Here Comes the Sun (2020)

Current Projects, Here Comes the Sun

A quilt in the time of Covid 19.
Part of the Whisper to me Alone project.

We are inviting people from across the globe to make embroidery for a new quilt, Here Comes the Sun. Whoever you are, wherever you live, whether you regularly stitch, make art, or haven’t picked up needle and thread since school, everyone’s welcome.

 

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Instructions
You have three options for what to embroider on your square: a name, a sun or a combination of the name & sun.

1. We invite you to choose the name of one person who is bringing sunshine into your life during the Covid 19 pandemic. Maybe they’re a Key Worker, someone you know — a nurse, a carer, a teacher, a bus driver, a doctor or they work in a supermarket. Maybe your grandchild or grandma? You can write their full name, or their initials, or just their first name.

2. Now draw an image of the sun on paper. As simple, or as complicated as you like. Struggling for inspiration? We’ve collected a few images that might help on Pinterest. The sun is a symbol of hope, of energy, helping all things grow.

3. Have you any blue fabric you can spare? Any shade, patterned or plain. You need a 6inch (15.5cm) square, this will be your background.

4. Now try drawing your sun or writing your chosen name onto your fabric, leaving 1/4inch (1.5cm) seam allowance round the edge of the square. You might want to combine the name and the sun on one piece of fabric.

5. Embroider your picture. You can use any stitch you like, running stitch, back stitch, French knots, chain, you can use applique, add sequins, have fun. Everyone’s stitching will be different, that’s the joy.

6. When you’ve completed your square, (or maybe you have made two?) please post it to us. If you like, you can also include 19 words about the person whose name you have embroidered. Send to:

 

Here Comes the Sun
arthur+martha
PO Box 163
High Peak
SK17 1BY
Great Britain

 

Don’t forget to include your own name and email contact details if you’d like us to let you know when it arrives safely. Please let us know if you would like to remain anonymous when we share your work.

7. Once your embroidery has arrived, Lois will stitch it into the quilt.