The Trans Unity Quilt

1. Order your free fabric patch.
2. Gather your materials: sharpie, paint, fabric and thread… get creative!
3. Decorate your patch with whatever you feel represents your transness, your experiences of trans community, and/or what matters most to you – as one person or as a group of people. 

Be guided by what feels special and meaningful to you:

• what your gender feels like
• a memory of an experience of gender euphoria
• someone who made you feel comfortable in your transness
• a slogan that represents who you are; a representation of your own creativity
• an activity that brings you joy
• what keeps you fighting the good fight
• the future you’re fighting for.

It doesn’t have to be perfect – use whatever materials and skills you feel comfortable with – the most important thing is to represent the true breadth and depth of not only our community, but our experiences of our own trans lives.

• Trans Unity Quilt is an arts activism project by and for our diverse trans communities, and all the different experiences that make up our lives. We’re not looking for corporate sponsorship – and our quilt is not the space for corporate branding. For community groups making patches together: we’re happy to have your group’s logo on your patch, and would be even happier to see why that group matters to you through your decoration. 
• We believe in trans liberation as one component of a just and free future for all people. As such, we will not accept patches promoting hatred, bigotry, and/or violence.
• Leave at least 10cm around the edge of the patch empty, so that patches can be sewn together.
• Please try and keep some background visible on your patch, or keep to the colours of the patch you are sent. We’re making a trans flag, so we need an equal number of white, blue and pink pieces!
• Please avoid anything that may deteriorate or cause damage to other patches. 

• Which words inspire you? Which words bring you comfort? Which words make you feel seen and understood? Which words help you explain who you are to others?
• Who inspires you – is it someone in your life? Someone in the wider world? Someone in history, mythology or fiction?
• Where do you feel most like yourself – how would you represent that place?
• Which activity makes you feel most at home in yourself – swimming, gaming, playing an instrument, dancing? How would you represent that?
• Which images, symbols or colours represent your gender and make you feel at home in yourself?
• Which relationships are meaningful to you, and how would you represent them? Are they relationships to friends, family and chosen family, to pets? Or relationships to causes, beliefs, and the wider world?
• Your favourite thing, but make it trans. Love dinosaurs? Make them trans. Fungi? Trans. Trains? You’re basically there.
• Do you have a physical object you could incorporate into your patch? Something that brought happiness, or something you’ll never wear again and you’re proud to get rid of. Patches to sew on to your patch – flags and banners you’ve carried to marches – a scrap of an old meaningful outfit?
• Do you have a favourite quote or in-joke?
• What’s a good memory – either alone, or with others? How could you represent it – an object, a location, a photograph?
• If you let yourself really dream, without fear, what would the future look like? Show us.

Potential mediums: applique, sharpie, embroidery, machine sewing, paint, felt tip, lipstick, spray paint, sequins.