QUILTBAG

[melannen]

I was reading rm's PSA on Queer and it occured to me that one could, in fact, make a simple nine-patch quilted totebag, with eight symbols around and the rainbow flag in the middle.

G would probably be a pink triangle, either patchwork or applique.
A would probably be the AVEN triangle, though one could use the new flag.
B would be the pink-lavender-blue flag or triangle.
T would probably be either the three-pronged symbol (applique) or the pink-white-blue flag.
L would probably be either the linked symbols or a labrys; this would have to be applique.
for I I don't know; I don't know of any pride symbols for this specifically (please tell me if there is one!) but one could use the three-pronged symbol here and the flag for T
U would probably just be a question mark
Q again I don't know; if one uses the rainbow as the center square, what goes here? There is the queer anarchy flag, but that has a specific political meaning; I'm almost tempted to go with the leather flag, as that takes in some of the queer communities that often are sidelined in GLBT and also would be fun to patchwork, but it also excludes a lot of queerness. An applique lambda might work, though (or maybe a rainbow here and lambda in the center? Or rainbow flag for Q, and the center square embroidered QUILTBAG?)

For the liner/backing, I am regretting the fact that I always throw out the incredibly ugly prints with vomit-green cabbage roses that seem to inexplicably recur. :P

And you could do one side of the bag nine-patch, and the other side as one large square for some specific identity/community that's yours and isn't specifically in the acronym: two-spirit, blue-feather, a subset of trans*, bear, poly, faerie, pansexual, bdsm, pflag, a traditional log cabin or stone wall patchwork pattern, or some combination or personal symbol that IDs the bag's owner specifically...

Anybody have any better ideas for the symbols to use for QUILTBAG, or objections to the ones I used? Anybody else interested in making or owning one of these? :D


(...we are not even going to talk about the dozen crafting/mending projects already in progress, no. Anyway two of those involve patchwork already, and if I have to pull out all the quilting stuff I might as well start a new project too, right?)


And speaking of activism and symbols, I am totally going to the Rally to Restore Sanity. (Did anybody doubt this for a second? :D) I will be bringing a sign which displays the H in Sunrays, of course. Though I am debating coming up with one with an actual political message or international fake news reference as well. Who else is going? Does anybody want to get together a whole group with h-in-sunrays signs?

Comments

[zvi]

what is the H in Sunrays?

[seekingferret]

"And a picture of an H with sunrays around it meant the hour had come: It was time to overthrow the government of the United States."

[melannen]

Like seekingferret said, it's the secret hobo symbol, from the time of the Hobo Wars, that means the time has come to overthrow the government of the United States, as revealed in the works of John Hodgman (the Daily Show's Resident Expert.)

In the modern day, though, the H can also stand for Hodgman, and it has become a secret sign of those of us who believe Hodgman is the one man who knows the true history of the US.

(...this is why I was considering also bringing an actual political sign.)

[zvi]

Yes, I see.

[starlady]

I was checking the Jet Blue website for plane tickets before I remembered that I'm going to two concerts that weekend. Otherwise I would be there. Represent!

[melannen]

You don't know how much I am hoping that this protests gets more people than the Glen Beck one. <_<

[stellar_dust]

WHY DO THESE THINGS HAPPEN AFTER I MOVE AWAY FROM DC, WHYYYY

[melannen]

You could come ~visit~! Is erinptah thinking about coming?

Also, I know I have heard mentioned that there are going to be parallel protests in a couple other cities - at least a West Coast one. You could do your own Boston one?

[hyaenid]

I'd never heard of the QUILTBAG acronym until now and I really dig it. I think I like the idea of using the rainbow flag for queer and putting QUILTBAG in the centre.

A couple of people I know are going to the Rally to Restore Sanity. Boo, so jealous :c

[fenellaevangela]

That bag would be an AWESOME gift for a friend of mine. She is so much more active in the queer community than I am (and her current bag is covered in related buttons. Covered).

Your choice of sign is inspired :-D

[alexseanchai]

Subscribing on the strength of this post. Now I need to figure out how in hell to applique things. Also whether I need to go buy fabric.