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MAKING A PATCH

Hello and Welcome to the page that aims to help you add your voice to the visual collection of quilts and textiles we call Threads of Survival.

Below are simple instructions to help you make your first square ‘patch’

MAKING A SANDWICH

It was not a phrase we knew either! But to make your patch you will need:

  • a top layer – cotton or other strong material.
  • the filling – wadding that is either polyester or an old blanket square
  • a bottom layer – any strong material as it will not be seen

Cotton Shirts or old sheets are a good source of top layer material

Wadding we can supply

Backing we can also supply if you dont have any

Measurements

This is important. You need to leave a border around your image to allow the assemblers to ‘play’ with the final positioning of squares.

The National Quilts we make use squares that measure

cms – 30.5 x 30.5, inches – 12 x 12

But allow another 1.75cms/0.5inch for the seam allowance.

NOTE: Rectangle variations of the square measurement are also fine.

The sandwich of 3 layers

Fixing the Sandwich

Use either pins, safety pins or best a few anchor stitches to clip the three layers together. This means everything will stay in place as you work on the patch. Once your visual idea is complete you can remove these fixings.

Getting it to us

Once you’re happy with it you can pop it in the post to Steve, Chrissie or Christine and when we have enough squares we meet to assemble another national quilt.

The Patchwork Puzzle
Final bit…
Octopus
The Floor Puzzle
Diane at the machine
Putting it all together…

You can download this handy Instruction Card (below)

INSTRUCTIONS 4 SANDWICHDownload

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If the government WANTED TO - it could easily invest in rebuilding the workforce If the Govt. WANTED TO - it could easily rebuild the infrastructure of the system to bring back more beds, more resources. 
The simple fact is this Government DOES NOT WANT TO. It is busy following the same plan of dismantling, fragmenting and breaking the health service in order to replace it with the corporate profit model that is the USA Model. It's been happening for years and the narrative of CRISIS has helped to distract the public, distract the staff, and justify their negligence and pretence at "trying to cope with the crisis". 
Clever and Deceitful aided and abetted by the likes of McKinsey, Price Waterhouse Cooper, United Health of America, Centene and other American global corporates. This is not an external crisis of post-pandemic circumstances - the govt has used #covid to push through legislation and policies that are helping them speed up the idealogical process.
This Government are guilty of destroying our once world-leading public health service - just as they are doing with all our public infrastructre.
This government DOES NOT WANT to support people, develop healthy lives, promote critical thinking. CLosing down a healthy society is their aim.
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The brand/ublic narrative that the Government has The brand/ublic narrative that the Government has been pushing SINCE BEFORE Covid is simply - CRISIS. 
Whilst the NHS can be portrayed as an ever-failing beast that we are "coping" with; whilst the government machine dictates to the mainstream media an image of an institution unable to cope; then this government almost absolves itself of responsibility and gets away with #socialmurder 
If the government WANTED TO - it could easily invest in rebuilding the workforce If the Govt. WANTED TO - it could easily rebuild the infrastructure of the system to bring back more beds, more resources. 
The simple fact is this Government DOES NOT WANT TO. It is busy following the same plan of dismantling, fragmenting and breaking the health service in order to replace it with the corporate profit model that is the USA Model. It's been happening for years and the narrative of CRISIS has helped to distract the public, distract the staff, and justify their negligence and pretence at "trying to cope with the crisis". Clever and Deceitful aided and abetted by the likes of McKinsey, Price Waterhouse Cooper, United Health of America, Centene and other American global corporates.
#corporate #theft #privatisation #usa #integrated #socialcare #socialbreakdown #health
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Dear Mr Health Secretary A spontaneous quilting m Dear Mr Health Secretary
A spontaneous quilting moment. If you could meet the current health sec what question would you put to him? 
We're going to record questions on lovely canvas and quilt material. We must not forget these difficult times. 
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Dear Mr Health Secretary A spontaneous quilting m Dear Mr Health Secretary
A spontaneous quilting moment. If you could meet the current health sec what question would you put to him? 
We're going to record questions on lovely canvas and quilt material. We must not forget these difficult times. 
#health #healthservices #healthsecretary #ukpolitics #govt #politicalembroidery #mistakes #art #community #peoplepower #socialjustice #society
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