We were unprepared for the death of The Queen, as was most of the country. We saw the photograph of her taken at Balmoral forty-eight hours previously - the tartan, the amazing smile - and then suddenly she was gone. We knew it was likely, but it was so fast, with no warning. We felt we had lost someone we knew. But we didn’t really know her, and our thoughts are with her family and those who were her friends.

After the success of the Sew Buntiful Wells project and the craft courses run by Project Factory CIC in 2019, some of those involved took the initiative to form a new craft collective where we can all share our skills, learn new ones and take part in collaborative community craft events.