What unprecedented times these are due to the current worldwide Coronavirus pandemic. In particular, the need for additional Personal Protection Equipment for our NHS and care staff has led to a call for action. Many of our WEG members have responded, using their stitching skills to create scrubs (clothes worn under protective equipment), scrub caps, headbands and mask extenders. In addition, scrub bags have been made so that workers can safely carry their uniforms home to wash.
A new, dedicated website, www.worcestershirefortheloveofscrubs.co.uk is proving to be an invaluable reference source for our WEG members to turn to. It includes information on choice of fabric, patterns, tips on how items should be made, labelling etc. as well as advising details of who to contact within our county. It has been created as a regional offshoot of the national “For the Love of Scrubs” by the group’s central team, Katie P., Sian W. and Sue H. and we, at Worcester Embroiderers’ Guild, are most grateful to them for the support they are giving in leading the hundreds of volunteers across our region.
A separate initiative, also detailed on their website, shows how crocheted hearts are being made to be distributed to those who have lost family members or friends to the virus. It is understood that these can also be stitched in fabric and perhaps embroidered.
