More Cranes for Hiroshima

Hi Crafters

Just a quick post today as I am off to line dancing and then preparing for a craft group tonight.

On 30th May I posted about the cranes I had been making to give to a friend who was sending them to the Hiroshima Peace Museum.

Well we decided, when we got together again, to hold a craft session for any other ladies who would like to learn to make the cranes and make one for themselves and one to add to those being sent to Japan.

So on 31st July we are holding a craft session at the Chapel in Pawlett, 2-4pm.

We can take 20 ladies and the cost is just 50p for materials and a cup of tea, as the crafting is all about the cranes. Hopefully it will inspire everyone to help us send a good number to Japan. 

The cranes are folded origami style and represent longevity and peace. Each day 1000 are burned in the name of peace and in memory of the little girl who believed if she made 1000 cranes, she would get better, but who died of Leukaemia before completing her target. The girl had lived in the area of Hiroshima when the bomb had been dropped and developed Leukaemia a few years later. 

Such a touching story and one that had served as a reminder of the need for peace throughout the world.  

I will let you know how we get on.

If anyone would like to join us or send cranes please email me for more details 

The large white crane at the head is made from standard copy paper as a template, the brown and cream one next in line is made from a 6 x 6 paper and the others from 4" squares.

Dee