What
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Creative Health
Programmes
About Pink S
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Pink Stitch is a creative project bringing together women affected by breast cancer to share stories, make textile art, and express themselves through words and thread. We’re creating a collective textile portrait that honours lived experience and celebrates creativity as a source of strength and connection.
From June to July 2025, we ran in-person workshops. In August and September, we’re inviting the public to contribute from home. All artworks will be displayed at a free public exhibition at the Crafts Council in October 2025.
Timeline
June 2025
Workshops begin
July 2025
Workshops end
August 2025
Public at-home contributions
September 2025
Public at-home contributions
Public exhibition at Crafts Council, London
October 2025
Highlights
from the workshops
Over 7 weeks, a group of women came together to sew, stitch, and share their stories. Each session offered space for creativity and care, combining hands-on textile making with conversation, reflection, and one dedicated creative writing workshop. Participants created personal portrait pieces, each with a short written response exploring identity, illness, resilience, or joy. The workshops were led by renowned textile artist Emily Jo Gibbs, known for her delicate hand-stitched portraits. Together, we stitched not just fabric, but community, expressing strength, vulnerability, and solidarity through every thread.
Our
artists
This project is co-created by women with lived experience of breast cancer, supported by a team of artists, writers, and facilitators.
Want to know more about the brilliant women involved?
At-home
contributions
During August and September 2025, we’ll be sharing downloadable prompts and activities so you can contribute to Pink Stitch from home. Whether you’re living with breast cancer or standing in solidarity, your creative contribution is welcome.
Please check back soon, we’ll be posting how you can take part!
Pink S
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Our public exhibition will launch in October 2025 at the Crafts Council in London.
Expect powerful textile portraits, moving written pieces, and a collective celebration of women’s voices in all their complexity.
Thank you to
our partners
We extend our gratitude to our funders who have made this project possible.
This project is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and from Another Way Women’s Foundation.
If you would like to contribute to our breast cancer programme, please donate here.
Feedback from
attendees
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“Amazing great exhibition and idea. Thank you.”
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“Brilliant Exhibition! Very talented artists - loved them all. Well done everyone!”
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“I like Mohammad’s photos, they're really pretty.”
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“I love seeing the world through their eyes and the immense passion in the poems.”
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“I loved the images which captured reflections whether in windows or water, reminding us of the young souls behind the camera. ”
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“Thoughtfully and beautifully displayed in a stunning venue.”
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