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Crafting therapy in Boston homeless shelter

| Betsy

Have you seen this article about the homeless shelter in Boston that uses crafts as a therapy? And the article opening to get you clicking over…

Hers was purple, pink, and green with ruffled edges. Ina Kelley had to show off the shawl she crocheted for a daughter, because after a year of living between homeless shelters and the streets, it’s one of the only things she truly had.

“I’m still working on my blanket,’’ the 46-year-old said, dressed in nightwear and sandals, opening a bag full of colored yarn. “Being stressed, depressed with being homeless on the streets, it helps with your mind.’’

For more on the work of the Barbara McInnis House, please see their website.



Some other recent crafty links you might like:
*Alabama weaver who took inspiration from a Colorado rodeo
*Incredible Lady Gaga petit point by Francesco Vezzoli (via Jafabrit)
*Lovely post from The Textile Blog on traditions of Navajo Spinning & Weaving
* CRAFT: post from Average Jane Crafter on Small Notebook’s 4 Generations Quilt
*Results of study show that women have better sense of touch than men (thereby making them better at embroidery?)

Fine Cell Work Selling Exhibition This Thursday!

| Betsy

In or near East London this Thursday (the 19th) between the hours of 1pm and 6pm? Go check out Fine Cell Work’s selling exhibition of their wares! Their new film (below) will also be shown at the event, so hop to it!

Leathersellers’ Hall
15 St. Helen’s Place,
London
EC3A 6DQ

Having seen their work in person before, I definitely recommend going! This charity is one of my favorites the world over. The quilt shown in the video will be part of the V & A Museum’s exhibit Quilts 1700-2010, which will be from March 20 – July 4 2010.

There was a video here but it seems to have disappeared? Keeping the link in case it miraculously goes back up.

Want more?

*A Stitch Doing Time
*Doing Time: Patchwork as a Tool of Social Rehabilitation in British Prisons