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Share a Lost Mother's Story
Stories of Mothers Lost: A Promise of Healthy Pregnancy and Safe Childbirth for All is a multi-media exhibit of fabric panels and stories that capture the tragedy of loved ones' lives needlessly lost. Anyone interested in honoring a woman by creating a fabric panel and submitting her story is welcomed. Click here to download (English, French, Spanish) a printable set of instructions and forms.
When designing your fabric panel, feel free to use images, drawings, words, or designs you believe best reflect the feeling and importance of the woman's life you are honoring. Refrain from using any organizational or promotional logos.
This exhibit is traveling around the world - so the durability of the fabric panels is extremely important! All decorations on the panel should be sewn on rather than glued. A medium weight non-stretch fabric, such as cotton or poplin, works best.
Your design can be vertical or horizontal, but the panel must be 3 feet by 6 feet (90 centimeters by 180 centimeters) - no more and no less! Batting for the panels is not necessary, but backing is recommended to keep the panels clean and retain their shape.
All participants are encouraged to use local traditions and artistic expressions when creating their fabric panel. Techniques to consider using include:
- Batik - applying melted wax to fabric before dipping it into dye.
- Appliqué - Sewing smaller pieces of fabric or other objects like letters or small mementos, onto the larger background fabric.
- Patchwork - or piecework, seaming small pieces of fabric onto the larger background fabric.
- Embroidery - decorating fabric with designs stitched in strands of thread or yarn using a needle, and sometimes incorporating other materials such as metal strips or beads.
- Collage - an assemblage of various materials glued onto the fabric to create a new whole, using items such as newspaper clippings, ribbons, photographs, and portions of other artwork.
When putting together the testimony of the woman you are honoring on your fabric panel, provide information about and documentation of her life, including her photograph if possible. These documentation materials can take the form of a letter, story, film recording, poem, audio soundtrack, or other creative means. You may include information regarding your relationship to her, her role in the community, a story or memory about her, and details about her life. These materials may be submitted in any language, which we will have translated if necessary. However, if you do have the translation completed on your own, please send both the translated version as well as the original.
Download and complete the Participant Information, Submitted Materials, and Release Consent Forms, which need to be submitted with your fabric panel and documentation items regarding the testimony of the woman you are honoring. You are encouraged to submit photographs of all who are involved in your participation during the production of the fabric panel and documentation materials.
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