by Alice Kettle | Apr 8, 2018 | Conversations, Stitch a Tree
Virginia and all at Kitchen Table Conversation and Crafts Projects. We are made up of 9 Syrian and 5 English women and have been meeting up since last summer and gather fortnightly. This provides a much needed and enjoyed social time away from the family and a time...
by Alice Kettle | Nov 7, 2017 | Workshops
Workshop sewing trees with machine embroidery....
by Vanessa Rolf | Nov 6, 2017 | Workshops
On Friday mornings in November I am inviting people to join me to stitch a giant patchwork map as part of the Stitching Stories programme of events. We had our first session last Friday and the stitching was beautiful, but it was the richness of the conversation that...
by Vanessa Rolf | Nov 4, 2017 | Stitch a Tree, Uncategorised
I was really excited to work with Year 3 pupils from Westgate Lower School on the Stitch a Tree project. Each class in their school is named after a British tree so this was the perfect starting point for us to talk about tree habitats, how they grow, all the ways in...