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I received a lovely email from Frances in the latter part of 2019 asking me if I’d be interested in this project, which was inspired by many justice-focussed…
Education (formal or not) can enlighten and set your mind free. This is what you see in my square where the rainbow colours represent people from different countries…
This is a simple square made with some lovely fabric I found in Macclesfield Fent shop. The fabric shows different windows and balconies on what I imagine to…
The square represents someone indoors or inside. I thought about the theme of openness and I have seen other squares of a quilt in progress. It seemed many…
My square for the ‘Femedtech Quilt of Care and Justice in Open Education’ has many layers and it’s a mix of stuff I made previously, found objects, bought…
My quilt square represents diversity. It is a leaf made out of fabrics from all parts of the world. I work for INASP, an international development organisation working…
I have made a square using South African shweshwe, a fabric which originated elsewhere in the 19th century but has been embraced by African culture and is now…
Everything in my square has come from somewhere else. Reused, recycled and repurposed. I did a boro and sashiko retreat last year, and I decided to repurpose the…
When I heard about this project, I was immediately inspired, and so excited to contribute, despite having never quilted before. That’s me, and my square, in a nutshell-…
In this square I have portrayed aspects of our OER journey at the University of Cape Town’s Faculty of Health Sciences. The bright colours reflect our motivation and…
My textile contribution to the FemEdTech Quilt project was a while in the imagining and came together in reality over the last 5 weeks. I think I knew…
This small square inspired itself into being during a Turtlestitch workshop in Nano Nagle Place in Cork Ireland. A group of us (Debbie, Danielle, Sorcha, Naoimi, Sorcha, me)…
I built this block to celebrate Cynthia Solomon, a woman who embodies FemEdTech and who has spent a lifetime in computer science education. I liked playing with the…
This piece is created with three symbolic parts. The background is recycled from denim clothing. I chose the pocket area and then cut through the centre to reveal…
The call for participation for the #femedtechquilt really struck a chord in me. Thinking about caring, and sharing. What did I have that I can share? What could…
The squares in this piece of the #FemEdTech quilt are made by 11 people who are involved in open education (#opened) in the Centre for Innovation in Learning…
Visit our Adobe Spark Digital Story or watch us talk about it here … Our Collaboration Our collaborative quilt square was inspired by our connection with the GO_GN Global…
I was so delighted to see the call to participate in this quilt. I have previously used the craft as a tool for reflective practice during research. How…
When creating my square, I wanted to celebrate digital making. I spent an enjoyable afternoon creating digital art. This involved programming in python using instructions from the Raspberry…
Interwoven, connected. We are all part of the fabric of life. The colourful, the monochrome, the big and the small, the loud and the quiet ones… I started…
The intent behind this square is probably too literal. In a sense, it riffs off of Martin Hawksey’s more vividly phrased advice for men in the ed tech…
This contribution comes from a collaboration between three very different women: different ages, different experiences, different interests and activities. But shared values. We all share social justice and…
I made a square for all fellow craft challenged, for anyone unable to make a contribution, for all who support care & social justice not just for some,…
Hands to me always signify collaboration and friendship as well as the kinds of embodied knowledge that are too often marginalised. My original idea was to cut hand…
I made this quilt patch using an old curtain and my mom’s leftover embroidery thread. The messenger bag was cut from a larger backpack that used to carry…
The main fabric in my femedtech quilt square is cut from an organic cotton bag from a store called Maiwa in Vancouver Canada. In Cantonese and Mandarin maiwa…