A Stitch in Time
17th January 2012
In arts, Community, environment, Recovery, textiles, Victorian Bushfires
The third anniversary of the Boolarra fires is upon us. It is magnificent to see how the bush has come back, how the birds have come back, how the houses, families, gardens and spirit of Boolarra has come back stronger than ever expected.
After the fires, new shoots dotted the landscape and a little magic was brewing among a small group of creative souls. They gathered looking for a way to tell their story, to make sense of the flames and what was left behind: a devastated, blackened landscape and a shaken and baffled community.
The result is
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A Stitch in Time - Update
23rd November 2009
In arts, Community, Recovery, Victorian Bushfires
UPDATE ON THE BOOLARRA QUILTERS - From Meg Viney, Project Manager
Over the past few weeks we have had correspondence from afar:
- A woman from Geelong has offered her mother’s vast collection of fabrics;
- A woman in Kyneton is doing a mosaic project on the Kyneton Hall, and would like us to donate fragments to their Project in return for a small quilt expressing their experience; and,
- A woman from Cornwall, in England is coming for a visit, and would like to see our quilt, and will bring a small piece from her group, who call themselves ‘The Material Girls’.
We have continued to
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Bushfire Recovery Quilt - We've finished it!
17th September 2009
In arts, Community, Recovery, Story Telling, Victorian Bushfires, wellbeing
Wednesday August 26, 2009
Would you believe it, two more women came today, keen to be involved in the Project. Their squares may not make it into the ‘A Stitch in Time’ quilt. They just want to be a part of all this outpouring of creativity. Gwenda is the postmistress for Boolarra and she is planning to do an Australia Post box amongst the burnt trees – the fires stopped the mail. June started a square about her house and, as I was busy, a couple of others took
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A Stitch in Time - An Arts Recovery Project
28th July 2009
In arts, Community, Recovery, Story Telling, Victorian Bushfires
In January 2009, a week before Black Saturday, the Delburn complex of fires near the small town of Boolarra in Gippsland blazed out of control. Thirty homes were destroyed and three people seriously injured in the fires. The people of Boolarra pulled together to support each other at a time when resources were overstretched and across Victoria everyone was staggering from the shock of Black Saturday. Companionship and community
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Bushfire Relief Events # 6
24th April 2009
In arts, Community, Recovery, Victorian Bushfires
In response to the number of events, photos and stories which have been forwarded on to Regional Arts Victoria to support the victims of the recent Victorian Bushfires, we started a blog to keep you updated on how regional communities are responding!
Read more here about the blogs here, or scroll down to see events. You can also click here to read the first post, click here to read the
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