In September we created our own Women’s Week. Designed to share with our online community some stories from the studio with the help of a few special individuals, meet Esterline, Virginie, Fideline, Rosine and Cleire: Esterline is the President of Stitch Sainte Luce. Income generated from selling her embroidery through Stitch has not only helped her afford school and hospital fees but small luxuries like new clothes for church and celebrations. The biggest change Esterline ha

We love to travel the UK sharing the Stitch products and always get such a fantastic interest from market-goers not only on the products but also the project and wider SEED Madagascar organisation. It’s a great way to tell people what we do and a great way for people to find out how they can get involved. As we head towards the end of 2018 (where HAS this year gone?!) we’ll be heading to our usual haunts and visiting a few new spots, here’s where you can find us and when: Por

A couple of weeks back we looked at the history of Madagascar, the country’s independence and how the SEED Madagascar projects bring independence to individuals and communities in the South East. As Stitch progresses through it’s fourth phase, independence is on the horizon for the cooperative. Last week both the embroiderers and the SEED project staff spent the week planning and developing a visual roadmap to guide the women towards an independent future. The women have pick

Online shopping is something that pretty much everyone does these days, first and foremost for it’s convenience and secondly you can find some pretty good discounts. Amazon is a big player in this and although many involved in the sustainability space boycott Amazon for it’s less than desirable impacts on the environment they are trying to do better. One of their initiatives that particularly benefits us at SEED Madagascar, and subsequently Stitch is the Amazon Smile programm

Last month we celebrated 58 years of Independence for Madagascar, a monumental day in the history of the country and its people. Madagascar’s history takes twists and turns, a nation that was continually and reluctantly ruled by outside nations willing to fight for it. Over the past two thousand years the island has received waves of settlers of diverse origins including Austronesian, Bantu, Arab, South Asian, Chinese and European populations with various leaders staking clai

We are still so delighted with our new embroidery studio, we are just desperate to show it off! This was our studio under construction, it looks so amazing with people and embroidery in it. This was the studio under construction, February 4th 2014 In order to bless a new house, tradition in Sainte Luce dictates that a small amount of alcohol is given to the ancestors to ask them to bring luck to the building and those inside. Blessing the new studio in Sainte Luce Our ‘fomba