Angelina Namiba from the 4M Mentor Mothers Network shows NAM aidsmap's Susan Cole how to create U=U t-shirts. This video is part of our HIV stigma project for Black women with HIV in collaboration with 4M, funded by Fast-Track Cities London.
To make the U=U lovingly hand stitched t-shirt you will need:
- A t-shirt
- African fabric
- Different coloured thread (to match African fabric)
- Needle
- Pins
- scissors
- Prototype U and =
Method
- Place the prototype U and = on top of a piece of African fabric
- Cut out the shapes
- Sew/stitch the edges of the letters and the = sign to make them look nice and neat
- Neatly place the letters and = sign on a t-shirt
- Use back stitch (leaving a bit of space in between each stitch), to sew the letters onto the t-shirt