The details of the Post-Hurricane Helene member project were sent to Local Cloth members in an email. I captured this information in the screenshots at the bottom of the blog.
Our Handwork Circle at Local Cloth decided to approach this as a group. We discussed it during our online Zoom gathering today. We volunteered several ideas and identified felt as a possible medium. Several of us have nice collections of felt in different colors.
The pieces must be delivered by September 1, 2026, so that is our deadline. Since this is a group project, we want to link our 2” × 6” pieces together in a chain and submit them that way.
There are two ways to submit:
Enter it in the Waterline project book in Local Cloth’s cozy corner.
Submit it online:
Update — May 2, 2026, on the Handwork Circle’s Planned Contributions
The Handwork Circle contribution, we decided, will consist of joined individual pieces unified by a heartbeat motif: the tracing of a heart monitor or EKG. We discussed ideas for designing the 2” × 6” strips that will be arranged horizontally 11 feet up the wall.
We were inspired by the Tapestry Interest Group’s installation at the Local Cloth Studio.
Chatting with Susan Gaire About the Tapestry Interest Group at Local Cloth
Ceil volunteered to create and distribute paper templates after designing the heartbeat line digitally. At present, we feel participants should have the freedom to choose their own colors, with one proviso: the heartbeat line will be red, and the background must contrast so that the red lines will be obvious.
I will send out a request for participation to everyone who has attended the Handwork Circle during the past year to ensure that all who wish to be involved are informed.
Ceil’s work from her Instagram post: page 1 is the entire length of the lines from individual contributions. Pages 2, 3, 4… show individual patterns that will include 1/4” hems.
