This picture shows some of the embroidered squares which will go into the second wall-hanging.
The embroidered wall hanging for the women’s co-operative in Bethany has now been finished. It was on show in the Piece Hall on July 10th in the Discover Palestine Festival in its very-nearly finished state as you can see in the photo here. Now, we’ve totally completed it, seamed, stitched, secured, perfect. Over the next month or so, it will be shown in a few places locally (beginning with St Andrew’s Methodist Church, Halifax in September) before going to Palestine.
The response to the project has been so great that we have started to make a second hanging: we just had too many squares to go into the first. This next hanging will be the same size as the first and will also go to Palestine. We are consulting with the people involved in the project on its home-to-be and will post this asap.
Special thanks to Audrey, Jane, Christine and Isobel for help in creating and finishing the work, which was much admired on the day after its unveiling by Robin Dixon, Mayor of Hebden Royd.
The finished wall-hanging on show at the Discover Palestine Festival in Halifax's Piece Hall.
