Textile Jubilation
Author: Gilli_ann
Title: Textile Jubilation
Rating: G
Characters: Gwen, Arthur
Pairing: Canon Gwen/Arthur
Summary: The decorations for Queen Guinevere's birthday celebrations are uniquely her style
Word Count: 350
Bingo 2022, Prompt: 'Birthday'
Author's Notes: Canon setting, and that's a vertical bingo for me! \0/
Textile Jubilation
Gwen was affectionately regarded as the commoners' queen by the people of Camelot, due to her humble beginnings and her care and compassion for everyone, whether low-born or of high rank. In acknowledgment of this, and in order to involve their people in celebrating Gwen, Arthur ordered that there be festivities all through Camelot on his queen's birthday.
The castle and the lower town were to be decorated according to Gwen's own wishes.
When the big day arrived, Camelot was a marvel to behold. Stretched across every street and alley, and pinned along every clothes-line, there were knitted or crocheted fabrics, richly patterned. Beautiful quilted hangings decorated the doors, and jubilant patchwork banners fluttered joyfully from all the flagpoles as well as from the castle's many spires. The most magnificent woven tapestries had been brought out to decorate the lower castle walls.
So it was that on Gwen's birthday, Camelot had become a veritable riot of creativity and imagination, of patterns, fabrics, colours, and textures.
Standing with his queen on the high battlement that offered the best view, Arthur applauded his kingdom's festive look, unusual though it was, but wondered about Gwen's reasons.
She beamed and gestured, her sweeping motion taking in all the glorious decorations. "A queen is a woman, and this is women's work, Arthur. Look at this magnificence, the skills! Remember how necessary all these crafts are, yet this work all too often gets taken for granted and seems invisible. I want to change that, if only for a day at first. This deserves praise and recognition. Recall that I used to be a seamstress, dearest."
"I see," Arthur mused. "It's a point well made. But shouldn't there be flowers?"
Gwen snorted. "Flowers are best seen in gardens where they can grow and thrive, not wilting in garlands, nor dying in vases. And besides - I've arranged enough flowers myself to last me many lifetimes!"
Arthur laughed, and lifted her hand to his lips. "Then out with the flowers. Quilts and knits and embroidery are the order of the day. Let the queen's textile celebrations begin!"
Title: Textile Jubilation
Rating: G
Characters: Gwen, Arthur
Pairing: Canon Gwen/Arthur
Summary: The decorations for Queen Guinevere's birthday celebrations are uniquely her style
Word Count: 350
Bingo 2022, Prompt: 'Birthday'
Author's Notes: Canon setting, and that's a vertical bingo for me! \0/
Textile Jubilation
Gwen was affectionately regarded as the commoners' queen by the people of Camelot, due to her humble beginnings and her care and compassion for everyone, whether low-born or of high rank. In acknowledgment of this, and in order to involve their people in celebrating Gwen, Arthur ordered that there be festivities all through Camelot on his queen's birthday.
The castle and the lower town were to be decorated according to Gwen's own wishes.
When the big day arrived, Camelot was a marvel to behold. Stretched across every street and alley, and pinned along every clothes-line, there were knitted or crocheted fabrics, richly patterned. Beautiful quilted hangings decorated the doors, and jubilant patchwork banners fluttered joyfully from all the flagpoles as well as from the castle's many spires. The most magnificent woven tapestries had been brought out to decorate the lower castle walls.
So it was that on Gwen's birthday, Camelot had become a veritable riot of creativity and imagination, of patterns, fabrics, colours, and textures.
Standing with his queen on the high battlement that offered the best view, Arthur applauded his kingdom's festive look, unusual though it was, but wondered about Gwen's reasons.
She beamed and gestured, her sweeping motion taking in all the glorious decorations. "A queen is a woman, and this is women's work, Arthur. Look at this magnificence, the skills! Remember how necessary all these crafts are, yet this work all too often gets taken for granted and seems invisible. I want to change that, if only for a day at first. This deserves praise and recognition. Recall that I used to be a seamstress, dearest."
"I see," Arthur mused. "It's a point well made. But shouldn't there be flowers?"
Gwen snorted. "Flowers are best seen in gardens where they can grow and thrive, not wilting in garlands, nor dying in vases. And besides - I've arranged enough flowers myself to last me many lifetimes!"
Arthur laughed, and lifted her hand to his lips. "Then out with the flowers. Quilts and knits and embroidery are the order of the day. Let the queen's textile celebrations begin!"