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So, we decided to buy some material and

thread, we did a leaflet drop in the parish
and put posters up around the village and
hoped that we’d get at least a few to
participate!
The idea, to take a 12cmx12cm square of
fabric and to embroider something that
made us think of our parish and our
community that I could sew together and
create a collage of embroidered squares to
represent this time!

A huge surprise to me, we had such an intake that we ran out of material and
had to get some more!!
We ended up with 37 embroidered squares. From novices to professionals people
created unique and amazing pictures with a whole wealth of stories behind them.

Some of my favourites: An interpretation of the Village Shop by a first-time
embroiderer, the shop worked so hard through the multiple lockdowns to provide
for the parish and minimise the need to go to supermarkets. A reminder of the
weekly Thursday night clap for the NHS with a picture of Campbells bagpipes.
The two Lily of the Valley were embroidered by first time embroiders who were
also neighbours. They sat in their front gardens socially distanced and
embroidered these together. They
represent the small escapism this
project enabled so many people to
achieve from the Pandemic.
A picture of the Dairy ring, with the
grass mowed to spell out NHS in
honour of the clap on a Thursday
night for all the essential workers.

An embroidery representing the
memorial at the bottom of Bladen
Valley from the VE Day event. And
beautiful pictures of the many flowers,
insects and animals we see in the
parish. The last square lists the names
of all those who took part.
I am so proud of all the Parish
achieved during this time and how
we came together to help our
neighbours get through what turned

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