80 Candles Quilt: Every Stitch a Story

The 80 Candles Quilt is a collaboratively created memorial quilt, representing the stories of 80 individuals affected by the Nazi regime. The aim of the project has been to humanise the victims of mass genocide, encourage education through personal research, broaden understanding of the breadth of persecution and encourage active compassion which creates positive change.
Participants have researched and connected with real human stories of persecution, loss and survival which they have translated into beautiful slow stitched squares. The act of stitching both in solitary (via postal packs) and in community workshops has provided space and opportunity for deep impactful connection and compelling visual story telling.