During March we have been exploring the achievements of women stitchers from the past. Today we are fast fowarding to the present and celebrating the wonderful work of our very own talented Youngish Quilter, Livia! Livia and many more YQs are paving the way to the future keeping the craft of quilting alive and thriving. … Continue reading Meet Youngish Quilter: Livia
We hope you are enjoying our focus on the achievements of women stitchers. Today, join us for a dive into the history of banner-making about a hundred years ago, as it was used by the suffragettes in their fight to gain votes for women. The suffragettes had started to use calico banners with slogans printed … Continue reading Suffragette banners
We hope you had an empowering International women's day on Sunday. Collectively, each one of us can help create a gender equal world! Continuing the theme from Sunday we thought we'd share an interesting project that The Guild took part in in 2018. The Quilters’ Guild supported PROCESSIONS, a mass participation artwork that marked … Continue reading Votes for Women: PROCESSIONS 2018
International Women's Day (March 8) celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women's equality. The 2020 International Women's Day theme is #EachforEqual - the campaign reminds us: Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day. … Continue reading Happy International Women’s Day
