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Spike Wheat Scots (Funding for our Home Sewn Partnership Project)
Investment project code: 172
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Home Sewn will link New Scots women with community sewing groups across North Ayrshire, using recycled materials to make a quilt, each square one woman, each locality contributing one block of squares, creating a giant quilt representing the women of North Ayrshire, which will be displayed in community venues. Quilting brings women together to share time, feelings and experiences, improving well-being through connection, creativity and shared learning of new skills. It will help communities integrate and feel positive about themselves, and continue beyond the initial project as women will have access to the sewing machine and skills to use it.
Amount Requested: £400
Refurbished sewing machine - £180 Bamboo Environmentally Friendly Quilt Backing - £40 Rotary Cutter/Cutting Mat/Acrylic Ruler/Fabric chalk/Sewing pins set x 3 - £90 Glue baste - £30 Backing material - £30 Cotton threads - £25 Quilting pins - £3 Postcards for word pieces - £2
Location: Spike Wheat Scots
Proposed on behalf of: The project would begin March/April 2023 if funded, with a plan to be ready for display in early Autumn 2023 around various venues in North Ayrshire. There is a lot of interest in sewing among New Scots women, but many lack the confidence or feel they don't have the language or social skills to join local sewing groups, and most don't have access to a sewing machine. In supporting them to join via the project, all sections of the communities involved will learn more about each other and build better connections, improving well-being and community cohesion through a shared experience as local women. It will also encourage positive feelings about local communities and neighbours, as women will be encouraged to create a pocket and add their feelings in words on living there. When displayed these could be captured on cards around the quilt, giving a vibrant visual and written representation of the richness and diversity of North Ayrshire communities and their women. It will also make use of old personal clothing or other materials destined for landfill by recycling them, giving the quilt a personal meaning. The legacy of the project will be better connectedness in communities, creating better well-being, more understanding of each others cultures and experiences and appreciation of North Ayrshire's diversity, involving Syrian, Afghan, Ukrainian & Scots women. Although the project links communities across North Ayrshire, Spike Wheat Scots is based in Whitehirst Community Centre in Kilwinning and works closely with the local community and with The Ukrainian Hub at Cranberry Moss, Kilwinning.
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