The Staying Inn

An online, virtual pub created by and for disabled people during lockdown.

They have a programme of events and are fundraising to keep everything free to view & accessible with BSL interpreters & captioning. Visit The Staying Inn HERE

If you are a regular and would like to take part - please do get in touch and I will send some more craft materials out to you. There is no deadline, and submissions can be added as they are received.

If you’re using the craft materials to “resist boredom” and NEVER get around to finishing a patch - you’re still taking part in the spirit of the project and I don’t mind in the slightest. Post photos of your experiments if you’d like to share!

A blackwork embroidery piece with a black satin ribbon border. Across the top, the text reads Sede In Domo Tua. Beneath that is a line of white stick motifs with roller balls, and below that, wheelchair user symbols. The line of text beneathe the wh…

Two patches with a pale blue cross stitch fabric label above them to the right of centre which reads at Stedders 1975. The left hand patch is blue felt with a purple fabric centre. Metallic cube beads with letters spell the word Blanket in an arch, …

On the left of the image is a patch featuring a yellow and pink fabric square with a purple satin square layered on top. An orange shield is framed by yellow cord, and the hashtag Dis hist is written in red marker above an embroidered crutch and a s…

Top left of the image has a credit label on cross stitch fabric which reads Marie Twitter handle at Mrs R I E B. The piece is a large rectangle of the same pale blue cross stitch fabric with a floral alphabet in reddish roses and navy which reads No…

Above the main patch a credit label reads at life underscore continuum. The image shows square of dark brown fabric with lilac and mustard arches. Sewn on in a grid are 4 smaller patches. The top left is on pale purple velvet and reads Trust My Self…

Two patches are shown, a pale blue horizontally striped canvas with writing in navy pen which reads, "my body is a temple. crumbling, cursed and haunted". a second patch on a rectangle of denim is to the bottom right, blanket stitched on at a jaunty…

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