dream rocket

More… About the Dream Rocket!

| Betsy

Back in September, I wrote about the Dream Rocket, an amazing project headed up by the equally amazing Jennifer Marsh! The idea behind the Dream Rocket is to cover a (real!) rocket with quilted panels made from around the world… facilitating our global wish for peace. The panels themselves, were a bit spendy for me right now, but now you can buy your own mini panel for the Dream Rocket for $25! That’s probably less than you spend on fancy coffee each month, or maybe even week!

How many times do you get to participate in making a 30,467 square foot cozy? How many times to you get to participate in quilting a rocket cover? Now, at long last, you can do both at the same time, therein checking 2 things off your to-do list simultaneously! Such devilishly smart multi-tasking would leave you the freedom to go on to your next task like build your own totem pole or something.

The Dream Rocket will be accepting payment for panels (full-size or mini) until March 15, 2010.

The photo up top is from 5″x7″ postcards they sell over here at the Dream Rocket store. They are lovely. [Hint: I’m sure it’s been a long time since you’ve written your gran, and they are pretty enough to go up on her fridge. Win win!]

The Dream Rocket!

| Betsy

About a year ago, I heard that the amazing and talented Jennifer Marsh had an eye on her next project. Covering a rocket with crafted goodness and hope. After tackling an entire gas station (above) and a giant tree (below), what’s a ginormous rocket? Well, the other week, I was so excited to get an email that included the press release for covering that rocket- a project called The Dream Rocket! Following the amazing Gas Station Project and Tree Project, here’s a brand new project that’s as equally as inspiring!

From the website, this project aims to:

The Dream Rocket is reaching out to students, teachers, schools, individuals, groups and organizations to create and submit over 8,000 “Dream Theme” or “Visionary” panels that will be sewn together in Huntsville, Alabama. This historical 30,467-square foot quilt will represent dreams from all over the world. During May and June of 2010, (60 days) this quilt will completely wrap the 363-foot vertical Saturn V Rocket which stands in front of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center® in Huntsville, Alabama.

I also love love love what Jennifer had to say about this endeavor, “The Saturn V Moon Rocket is the ideal example of achieving a dream that seems impossible. Whether your dream is curing cancer, going to Mars, or ending world hunger, the Saturn V is an inspiring visual reminder that any dream can come true. If we can work together to put a man on the moon, we can do anything.”

Want more information? Find out more on the Facebook page, through Flickr photos, on Twitter, and the website. You can also sign up for their newsletter here.

And for all you fellow kids of the ’80s, the U.S. Space & Rocket Center® Space Camp is what the cinematic genius that is Space Camp is based on!