Envelope Feedback

Since last Wednesday (26th March) I've given out a couple of envelopes to friends and the feedback has been really really positive! My housemate even asked for another one so she could contribute some more! She's on the Fashion Design with Textiles course at University and as she's been on placement this year she's found herself a little out of touch with the textiles side of things. She's said that it was really nice to get back into embroidery as she absolutely loves sewing, especially for something which is so rewarding.

Another friend I gave a envelope to is currently in the middle of doing her dissertation. I was sure to stress to her that I didn't expect her to spend any more time than she could afford doing it. She was really excited to take part in the project though, and loves doing crafts and fed back that it was 'lovely to have a break from the headache of dissertation writing'. This shows how engaging in crafts can have a positive emotional effect as it provides rest-bite from the everyday stresses of University and other responsibilities. The simple act of stitching, without over thinking what you're doing can be therapeutic and I think this is a lovely way in which our project is helping another community emotionally. We're helping them relax while they help us achieve our goal for Inn Churches and it really embeds the samples with emotion and story.

This feedback has really made me feel positive about the project, it seems that we're helping various communities in more ways than one and I love that that's the impact craft can have.