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August 1st
Pieces are still coming in
and I
say: keep them coming! It would be great to have a huge tapestry
of friendship, made with your beautiful needlework, to show when we
really start travelling. We are now planning and working on the next
steps.
Today we have 219 pieces
from 23
countries in five continents! And from many states and cities in each
country. The Friendship Tapestry is now almost 5,5 meters (16
feet) long! and growing...
Of course there are many countries not participating yet but we keep hoping they will come and join us, as soon as they hear about us. We are only in our first year and just starting on our adventure of International Friendship through needlework. August 4th
We had a lovely visit last Monday.
When Sandy (piece nr. 27) and her husband Bob Haechrel from Oregon
stopped by on their way to Norway.  It was really nice to show them the Friendship Tapestry and we took a good time looking at each piece. We had such a wonderful time talking and laughing all evening. Thank you for visiting, it was so great! August
Anya Haldorson Gray (piece nr. 37) and her son Alex from Georgia, came for a visit. We had a great day! And found out that we are related!! It is a few generations back, but still it was really fun to find new relatives :-)  Thank you for coming! It was very precious to get to know you. Hope to see you again! September
It is already autumn here in the north. The beautiful colors are surrounding us and make us forget about the cold. These colors give endless ideas to stitch...  This picture was taken at Ţingvellir on a sunny day in the beginning of September. We are now preparing for exhibitions around the world. It takes time but all information will be here on this page as things develop. If you have any ideas or want to help, please contact us at friendshiptapestry@internet.is We look forward to share the energy of friendship, beauty and peace around the globe... October
It is already winter here in the northern hemisphere, getting colder and the days are getting shorter. But I hear from our friends in Australia that it is spring there now with beautiful flowers blooming and the weather getting warmer again. This is our planet, so full of extreems. And this is the planet we are preparing to travel with the tapestry. We are looking for possible sponsors and it takes time. We are hoping that the first trip will be early next spring! Preparations have started in quite a few places, for exhibiting the Friendship Tapestry. Send your good thoughts our way and we will let you know as soon as something is certain. I have a feeling we might have news very soon.... November
Big news!!
The first
exhibition outside of Iceland is right around the corner! As
I told you in the
beginning, we want to travel and show the beauty of stitches and the
beauty of
friendship and hope for peace the FriendshipTapestry displays. And now
we are
going to our first exhibition outside of Iceland. In March 9th
–12th 2006 we
will be at Nordic Needle in Fargo, North Dakota, to exhibit the
tapestry!
It
was through Nordic Needle
that we; Susan, Nancy and I (Ragnhildur “Rags”), got to know one
another.
Roz and Sue at Nordic Needle have supported our project the whole time
both with
encouragement and by talking about the Friendship Tapestry in their
newsletters. So it is only fitting that we start travelling at
their
beautiful needlework store in Fargo. They have a Stitching Paradise
Needlework
Retreat in March 9 – 12, and we will be there!
We are planning and hoping we can go to other places later on, but we don´t have any sponsors yet, so we will see what happens. There are some places that we are working on. We keep hoping and praying. If you have any good ideas about displaying the tapestry or about sponsors, or if you just want to comment or question; don´t hesitate to contact me at our e-mail address: friendshiptapestry@internet.is If you would like to participate in the tapestry, or if you know of anyone who would like to become a Friendship Tapestry friend, now is the time to start working on your piece (see checklist for further information), we are open for new participants! We would really like the Friendship Tapestry to get even larger before travelling! If you have a chance to come
to Fargo during the exhibition, we would be so happy to see you. I will
keep an
update under News, on this website, as we go along with the
preparations for
the exhibition and during the display, so you can at least watch it
there. We are very excited about
the trip
to Fargo in March 2006! After enjoying the display and the Stitching
Reatreat Paradise
at Nordic Needle in Fargo, North Dakota, we will drive over to
Minneapolis and display the tapestry there too! An exhibition in
an Art Gallery in Westwood Lutheran Church, St. Louis Park,
Minneapolis, Minnesota! More
details will be here on the page later.
There are other exhibiton places in working progress now, in several countries around the world. We will put news here as soon as something is decided. It is unbelievable but this is really happening! Thank you all dear friends all over the world for the interest and willingness to participate in this project of International friendship and needlework. Remember we are still taking in new participants. Everybody is welcome to be a friend and have a piece in the Friendship Tapestry.  |
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