Shannon Downey (also known as Badass Cross Stitch) posted about her vision to build a national cohort of craftivists across the country by developing the country’s first craftivist-in-residence programs. She announced that the first will launch in the fall of 2021 at one of our favorite museums, Fuller Craft, in Brockton, Massachusetts. But to make this really come to life they are currently seeking funding. And that's where we come in. This February our We Care Wednesday initiative will be for the CIR program at Fuller Craft. We know that you all are just as passionate about craftivism as we...

Despite the global pandemic we managed to continue fundraising every Wednesday throughout 2020 and donating 5% of our sales to nonprofits doing essential work in our community. We had grand hopes for 2020 and kicked things off with a large scale fundraising event with Knit Beyond Borders for those affected by the Australian wildfires. (Why yes, those happened in 2020 which seems like a full decade ago.)In December of 2020, Mariame Kaba, activist and organizer announced the #Warm4Holidays challenge which Virginia immediately cast on a hat for. And then proceeded to knit four more. One of the organizations accepting handcrafted...

A Modern Quilt show for these strange times. We argue about which election was the most important of our lifetime. I (Virginia) still believe it was 2000. I was speechless in a pub in Connecticut, Noah, a Canadian unfamiliar with US politics in his first year of graduate school, me a Gore supporter and climate activist. I remember the days and weeks following... Bush winning due the Supreme Court 5-4 decision to end the Florida recount. Bush won Florida by just 537 votes. Gore won the national popular vote and here we are today, still struggling to pass any real...

In 2020 we asked the gather here team if there were any nonprofits that they would like us to feature in our monthly We Care Wednesday initiative. This September we are fundraising for the Movement Voter Project. Now more than ever, we need to invest in local groups in these Big Five states. They know how to organize their own communities, and they’ve been building trust with voters long before the current crisis. They need our support to win in November and build toward a progressive future. #Textiles4MVP is a group of 100+ textile artists around the country organizing for...

We made this thorough infographic to illustrate *all* the steps to selecting curbside/sidewalk contactless pickup. It's way more work than shipping or delivery but if you want to see our eyes and foreheads (above our masks) this is *everything* you need to do and all the various information you'll receive along the way. We have found that the gather here website works best on Chrome or Firefox. So make sure you are using one of these browsers for a smoother online experience. If you've read to the end - hooray! Don't forget - we'll meet you on Oak Street. Not...