Collaborate Project

With the support of the Shared Island Civic Society Fund and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland, we completed the Collaborate project, a cross border project between groups in Newtownards and Cavan working together to create a community peace quilt sharing ideas on identity, peace and what connects us.  

The project took place over 5 monthly sessions and 2 weekend residentials.

In total we worked with 22 participants across both groups with skills ranging from beginner to improver levels, 16 panels were finished by group members to be included in the quilt. The quilt will be on display for the first time in Cavan Library for 1 week from 14th October 2025 and will then return to Inspiring Yarns for display in Newtownards (TBC).