Each diaspora community agreed to produce up to ten panels. The communities presented designs that depicted stories about how they or their ancestors left Scotland and made a new life elsewhere. Andrew Crummy, a professional artist in Scotland, re-drew the designs to obtain consistency in size, shape, lettering and so forth. Dorie Wilkie organised and led the stitchers.
The embroideries are worked on linen in coloured woollen thread using a variety of different stitches. Each panel measures 0.50 x 0.50 m. The tapestry was initially put on display in Prestonpans, Scotland, in May 2014 and then travelled to various Scottish venues as part of the 2014 Year of Homecoming Festival in Scotland. The aim is to have the embroidery placed on display in venues associated with the places where the individual tapestry panels were made.
The ultimate goal for the Diaspora tapestry group is to have the embroidery on display together with the Prestonpans tapestry in a purpose built venue in Prestonpans, Scotland.
See also the Great Scottish tapestry.
Digital source (retrieved 6 May 2016).
Digital source of illustration (retrieved 20 June 2016).
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