Stitching Cakes
Sewing with adults with learning disabilities/ difficulties (ALD). I've been going through my photos of various community projects over the years and I came across these fabulous stitched cakes made by a group of adults with learning disabilities that I taught for a while. I would have loved to have sewn these all together to make a wall hanging, but the students were understandably eager to take their own work home. When I do sewing with ALD learners, I usually help them to cut out their shapes from felt, thread needles and tie knots. After that, I encourage them to stitch on their own as much as possible. I really love their quirky stitches and great colour choices. Top a cake The main learning for them is to remember to put the needle in from underneath. I sometimes draw the shape on the back of the felt so that they can see whe...