Getting Involved
Your story of the Yarra River is part of the river's story. It will be a valuable contribution to the quilt.
Who can be involved?
Anyone who has a connection with the Yarra River—and you don't need to be an expert embroiderer or an artist.
What's the quilt going to look like?
The quilt is being created in panels 1 metre wide by 2 metres tall and in each shire region along the river. These panels will be housed in the shire in which they were created to tell the stories local to that district. Once all the panels are complete they will be brought together for an exhibition that will tell the tales of the river from the mountains to the bay.
How do I get involved?
You make an A4 size quilt block (either portrait or landscape) that tells your story about the Yarra River. You can use words, symbols or images to tell your tale. Media such as embroidery, paint, photography, print, stitching or any other may be used.
Simply contact Kate Whitehouse etakwhitehouse@yahoo.com.au to receive your block of fabric and celebrate the Yarra with us.
When can we see the Long Yarra Quilt?
See the Long Yarra Quilt at the Upper Yarra Arts Centre, Main Street, Warburton, right through March 2006, as part of the Connect to the Yarra exhibition, supported by Melbourne Water. Other features of the exhibition include a display of photographs of the Yarra as it was in 1904 and as it appears today.
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