News Deadline…

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The News competition closes on the 9th – this Friday! Since the competition was launched on the 8th of Dec we’ve had lots of stories to go at. What have you chosen?

If you haven’t seen the competition until now you still have time to enter. Post your entry to the “Make the News” Flickr group with a description saying which story your design relates to. We’ll post these here on the blog on Friday (closes at midnight GMT) for people to vote on over the weekend. The vote will be in comments here, like the Folksy Angels comp. Additionally Laura from Robson and Mason will pick her favourite entry to receive a selection of craft books:

  • Weekend Crochet for Babies by Sue Whiting (Amazon UK)
  • Beautiful Crochet for Heads, Hands and Toes by Melody Griffiths (Amazon UK)
  • Beautiful Knits for Heads, Hands and Toes by Alison Dupernex (Amazon UK)

And that was the news today, good day

Link to Comp

UPDATE. Sorry, we (I) made a mistake when posting this article. I said that the deadline was the 9th when in fact it is was the 7th (the 9th was the deadline for voting). I’m really sorry. Having said that it was the 9th in this article I feel compelled to extend it this new deadline, so you have until Fri, midnight, to submit. Apologies again for the cock-up.

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Making the News ~ Competition

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News is communicated in lots of different ways. Through images, which often become iconic (think of Margaret Thatcher waving out of the window at No. 10 as she was ousted, or sunshine in the artic for global warming stories), through satire, such as cartoons (I love Martin Rowson’s work) and of course through text. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a go at representing the news in craft form? Topical craft!

This post on The Storque prompted my interest. Obama mania crept into craft stuff. Sellers realised topical things, especially of the chosen one, would sell. I’m not sure that’s always going to be the case, but it would be fun to have a different take on the news, through craft (drawings, prints, simple made objects). So, let’s try and create the slowest news ever and make the news in craft form?

Laura, of the excellent haberdashers Robson and Mason has offered up

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