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

[sethstarkaddersmackerel]

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?

Have MNHQ approved the improvement bastardisation of their logo btw?

SSM did you send me some? I think I did request some but can't quite remember...

I'm so pleased it arrived safely :) I'd better get on with my sewing!

What's the deadline for banner letters?

They should be around 12.5cm high rumpel - I can't remember which letter you have but that was the base size I used for all the letters

12.5cm high not including sticky uppy bits, so if you have a f or something it would be a bit more than that.

I've got some fabric - it's tie-dyed sort of reddy pink. Could feasibly have been made with menstrual blood :o

Yooo-hooo se-eth. Over here please :o

I am going to try and do mine this weekend or it's never going to happen - have house full of people most of Easter hols

Uhm, I don't suppose someone would like to give me a deadline to do my letter by, otherwise I will never start, this way I can leave it till a couple of hours before the deadline then panic and actually do it! TIA

How is the banner doing ?
Just saw this thread and wondered how you were getting on,hope to join you all on a march someday .

How is it going? Will I ever get a chance to march behind it?

Too scared to read this yet. You are all waiting for my F, aren't you?

I haven't done mine yet either...

Where are we supposed to be sending them, again?

I've started mine, sewn about 100 beads on so far but got so much left to do. Glad other people aren't finished yet either!!

Oh thank goodness everyone else is lazy/scatterbrained/busy (delete as appropriate) too! I thought everyone else'd be done by now. Am about half way through. I've made my letter and wonder-webbed it but can't decide how to decorate it - I'm thinking glitter.

You must keep crafting, you inspirational crafters, because while I never know if I'm moving back to the UK if I EVER do I am going to march behind this banner at some point (probably while remembering this thread and creasing up in laughter) - so don't stop crafting!

Can I just check....what colour is the background of the banner going to be?

My letter is made of dark purple felt-type stuff, with white shimmery beads around the edges and little female symbols sewn around too.

I'm hoping this won't clash too much with other people's letters / the background!