🌺❤️ We Did It! Over 20,000 Handmade Poppies and One Amazing Community!
Hello everyone!
Well, I promised I'd share some photos once our Poppy Project installation was up, and here it is!!! ❤️🌺
After two years of planning and months of making, sewing, gluing and organising, our Holy Trinity & Community Poppy Project 2026 is finally on display at Holy Trinity Church in Skipton, North Yorkshire.
And WOW!!! I honestly couldn't be prouder of what we've achieved!
We've had 17,857 red poppies made, with an estimated total of over 20,000 poppies when we include all four colours!
Hundreds of people from Skipton, across the UK and even further afield have helped bring this project together.
🌺 A Community Coming Together
I don't think there are enough words to describe how overwhelmed I've been by the response to our installation.
The lovely comments, messages and support have been incredible!
From everyone who made poppies and posted them to us, to those who donated yarn, helped at our community sewing sessions or worked behind the scenes, every single person has played a part.
And a special thank you to anyone here in the Apple Blossom Dreams crochet community who made and sent poppies. You're part of this too! ❤️
The finished installation includes our huge Field of Poppies, the Veil of Tears hanging from the church tower, enormous poppy swags across Fisher Gate and several beautiful displays inside the church.
Seeing all those thousands of individual poppies finally come together has been quite emotional!
One of the most wonderful things to come out of this project has been the community we've created here in Skipton.
So many friendships have been made, people have come together who might never have met otherwise, and we've had plenty of laughs along the way!
And the best bit? We're not stopping here!!! 🥰
We've already organised a Christmas lunch together, and we'll soon be brainstorming ideas for our next community project, ready to start in January 2027.
We'll also be continuing with two community meet-ups a month, with everyone welcome to join us.
I honestly never imagined that this project would bring so many people together, and I'm so proud of what we've built.
🌸 And Back to Apple Blossom Dreams!
Now that the installation is complete, I'm hoping to finally get back into a more normal crochet routine!
The Astri Blanket is waiting patiently for me, along with lots of other lovely ideas I've been wanting to work on.
It's certainly been a busy few months, but I wouldn't change a thing!
If you'd like to read more about the Poppy Project and see all the individual displays, I've written a much more detailed post over on my Emkatcrochet blog.
And finally, a HUGE thank you to everyone who has supported this project, including my amazing family, who have been behind me every step of the way.
Every poppy represents a life.
We will remember them. ❤️🌺
Happy crocheting!
Helen 🩷
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