This poster was created for Gaza — and Palestine — peace advocacy efforts led by Remember Who Made Them and the Anti-Sweatshop Activists Against Apartheid. The colored version is composed of textile patterns inspired by Palestinian Tatreez embroidery. I decided to include a couple touches of color other than red, green, white, black to hint at the interweaving of liberation efforts and solidarity across all of humanity.

I created two black and white versions for anyone who wants to create textile patterns of their own, inspired by fabrics, colors, and cultures that hold personal importance. My personal favorite textiles include the quilts from Gees Bend, Czech folkloric patterns that I grew up with, Rawandan block prints (especially a yellow version on a dress from my husband), mid-century weaving samples made by my great grandmother, and a very special quilt made by my best friends for my baby.

Please feel free to download any of these versions for use in peaceful protests, to put on telephone poles, bulletin boards, and walls, on front doors, etc, or for inspiration in your own projects. If you are drawn to create an actual textile version (freeform sewing, as a needlepoint backing, and simply pasting scraps of fabric could all work), I would be most inspired by you! This is a shout out to the young women I met in the street while putting up posters :-)

Download PDFs: Full Color | Tatreez Pattern | Blank pattern

Download PNGs: Full Color | Tatreez Pattern | Blank pattern