Stitching Together

Creative and welcoming spaces for refugee women

We provide welcoming spaces for refugee and asylum seeking women in Bristol and Yate to be creative and make beautiful and useful textile based art, clothes, and homewares, while gaining confidence and making friends.

We offer a range of sewing opportunities from hand-sewing and embroidery to dressmaking, and we welcome the involvement of volunteers to support the project (no expertise needed but some sewing experience required).

We are currently running:

  • A weekly hand-sewing class at Yate YMCA in partnership with Borderlands, Mind and South Gloucester Council on Mondays.
  • 2 weekly hand-sewing classes (beginner and advanced levels) at our partner organisation Borderlands on Wednesdays.
  • 2 dressmaking classes for refugee and asylum-seeking women at Easton Family Centre on Thursdays
  • A weekly hand-sewing class at Emersons Green Village Hall, in partnership with Julian House and South Gloucester Council on Fridays.

I used to have to go everywhere with my husband or family, but now I can go by myself on buses, and I go to the mosque after the sewing class.

My English has also improved and I can introduce myself, I enjoy Fridays, it is a great day for me!

R, Afghanistan

Stitching Together is supported by:

Volunteer

If you are local to Bristol and would like to become a Stitching Together volunteer, please get in touch and come sew with us on Saturdays and weekdays. You do not need to be an expert seamstress or teacher.

Donate

We always need fabric and can make good use of your preloved sewing machines and sewing supplies. For donations or more information please get in contact using the form below.

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