Phavine Phung

Doing a PhD | Visual sociology | Family migration | Quilt-making

"Stitched with Love": A collaborative quilt making project

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

We are pleased to invite you to the launch of “Stitched with Love: Stories of Family Migration” exhibition.

🗓️ 03/12/22
📍Lady Chapel, Coventry Cathedral
🧵 Drop-in workshop 12-4pm
🎙️ Panel discussion 4:30-5:30pm

More info https://t.co/KwumOWiVjL

[Lords Committee on Justice and Home Affairs @LordsJHACom]

We heard about a child who "believed his father lived in the computer" and from another one who "didn't believe his dad had legs", because they had only ever met through video calls.

Watch 📽️ and read: https://t.co/xXdUAMupU4

@BritCits @ReuniteDivFamil

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

@tripsandflips_ ahh so glad I found this book!

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

@JemChanOT Hi Jemma! Yes, I use quilt making as part of community engagement in Coventry and for my PhD :) Love to chat! https://t.co/TwU1J1bY6e

[CUCR @thecucr]

3. 'Stitched with Love' visual sociologist @PhavineP reflects on participatory textile making ('the objects that we are handling, like quilts, are vested with histories and biographies of their own, what are we to do with them? How do we care for them?') https://t.co/SsLdLdH6cy

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

You can read about my reflection on the making of the "Stitched with Love" quilts on Streetsigns! :)

[claire levy @clairelevy]

Fab exhibition on @CoventryCathed1 showing the participatory quilting project by @PhavineP - read more about 'Stitched with Love' with cross-national families affected by the harsh migration rules in UK on Streetsigns from @thecucr @SociologyGold https://t.co/cUgtuEiGxR

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

@clairelevy @CoventryCathed1 @thecucr @SociologyGold Thank you @clairelevy! :)

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

I want to thank those who joined our workshop and panel yesterday! Thanks to our wonderful speakers who shared their stories, reflections and a poem! And thanks to those who helped put the exhibition together. I have so many thoughts!
The exhibition will run until the 31/12.

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

TODAY!!
Drop-in anytime from 12-4pm for our crafting workshop to make a collective quilt!

Our panel will start from 4:30-5:30pm with an amazing line of speakers: a researcher, immigration activists, a poet!

See you all there at the Lady Chapel, Coventry Cathedral!

[Nirmal Puwar @spatialmutation]

Some things come to you in the moment while watching an install - 3 quilts sitting alongside Graham Sutherland's tapestry, whilst reflecting with the tilted coloured squares and triangles in the quilt work and the incredible stained glass windows of the cathedral.

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

Both crafting workshop and panel discussion will be at the Lady Chapel.
The whole exhibition will run from 01-31 December 2022. See you there!

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

We installed our quilts! These quilts have been sitting in my house for a year and I'm so happy they are now telling stories in this beautiful and inspiring place. I'm so thankful for all the help I got yesterday!

03/12/22
workshop- 12-4pm
Panel- 4:30-5:30pm

Poster below!

[Eiri Ohtani @EiriOhtani]

With so many new people experiencing asylum/immigration system for the first time, it is critical that we keep on highlighting basic information about lawyers and legal advice so that they know how to navigate the system better.

Please share it widely.

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

@brisofa @CloudChild9 Thank you Fauzia ❤️ 🧡 😺

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Dementia is the leading cause of death in the UK. By 2025, over 1 million people will be suffering from the disease. The impact on loved ones is unquantifiable.

Now, more than ever, we need a National Care Service — publicly funded and free for all those who need it.

[Jeffrey Boakye @jeffreykboakye]

The amount of additional social and emotional labour that black and brown people have to perform, just to exist... Think for a moment how difficult conversations like this are to navigate. To have to teach, justify, defend, deflect and carry dignity all in one breath. It’s a lot.

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

Since then I always use it, including for quilt binding- mainly because it reminds me of her. She passed away a year ago. The stitches we use carry our family memories and histories.

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

Is there a particular stitch that links you to your loved ones?
I did a bit of hand binding for my quilt today and came across a video that uses a different stitch for hand binding. I've always used the 'almost visible' hemming stitch for binding and will never use anything else

[Phavine Phung @PhavineP]

Back in the early 2000s my family, including my grandma went on a holiday. Grandma bought a trouser that was a bit too long. She asked me to fold it up and hem it for her using the stitch she taught me. It was the invisible hemming stitch.