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DocuSign Envelope ID:883AB84D-78B1-4D41-BOEF-BE6A942205E0 Tell Mea Patch
<br /> • knew that each patch
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<br /> symbolized a story from
<br /> well-traveled
<br /> . past and that these tales
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<br /> Once wed devised our plot,
<br /> JI ..->== E,:;, I divided the group into
<br /> �€�.";..-•' ''''''. - teams, each charged with
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<br /> developing ideas into a writ-
<br /> ten _story scene.The various =-- - _.-_ •
<br /> ages proved a boon—with
<br /> experience and youth fus
<br /> ing for inventive descriptions.A senior high school student who -
<br /> ' brought her young twin sisters came up with brilliant names
<br /> (and later showed herself to be a wizard with textile patterns).
<br /> A woman who brought her eight-year-old granddaughter con-
<br /> tributed juicy verbs.Dynamic youngsters acted out characters
<br /> to spawn sparkling dialogue.The humor of the rambunctious
<br /> library furniture and the vulnerability of the fearful pillow gave
<br /> the story whimsy and heart.
<br /> Story complete, the Hemphill writers became illustrators. Peg Participants combined and refined their sketches,growing corn-
<br /> led them in transforming acres of white cloth into gorgeous fortable with sharing the materials and expressing awe at the way
<br /> lengths of color by dyeing cotton,linen,and silk in gallon-sized their collective energy moved the project forward.They formed
<br /> bags. Peg provided picture books and art history references to friendships while ironing,cuffing,and designing,and overcame
<br /> stimulate participants'imaginations.Inspired by the work of Eric language barriers as they sat together and sliced bright fabrics
<br /> Carle,Faith Ringgold,and photographs of the painted houses of into rectangles that would become books for the quilt. They
<br /> Ndebele women of South Africa, the group added simple geo laughed as they fused cloth for Mahogany's upholstered self and
<br /> • metric patterns to the cloth with textile inks.They cut,fused,and debated what shade of green Zigzag should be.Grandmothers,
<br /> collaged these fabrics, creating distinctive yardage from which aunts,and dads helped young hands with beading and embroi-
<br /> they fashioned the Story Quilt setting,characters,and details. dery People used the library for research, thumbing through
<br /> books and analyzing Hemphill's furniture while devising ideas
<br /> Referring to the story text,Peg invited the group to consider the about how to make a particular shape or form.The room buzzed
<br /> personalities of each of the characters in visual terms. Shady, with energy,enthusiasm,and happy determination.
<br /> a bossy lamp,had a tilt to her shade,indicating her persuasive
<br /> and bullying ways.Mahogany became a colorful patchwork of After the residency,Peg returned to her studio and integrated
<br /> scraps. Patches embellished with patterns from many lands the digitally printed text into the body of the two quilt panels.
<br /> reflected the multicultural themes of the story. Inspired by children's drawings,she mimicked their loose lines
<br /> as she stitched down all the story elements.
<br /> ,. tr ; �nr-,- Freedom hill Design transformed the Story Quilt into a twenty
<br /> r•.: four-page picture book called Tell Me a Patch Book designer
<br /> '•, ° Julia Gignoux, the newest member of TFXTile Partners,visited
<br /> • _ _ `.: the quilt design,where
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<br /> �� ,- _,=•_ =-r:' - [ Hemphill library in the early stages of th
<br /> she and old daughter, Noelle, participated in
<br /> $� ��',��i s�:�;.�'�� � _ -' d her seven-year-old
<br /> several sessions.
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<br /> . � ., .- ,.,.'� ':"•4_ Continuing the intergeneratianal collaboration that character-•u- --F--.fn i
<br /> ,� \-----T--.7- _!•i- ,,,..A.,,,,: -,',3 ��I ized the Story Quilt project,mother and daughter read the story
<br /> • ' �_: ;�1. ; where its might occur to
<br /> ,"`-` 1•'4'�4',. aloud together,imagining page breaks mi ht oc—v. ,.,a;: create the kind of tension and suspense that makes readers turn
<br /> f:._ ,r) ..r":._;i -y. ,C, •.:I':. -Si ate i
<br /> a_H . � E_ ; :gat pages.They also discussed what images a reader might want to
<br /> .i:". `i is I see on each page—which character, moment, and perspective
<br /> °;: t' `' a '- a' would add rhythm and drama to the story.
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<br /> ..11; >,, ,: �•. `F��` -'' "I was armed with technical tools and skills to design and lay
<br /> I'vi out Tell Me a Patch,but Noelle brought a pure sense of what was
<br /> fun and engaging on the page,"Julia said.
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