{"id":11005,"date":"2018-03-17T15:58:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=11005"},"modified":"2021-07-25T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T13:44:09","slug":"embroiderers-guild-100-hearts-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/embroiderers-guild-100-hearts-project\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;100 Hearts&#8221; project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"980\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeavingTheTyne1915.jpg\" alt=\"Leaving The Tyne 1915\" class=\"wp-image-11283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeavingTheTyne1915.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeavingTheTyne1915-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/LeavingTheTyne1915-768x753.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Leaving The Tyne, 1915<\/strong><br>My contribution to the Embroiderers Guild &#8220;100 Hearts&#8221; project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Lest we Forget\u201d are the poignant words spoken by a generation long ago.&nbsp; Those who fought in World War 1 are now fading memories to the generation who came after, and soon they too will be lost to us.&nbsp; Stories of comradeship, bravery, victories and setbacks were captured in the letters sent back to relatives eagerly waiting for news or told by those who returned.&nbsp; <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In conjunction&nbsp;with SSAFA, the Embroiderers\u2019 Guild is proud to be part of the commemoration of all those who took part in World War 1.&nbsp; Using cloth and thread as both a medium and metaphor, textile artists will interpret the stories as unique and sensitive images stitched onto hearts.&nbsp; The pieces will illustrate to a new generation the men and the animals that accompanied them; the uniforms worn and medals won; the regiments that fought together and the family members fondly remembered; the songs that kept their spirits high and the words they wrote to those back home.&nbsp; This will be a unique and thoughtful exhibition put together to fulfil the hope of a generation not to be forgotten.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I wrote about my contribution on this blog &#8211; the posts are all tagged &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/tag\/100-hearts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">100 Hearts<\/a>&#8220;. I&#8217;ve also written a summary for interested parties to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/LeavingTheTyne1915.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Lest we Forget\u201d are the poignant words spoken by a generation long ago.&nbsp; Those who fought in World War 1 are now fading memories to the generation who came after, and soon they too will be lost to us.&nbsp; Stories of comradeship, bravery, victories and setbacks were captured in the letters sent back to relatives&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/embroiderers-guild-100-hearts-project\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;100 Hearts&#8221; project<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11005","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","radius"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11005"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13390,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11005\/revisions\/13390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.virtuosewadventures.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}