SewMarvellousCharityMakes

A volunteer sewing group based in Birmingham and Solihull. Making items for charity and community groups in our area.

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Here are the first 64 patchwork blocks all sewn together! These patchwork blocks are being pieced together to create a lasting textile memorial of the Pandemic that represents the multitude of experiences within Parliament whilst also demonstrating unity through a single quilt.

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🎺Announcement 🎺oup founder,@marcieporteous, has been invited to the Queen’s Garden Party in recognition of her charity work. 2 years ago Marcie gathered a team of volunteers, helping the NHS by making & distributing scrubs. Work continues with local charities.Congratulations!

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We are providing hats & scarves for SAIF Homes until the end of February. The weather is still cold and the SAIF residents need all the support they can get to leave homelessness for good. Thank you to our knitting volunteers - these items are so needed & appreciated!🧶

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Our lovely team of volunteers have been busy🧶🪡 One of the local charities to benefit is Acorns children's hospice in Selly Oak and we received a letter of 'thanks' for the bibs we recently sent. @AcornsHospice #sewing #volunteers

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Here's a fabulous idea to use some of your scraps. Get a frame from a hobby or craft shop, and tie your scraps onto it. I love the creativity shown by our volunteers Kirsty and Emily, do check her out at #scrapbusting @singularly_stitched.

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These are wonderful! Which one is your favourite? These beautiful teddies have been crafted by Colette👏 who volunteers with us. These animals have been dispatched in one of the #bagsofhope which will be given out to vulnerable children in our community by the @higginsfamily5

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And that's a wrap! Thanks to our dedicated volunteers, we have provided over 400 gift bags to our wonderful charity partner @thehigginsfamily5 We have been helped in our task by a group of ladies who attend Ladies Day at Christchurch in Sparkbrook. Thank you to everyone involved

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Thank you Alison! She has done a fabulous job leading one of our teams. Sadly she has stepped down as Team Leader but is staying on as a volunteer! She will continue sewing with us and volunteering to make a difference in our community.

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It's always great delivering our charity makes to our Charity Partners. David @babyaidbirmingham is always so happy to receive our MorsBags, look at that smile! His charity continue to need our bags as they are filled and sent out very quickly. Would you like to help sew bags?

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@alexaldowns Hello. Thank you for letting me know. I will ask our admin to look into this for you.

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Look at these Christmas bags for @thehigginsfamily5 ! A repurposed and donated fabric has been used here. We are getting closer to our target but we do need all the help we can get, so do get in touch if you can sew and make some bags too

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We have made 30 sets of hats & scarves for one house run by our partner SAIF Homes, Social & Health Care Homes Ltd. We are now half-way though this project.
Can you help us reach our target of 300? Please get in touch 🪡🧶#knittingforcharity

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Just a reminder that we used to be called @brumscrubs We changed names a while ago. If you followed #brumscrubs and wondered why we had been so quiet, that's because you need to follow us @sew_marvellous Do get in touch if you would like to sew, knit or crochet for charity.

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@alexaldowns @HigginsFamily5 That’s wonderful and so very kind! Please email [email protected] and we can go from there. Thank you @alexaldowns

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Our volunteers have been making these Christmas gift bags for our partner charity @higginsfamily5. These bags will be used to deliver presents to vulnerable children in the Birmingham area. We are working hard to reach our target of 700 bags by end of November. Can you help?

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Women have been really grateful to receive them and commented on how pretty they are. Before this we were always struggling to get enough bags together for the donations so it is amazing to have such a lovely supply from Sew Marvellous!"

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It is so good to see that what we do @sewmarvellous makes a difference. We recently delivered #Morsbags to Women's Aid. Emma Coleman from the charity was very thankful and sent us the following feedback: "The Morsbags have been so helpful for us and really brighten up our day. ➡️

[Bham&SolWomen's Aid @bswaid]

Thank you so much to @Sew_Marvellous for these sturdy handmade bags, which we will be using when supporting women with welcome packs and food. 💜

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Look at these handy sets! Our wonderful Sue has prepared these ready to sew kits for our volunteers to make gifts bags for @higginsfamily5. These lovely handmade gift bags will be used for presents for vulnerable and disadvantaged children. Do you like sewing and like to help us?

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After endless support and fabulous organisation skills, Sue stepped down from her role of Team Leader. We are all so grateful for all that Sue has given us. She has been a fantastic team Leader. To show our gratitude, we came together and made her a Sew Marvellous gifts🪡🎁