This quilt is more than a year old, but I wanted to share it. I made this to commemorate the historic election of Barack Obama as President.
I had asked friends and family around the country to send me the front pages of their local papers for this project. I didn't know at the time that the Newseum would have them available online. There are now more than 700 PDFs of front pages available for download at www.newseum.org.
I had asked friends and family around the country to send me the front pages of their local papers for this project. I didn't know at the time that the Newseum would have them available online. There are now more than 700 PDFs of front pages available for download at www.newseum.org.
I was not completely happy with the finished quilt, because of the glossy surface of the articles. I used tshirt transfers for the image. I have since learned that I should have used photo transfer paper instead. Oh well, live and learn.
The quilt was presented as a gift to my friend, Merle Gordon who had worked on the campaign with me.
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