At our Regional Meeting in December 2022, we heard a speaker from ANAWIM, the women’s centre in Birmingham which supports women in need. After hearing this speaker, we decided to continue making these gym style backpack bags from donated fabrics at our Sewing Sisters sessions.
This enabled us to continue using our skills and donated fabrics to create items that can be given to women who need them when they access ANAWIM services.
This expands on our other sewing projects for women and children in Uganda and for the Buddy Bag Foundation. We meet in a member’s home and all club members are welcome to come along even if they don’t sew. They help with pressing as well as providing much needed refreshments. Our sessions normally end with a bring and share lunch.
Over the course of several sessions we made a total 24 bags which were delivered via a SI Solihull member, Janet Hemlin, who is a trustee of ANAWIM.