we can draw attention to the necessity of engaging in the force of textile in global trade and with it in world peace. Textiles is a power and let us use embroidery as an inspiration for people to engage in creativity that leads to a better understanding between countries and between people.

To embroider is a peaceful occupation. It can be traditional made from a common remembrance, drawn designs, from a pattern, or from your own imagination. You em- broider for joy, beauty, decoration and for the creation of identity.

Stitches can be decorative, beautiful, comforting, repeating, healing, telling, plea- surable, rebellious, caressing and perfect.

People embroider out of joy, as a hobby, professionally, for the bare necessities of life and as an act of freedom. You embroider together with others or in meditative soli- tude.

We want to acknowledge embroidery as an act of free creativity, which can lead to free, creative thoughts and ideas. We want to tie our embroidery threads from the privi- leged northern hemisphere together with stiches that are sewn by embroidering sisters and brothers all over the world.

We want to be part of a joyfully creative peace movement.

The initiative came from Skåne Sy-d, a local group of Broderiakademin, the Swedish Embroiderer’s Guild. The rst World Embroidery Day took place in Vismarlöv, 30th July 2011. The importance of embroidery must be made known and World Embroidery Day will spread around the world. Make 30th July a day lled with creativity for the sake of Peace, Freedom and Equality.

www.broderiakademin.nu

 

Stitching in Paradise !

Eleven SOFAAR members and one guest came out to work on projects together last evening in the delightful Paradise Hall.

We all had a chance to get a couple of hours work done on all our projects and also enjoy some delicious blondies baked by Coryna !

We had knitting, hooking, quilting, edging, felting and cross-stitching all going on at once and it was, as it always is, interesting to see what everyone is up to.

We hope to see some more of you at our next evening event.

Many thanks to Coryna for preparing coffee, tea and sweets and to everyone who came out – from as far as Weymouth and Digby.

Cross-stitch, edging, quilting and knitting.
Cross-stitch, edging, quilting and knitting.
Ray says he still has a year and half to go on his five year cross stitch !
Ray says he still has a year and half to go on his five year cross stitch !
Audrey has a Maude Lewis piece on the go.
Audrey has a Maude Lewis piece on the go.
A beautiful felted bird by Brenda.
A beautiful felted bird by Brenda.
Cross-stitched horses.
Cross-stitched horses.
Kay knitting away.
Kay knitting away.
Christine getting the background worked.
Christine getting the background worked.