Monday 2 January 2012

Competition: win a St Cuthbert's Banner flower

Happy New Year, everyone!  To get the year off to a good start and to celebrate finishing St Cuthbert's Banner, I'm running a competition, where you can win a Banner commemorative piece.

Here's the prize:


Anyone who's followed things this far will recognise this as a wood aven flower and leaf, exactly the same as the ones on the Banner itself, and on a piece of the same velvet.

As I worked on the Banner I recorded all the time I spent on it, and added it all up at the end. So, to enter the competition, all you need to do is estimate the number of hours it took to complete. The person who gets the closest wins, or in the event of a tie, one of the tying entries will be drawn at random. To give you all plenty of time, the competition closes on Sunday 15 January, and I'll announce the winner the following day.

You can either leave your answer in the comments below, or if you'd prefer, email me at info@rutholearytextileart.co.uk.  Please do not leave any contact details at this stage - I'll be in touch with the winner after the competition closes to ask for them then.

Good luck!
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15 comments:

  1. lewmew2 January 2012 at 18:24

    492 hours :) Beautiful work!

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  2. MeganH2 January 2012 at 18:38

    400 hours...

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  3. Lynn2 January 2012 at 23:59

    525 hours...Beautiful I've learned alot from this journey of yours

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  4. Rachel3 January 2012 at 13:06

    621 hours - and worth every minute!

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  5. Anonymous4 January 2012 at 07:20

    Oh wow. That's beautiful! My partner went to a school called St Cuthbert's (in Newcastle, as far as I know), so I'm going to try for this. I'll guess you spent at least 800 hours on the whole thing.

    It's a great achievement!

    SongBird

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  6. KMK4 January 2012 at 12:57

    I'm guessing 925 hours -- I've loved watching it come together. Thank you for sharing and for the chance to win this sample.

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  7. Elizabeth Braun4 January 2012 at 19:20

    It's a fantastically impressive piece of work, Ruth!

    Given the length of time it took, I'd say something in the region of 1300 hours, if not more!

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  8. Anonymous5 January 2012 at 15:11

    Its beautiful!

    I think maybe 670 hours (Clair Hillier)

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  9. Anonymous5 January 2012 at 17:55

    Hmm, very difficult to estimate, it looked a lot of work! I'll guess 970 hours.

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  10. Anonymous10 January 2012 at 15:37

    Hard to imagine how much of your life it took but I'll guess 1150 hours altogether.
    (Lynda T)

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  11. Cynthia Gilbreth10 January 2012 at 21:32

    I'm going to guess 1,020 hours! Quite a lot, in my opinion! But it was all work it (easy for me to say:) )

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  12. Mary Martin13 January 2012 at 17:04

    I'm guessing 1400 hours. And I bet that's still low. I can't wait to see what the number really is!

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  13. Agnė14 January 2012 at 22:22

    Well, it was a great project and I cannot imagine the time. Let it be some 826 hours. Why not?

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  14. Mrs.Bomberger15 January 2012 at 15:29

    What a wonderful banner. My 7th graders are anxious to hear how many hours the banner took. My guess is 2051

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  15. Mrs.Bomberger15 January 2012 at 16:29

    I guess 2051

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