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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Remembrance Day Poppy Project

In March of this year I picked up this paper bag at the library. It contained the supplies required to knit poppies for the Cambridge Poppy Project. I got right to work and knit several poppies to contribute to the project.

Library installation


The committee were hoping to collect 10,000 poppies for this project and actually received over 33,000! 
What a terrific community response!
Several displays were created around the city to showcase the poppies for Remembrance Day.


Jenny Wren installation



Here is the Jenny Wren installation honouring the 6,000+ women who were trained for military service in (Galt) Cambridge in the 1940s.






Many of the trees around the cenotaphs are wrapped with poppies. You can see in this photo how they attached each poppy to netting.

Here is the bridge installation which is very striking as you drive through town.




What a wonderful tribute provided by creative knitters for Remembrance Day. 
Lest we forget.

15 comments:

  1. The Cozy QuilterThursday, November 11, 2021

    Wonderful community project!

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  2. Karen - Quilts...etc.Thursday, November 11, 2021

    so nice to have one area to remember the women! they are so often forgotten it seems

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  3. LauraThursday, November 11, 2021

    What a beautiful remembrance! :)

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  4. MarieThursday, November 11, 2021

    Going this aft & will check them out.

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  5. sue sThursday, November 11, 2021

    Just beautiful! There used to be a tradition in Detroit that the men who were newsboys way back when would stand at street corners and sell poppies made of crepe paper on this day. We always had one in our car.

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  6. MissPatThursday, November 11, 2021

    What a marvelous remembrance.

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  7. Cheryl's Teapots2QuiltingThursday, November 11, 2021

    Great way to remember.

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  8. ButterZFriday, November 12, 2021

    A really wonderful display to make you enjoy then think

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  9. Wendy Caton ReedFriday, November 12, 2021

    Absolutely awesome!

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  10. PreetiFriday, November 12, 2021

    I was aware of the poppy reference but these displays are absolutely spectacular. Thank you for sharing.

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  11. Janet O.Friday, November 12, 2021

    I loved seeing these photos, Kathy. Kudos to you for being a part of this.

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  12. Rebecca GraceSaturday, November 13, 2021

    Those poppy installations are just beautiful. Very poignant today as I just was listening to a History Channel podcast about The Great War/WWI last night while I was quilting. I just love the idea of using a flower as a symbol, because flowers remind us also that life is precious, beautiful, worthy, and ephemeral.

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  13. Vicki WSaturday, November 13, 2021

    What a great project and the response is so uplifting!

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  14. The Cozy QuilterSunday, November 14, 2021

    Beautiful waytoremember as a community

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  15. AngelaSunday, November 14, 2021

    Thanks for sharing the poppy project. I know one of the organizers so it is really good to see it!

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