A GROUP of embroiderers is hoping to get an appeal all sown up for a worthy cause.
Five women have been weaving and stitching a quilt to raise funds for the Redcar Lifeboat Fund.
The quintet, who polished their skills at Askham Bryan College, Guisborough, feature various local landmarks in the quilt.
Pat Moore, who thought up the idea of a quilt, has close connections with one such landmark - Redcar Clock. Both her grandfather and uncle were stonemasons involved in its building.
The five embroiderers - Pat Moore, Margaret Lawson, Helen Lawson, Betty White and Sylvia Maggs - have incorporated other local features, such as the Zetland Lifeboat, Coatham boating lake, the old pier and Locke Park.
There will also be pictures of the fishing boat, the June Rose, built for Redcar in 1948, cod, lobsters and crabs.
The quilt will hang in the Redcar Lifeboat Museum after being displayed in the college.
Once finished, postcards of the quilt will be on sale at various locations, including the Askham Bryan Centre at Guisborough. Proceeds from the sale of these cards will go to the lifeboat appeal.
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