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Feminist crafters, how about we make a MN banner to march behind?

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 07/03/2011 10:26

don't you think?

a big cloth one with beanpoles (and tassles at the corners, in manner of old trade union banners) carried by 2 people.

ideally it would be appliqued but could be painted instead.

I think we should do this because:

  1. trade union style banners are a fabulous craft tradition that should be continued
  2. doing one for Mumsnet would bring together old and new in a way that I think would make people look twice
  3. lovely banners increase the visual appeal of a march and thus encourage people to look again and hopefully see the slogany ones
  4. there were so many of us at MWR, probably 40-50 including children, surely a contingent that size needs a banner?

wdyt?

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LadyBiscuit · 09/03/2011 19:29

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-making cardboard template of Mumsnet logo, just under 44cm high (which should be about 77cm wide) LADY BISCUIT

I will make the template with a o+ being held by the woman on the right (obviously upright :o). Is that what you meant dittany?

I will find out what the font is and get back to you all :)

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 09/03/2011 19:27

'(could our mumsnet feminist logo have the lassie on the right holding a feminist symbol instead of a bottle?)'

Yes, fab idea!
and satin stitch fine.

people doing letters which repeat might want to collaborate on templates, so when they have done theirs they could post the template to the other person doing that letter, if they wanted.

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 09/03/2011 18:52

Right then ladies sisters.

The banner is now planned.
We will need 16 letters; please write your name in caps next to the one you would like to do and repost.
There are also a couple of other, bigger jobs listed under the letters.

Letters need to be 12.5cm high PLUS any sticky-uppy bits; thus t and f and i will be a bit higher.
They are in the Mumsnet font (whatever it is called) in lower case.
You can use any colour, any fabric, check, flowery, plain, any material, cotton, wool, silk, nylon, etc. Please check for colourfastness beforehand in case we get rained on. If you would like to embellish further using embroidery, crazy patchwork, potato printing, Mooncup art, etc, that is also fine. If you would like to knit, felt, crochet, make Honiton lace, embroider on it, weave lentils, etc, that is fine too.

The letters will be applied using Bondaweb. I can get some and send you a bit if you PM me your address. The method is, you make a template of your letter then iron your fabric onto bondaweb, then draw round the template and cut out the bondaweb and fabric together. You don't need to hem it see video here. You will then send me your letter backed with bondaweb which I will iron onto the banner, then zigzag round on the sewing machine.
If you are doing something like crochet which might not work very well with bondaweb, don't worry, I'll just sew it on any way that works.
(Then if I get zigzag fatigue halfway through I'll post it to someone else to take over Wink)

if anyone spots any flaws in the plan please let me know.

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-making cardboard template of Mumsnet logo, just under 44cm high (which should be about 77cm wide) LADY BISCUIT
-using said template, cut out logo in blue silk and bondaweb
-embroider 'www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/' on light-coloured piece of fabric approx 70cm long in dark blue, using chain stitch or similar. (If no-one volunteers for this peculiar task we can write it on instead)

thanks all.

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 09/03/2011 15:00

when I've worked out exact dimensions and instructions I'll post a list of the jobs including the letters and you can all pick the one you want Grin

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GhostInTheBackOfYourHead · 09/03/2011 14:37

I can do a bit of patchwork too and would be more than happy to take a letter.

HandDivedScallopsrgreat · 09/03/2011 14:35

Sorry x-post there! Portrait is good too!!

HandDivedScallopsrgreat · 09/03/2011 14:34

I would say landscape as it gives us more flexibility on size (you can only go so tall before it becomes unwieldy). Web address is really good idea (and MNHQ would love us dearly). We could have some kind of slogan as well?

FB - patchwork! I can do patchwork (thank you Gran!). Haven't done it for a while but I was quite good at it. [breathes a huge sigh of relief that she won't be the only person who cannot wield a needle now!]

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 09/03/2011 14:32

oh f*ck it I am totally overthinking, aren't I? portrait looks better.

would like to know if anyone thinks the web address is a good idea though.

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 09/03/2011 14:25

Am busy thinking through the design.

first question is orientation - do we have it portrait (like the trade union/Suffragette banners) or landscape (but longer) which is more normal these days?

(or am I overthinking it and it really doesn't matter?)

second question: as well as Mumsnet Feminists and the MN logo, should it also have (embroidered, rather than appliqued) at the bottom, the web address, www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/ ?
this would be by analogy with other banners these days that often have some kind of contact details on them. I'm thinking it could be embroidered onto a panel, then the whole panel appliqued, so that if the web address changes it can easily be updated.

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LadyBiscuit · 07/03/2011 20:32

Okay - if you tell me what size you want it, I will do it :)

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 07/03/2011 20:22

that would be fantastic!

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LadyBiscuit · 07/03/2011 20:17

I can make you a lovely big cardboard template of the logo because I'm good at that sort of thing. But I wouldn't want to do anything else!

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 07/03/2011 19:23

also, someone needs to do the Mumsnet logo. that will be a bigger job than a letter - will probably need a craft knife!

I was envisaging it as just a plain cut-out but maybe someone has ideas as to how it could become a glorious centrepiece?

I was thinking bondaweb and zigzagging for the letters - that's how Huddersfield Feminists did theirs. But they could still be embroidered, crocheted etc.

Does anyone have a pic of the Huddersfield banner by any chance?

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FlamingoBingo · 07/03/2011 18:52

I reckon we should just do whatever craft you like best for your letter. I might do some crazy patchwork...or crochet...Hmmmmmmmmm

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