Welcome
Welcome to Connecting Threads: A Community Quilt for Perinatal Mental Health! We’re here to collect and share real stories about perinatal mental health, going beyond the surface to reveal the complex reality of this journey.
About the project
One in five birthing people faces poor perinatal mental health. Poor mental health outcomes are exacerbated by silence. Sharing and hearing stories can lead to healing. So, we’re creating a quilt from stories and fabric contributed by people around the world.
These stories will be showcased on our website, along with images of the quilt construction process, and the final creation. We aim to gather a community of support and understanding for perinatal mental health, breaking the stigma that often surrounds it.
Join us by sharing your story and contributing fabric with a connection to your experience. Together, we’ll create a powerful quilt and a platform to make your voice heard.
This project has a personal origin. It stems from a challenging childbirth experience and the following journey of understanding and healing. Our goal is to connect people, provide support, and raise awareness about perinatal mental health.
“Connecting Threads is a powerful and touching opportunity to create awareness, educate, and reduce stigma around the phenomenon of birth and perinatal trauma.”
— Abigail Barth, MSW, RSW, PMH-C, TwoBirds Counselling
About the team
Carole Rankin, Founder
Hello! I’m Carole, and I’m the one behind this project. I started my journey as a hobbyist sewist, casually sharing my sewing projects on Instagram back in 2014. In 2018 I decided to take a more dedicated approach, focusing my account around sharing my handcrafted sustainable clothing. Along the way, I built a supportive community of like-minded individuals online.
By day, I navigate the world of communications, bringing a unique perspective and passion for storytelling to my professional life.
Stephanie Domet, Editor
Stephanie Domet is a writer, editor, and teacher who lives in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Her novels Homing and Fallsy Downsies were published by Invisible. Amazing Atlantic Canadian Women, a book of middle grade nonfiction co-written with Penelope Jackson, was published by Nimbus. She is the co-founder and co-executive director of the AfterWords Literary Festival. In her copious spare time she messily sews a handmade wardrobe.
Chris Pasquet, Community Partner
Patch Halifax is a modern fabric shop and sewing workroom, started by Chris Pasquet in 2014. With an undergraduate degree from Dalhousie in Costume Studies and further studies in Fashion and Textiles at Graduate School at The Fashion Institute of Technology, Pasquet looks forward to continuing her education, every day, learning from and with the amazing community of sewists, quilters, and crafters who gather at Patch.
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