With this project, hanging by a thread takes on a whole new meaning. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a world where everyone got along, people took care of each other, and everyone looked forward, into the future, together? It would be a wonderful and refreshing way to live. “The Thread Project: One World, One Cloth,” hopes the same thing and as an expression of that hope, is making a blanket for the entire world from all of our threads.

The world’s blanket is divided into seven sections:
• Purple symbolizing hope
• Red symbolizing harmony
• Indigo symbolizing the prayer of tolerance
• Green symbolizing reconciliation
• Orange symbolizing the dawn of change
• Yellow symbolizing lightYellow=Light
• Blue which is named Sophie’s Mantle

Woven material is composed of warp (the vertical threads) and wefts (the horizontal threads). A company has donated the warp threads to determine the dominant color but all of us out here in the real world are donating the weft threads.

They can be anything from a literal thread to strips of cloth torn from a shirt. Tying a variety of threads together end to end is a particularly good way to express the story of the “thread” and give character to the panel.

The fuzzy bits around knots add character and the variety of materials used, from shoelaces to fishing lines, yarns to strips of fabrics, reflects the variety of people and their stories worldwide.

Special threads
Any and all threads are welcome. However, instead of sending a generic thread, you may want to select a thread that carries special meaning. Ribbons from baby booties, wedding bibles, wedding pillows, stuffed animals, and christening gowns already have been tied on. You may wish to send a particular piece of lace or twine. Some have cut an inch-wide strip from a special article of cloth or clothing. Family, friends and couples have joined or braided threads together as one.
The Thread Project

You have until May of this year to send in your threads. Put your story, or the story of someone you love, in the world’s blanket. Become a part of something bigger than any of us individually.

Instructions on Sending a Thread

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