The COVID Stitch
In March 2020, The Advocacy Project invited partner organizations in Nepal, the US, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda and Bangladesh to describe the impact of COVID-19 on their lives through embroidery. The invitation inspired 207 individuals, almost all of them women and girls, to tell their stories through 218 blocks. The blocks were dispatched to talented quilters as their reached us and by the end of 2022 they had been assembled into the 12 quilts shown on these pages. The quilts and artists were profiled in a catalogue, The COVID Stitch, and the quilts were exhibited on October 12-23, 2023 at The George Washington University Museum and the Textile Museum in Washington DC. To order a catalogue, donate $35 (includes postage) through the DONATE button on our home page and email Bobbi Fitzsimmons – Bfitzsimmons@advocacynet – with a mailing address. Email us to exhibit the COVID quilts or to participate in a future quilting/embroidery project. We rely on volunteers!
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