Sister Artists - Mali embroidery project

The other day I was following links, as you do, and came across a charity that is helping women to learn skills after suffering Gender Based Violence from the conflict in northern Mali. It is called Quilt For Change.

This project is Sister Artists. Together with The Advocacy Project and their Advocacy Quilts, people can volunteer to have one of the embroideries sent to you. Then you work with it to make it into an art quilt that showcases the embroidery. They partner with Sini Sanuman (“Healthy Tomorrow’), a leading Malian advocate for women’s rights.

The art quilt is then sent back to be auctioned off. The money is fed back into the programme adding to the micro-enterprise, Sini Brodage, where the women are learning sewing and tailoring skills.

I would love to take part and help them. I inquired, and was reassured that although it says American quilters, they would be happy for people from other places to take part.
So, you choose the embroidery you want to work with. At first, I thought, 'Oh no! they are not going to manage this before August!' If you scroll down on the Sister Artist page on the Advocacy Project website, you see the embroideries. It looks like there are not very many that have been chosen. So, I decided to go for it. I love that kind of thing!

But when it came to making my choice, I realised there are only a few left. Some of those taking part have not sent in their photos. Anyway...I still want to do it.

This is the embroidery I chose.

Hunting with husband in the field

So, now to be thinking while I wait for it to arrive. 😁

It is a Bank Holiday in America today, too. So, the earliest it can go out is tomorrow.