18 at Heart was a collaborative art project run by Woolly Mammoth Stitch Works CIC in Selly Oak Constituency in 2020.
A team of community stitchers crafted more than 670 unique tapestry hearts for a ‘yarn bomb’ of Birmingham’s no.18 bus route which runs through Billesley, Brandwood, Molyhull, Kings Norton North, and through Masefield in Bournville and Cotteridge ward to Northfield.
The majority of hearts were stitched during the national lockdown, March-June 2020. Collectively the stitchers have contributed around 1500 volunteer hours!
Alongside stitching, we shared memories of being aged 18. (Scroll down!)