LITTLE did Otley Sewing Collective know when they put out the call for volunteers to help sew scrubs for the NHS, that a year on they would have a group of 50 women and men who have worked tirelessly in support of the community.
Last week for the first time in many months the group had no orders for scrubs so they took a breath and wondered if this time they could dare to hope that the end may be in sight?
Andi Petch, chair of the collective said: “I wanted us to take the time to pause and reflect on our achievements in the last year. Since beginning our journey as part of the Maker Space to the fledgling group we are now we have used 1838 metres of fabric; made 612 sets of scrubs and 700 face masks, and given 6311 hours of volunteer time. Otley has been fortunate enough to have one of the lowest infection rates and I would like to think we played a small part in…
