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Conspiracy Nation Vol. 09 Num. 48
Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 9 Num. 48
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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THE COVERUP QUILT
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From tburkett@clark.netMon Oct 14 20:45:06 1996
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 96 11:52:53 -0500
From: Tom Burkett <tburkett@clark.net>
To: Brian Redman <bigred@duracef.shout.net>
Subject: Coverup Quilt
The Coverup Quilt
Parents Against Corruption and Coverup (PACC) invites you to
participate in creating a memorial to our loved ones who have
been murdered and denied justice because of flawed investigations
or coverups. If all of us surviving families contribute squares
to honor our lost children, spouses, siblings or parents, The
Coverup Quilt will be a vivid symbolic representation of the
extent of the coverup problem in the United States. The squares
will symbolize the anguish we feel individually as we grieve and
fight for justice and honest investigations. Most of our fellow
citizens are blissfully ignorant of the extent of the coverup
problem and the pain it causes surviving families. Words alone
cannot make them understand. Yet we need their understanding and
help in asking Congress for legitimate investigations. The
Coverup Quilt can speak volumes for us!
Materials: 362 X 362 square of cotton or cotton blend fabric in
color of your choice (solid or print) 362 X 362 square of
unbleached muslin (for backing) Any of the following for letters
and designs: contrasting/coordinating fabrics for applique,
embroidery yarn, iron-on letters, stencils, embroidery paints,
permanent markers, hand made letters, fabric paints, beading,
sewing notions, other methods and materials of your choice to
design your square as you like; photo transfer is fine, materials
which create texture are fine; wonder-under is useful in making
adhesive backed fabric)
Directions: Prewash fabric to eliminate shrinking and prevent
color from running later. Your finished, seamed quilt square
will measure 342 X 342 . On paper or poster board of this size,
draw a rough pattern showing how you will position your designs
and lettering. The letters should be readable from some
distance, so they need to be around 2 1/2 to 5 inches high and
contrast significantly with the color of your square. Measure
the width of your letters, keeping in mind the width of your
square, and plan accordingly so everything fits the way you want
it to. Your loved one's name should appear on the square, along
with dates of birth and death (years alone are fine, or
month/day/year) and any other desired sentiment. Include designs
symbolizing things he/she liked, did well, etc. Once you are
satisfied with your plan, you can sew, iron, embroidery, paint,
stencil, applique, quilt or otherwise put your letters and
designs on the right side of the colored (can be white) fabric.
Next, hand or machine stitch the muslin backing to your newly
designed square, making an inside seam of 1/22 to 3/4 all around,
so finished size is 342 X 342. If you machine stitch, place
right sides of the fabrics together, stitch around three sides,
turn right side out, and hand stitch the 4th side. Do not put
batting between the square and the muslin backing. Next, with a
double thread, tack the designed square to the backing in four
places as follows: from each top corner, measure across
approximately 10 inches, then down ten inches, and make a single
tacking stitch. Knot should be on the muslin backing, not on
your designed square. From each bottom corner, measure across
approximately 10 inches, then up ten inches and place your
tacking stitch. Knot should be on muslin backing. Make your
square sturdy, so the quilt can be displayed several times on the
mall, and at nearby college campuses. Dates will be announced in
The Bulldog.
Last, Mail or Fed Ex square (By Nov 21) to:
Beth George & Tom Burkett / PACC
13456 Muirkirk Lane
Herndon VA 20171
Questions?
call (703) 435 3112
or e-mail: tburkett@clark.net or tburkett@aol.com
Squares can't be returned, so take a photo.
All squares will be kept safe!
Volunteers Needed
Interspersed with squares honoring our loved ones, (or maybe in a
separate section of the quilt) we want to place a few squares
representing earmarks of faulty investigations leading to the
"suicide" and "accidental" rulings in these cases where there is
evidence of foul play and agencies involved do not answer
legitimate questions. Whether the ruling is military or
civilian, the earmarks are the same: no interviewing of
witnesses, no tests for gunpowder residue, no ballistics tests,
lost or destroyed evidence, sham autopsies, discrepancies in
reports, forgeries, lost body parts, unexplained injuries,
stalling, lying, complicity, discrediting the victim and/or the
inquiring survivors, etc. And of course, the most common line
used in all coverups : They're just grief-stricken parents who
can't accept a suicide. We have all heard the same script.
If you are creative and have a little extra time, please make an
extra square representing/ symbolizing one or more of these
common threads running through all of our cases. (Did I miss
some?)
Can you do an extra square?
Call: (703) 435-3112
e-mail: tburkett @clark.net or tburkett@aol.com
write:
Beth and Tom (PACC)
13456 Muirkirk Lane
Herndon VA 20171
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Tommy had things he wanted to do.
Tom Burkett & Beth George
(703) 435-3112 (Voice/Fax)
http://www.clark.net/pub/tburkett/pacc/PACC.html
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