Round 9 for the Lone Round Robin is to write or embroider a quote about 2020. I decided to use my new sewing machine and use the lettering functions to embroider two quotes. I used grey rayon thread on the grey fabric because I didn't want the line of words to be too in-your-face and contrasty.
I'm still deciding if the two side borders need their own quotes or not, and how to get some of that orange into this round as well. Maybe some stars in the corners?
Oh, and of course the two quotes COVID related. Since you can't read them well in this picture, here's what I chose.
First is from Dr. Nancy Messonnier on 2/25/20. She is the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She was talking about community spread of COVID on a White House press briefing call and said this: "It's not so much of a question of if this will happen anymore but rather more of a question of exactly when this will happen." And then the stock market fell off a cliff the next day, and the White House took over all communications about the pandemic and we are where we are. Telling the truth, warning the public, urging us to prepare for our lives to irrevocably change was not allowed.
The second quote is from Dr. Anthony Fauci on 5/2.20: "Now is the time, if there ever was one, for us to care selflessly about one another." Indeed and still.
1 comment:
I love the idea of quotes and making this quilt an homage (??) to 2020. Great idea! It's also a great idea to use the stitch lettering. I love that function.
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