Stitch for change
PANDEMIC PATCHWORK STORIES
Join the team behind the Refugee Buddy Project for a virtual series of free sewing workshops, telling stories through stitching. No experience necessary, everyone welcome.
The aim: to create a giant patchwork of individual stories, experiences and names, stitched together into one quilt – a record of community action and a shared narrative of the pandemic.
You can participate by making a cloth square 5"×5" inch or 10 x 10 inches with your chosen word or message or patchwork image. You can use scrap fabric materials, sewing, embroidering and any other techniques you feel comfortable using – but the fabric should not be plastic. Anyone can join in. You do not need to have any sewing skills to take part as they will run online sewing classes and hope to learn from each other.
Your square should depict how you are feeling; what you are doing to pass the time; who you are worried about or missing, or messages of solidarity and hope – anything that expresses your experience. (Facebook page for example).
Post your patches to OPEN, 19 Grand Parade, St Leonards on Sea, TN37 6DN, where they will be sewn together to create a huge piece of textile art. Although everyone will be stitching in isolation, the finished ‘quilt’ will join your experiences back together.
List of materials needed:
Fabric ( Cotton ) Scraps preferred
Pens and paper
Tracing paper if possible
Needle
Threads
Scissors
Ruler or measuring tape
For more information about the project go to their website: www.therefugeebuddyproject.org
To take part in the zoom workshops email: janey@thecraftimationfactory.org