Stitch Buffalo - HISTORY (1215 Niagara St.) Public Art - Table of Contents
Stitch Buffalo
284 Plymouth Ave., Buffalo, NY
Stitch Buffalo - Official Website
Community
Cloth: Stories in Thread Mural - By Saira Siddiqui
Mural sponsored by Buffalo
AKG Public Art Initiative
On this page below:
Facade
Interior
Mural designer - Saira Siddiqui
Mural - WORK IN PROGRESS
Mural - FINISHED
Facade  Facade July 11, 2025 photo  Facade August 26, 2025 photo  Facade  Facade  Facade |
Interior  Dawne Hoag, Stitch Buffalo founder and executive director  Immigrant-made merchandise for sale  Dressing room      Custom immigrant-produced fixture shade   |
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 About Saira Siddiqui: Saira Siddiqui specializes in people, places, and experiences to help them harness the creative potential within their communities.About Stitch Buffalo: Stitch Buffalo is a textile art center committed to empowering refugee and immigrant women through the sale of their handcrafted goods, inspiring creativity and inclusion through community education, and stewarding the environment through the re-use of textile supplies.About
the Mural: The project builds on the work
of Stitch Buffalo, a nonprofit that empowers refugee
women and brings people together through textile arts.
Stitch offers workshops for refugee women who are
skilled in the making of hand-sewn textiles, provides
classes for the community taught by these women as well
as staff members, and has robust program for repurposing
donated textiles.
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MURAL - WORK IN PROGRESS  WORK IN PROGRESS – July 11, 2025 Mural
material:
Painted polytab
panels
designed by Saira Siddiqui that
are here being adhered to the wall
surface and then sponged clean
 WORK IN PROGRESS – July 11, 2025 Note two construction lifts supplied by AKG  WORK IN PROGRESS – July 11, 2025 Note the paInted 5x5-foot polytab panel being applied by assistants
 WORK IN PROGRESS – July 11, 2025 Note the paInted 5x5-foot polytab panel being applied by assistants 
WORK IN PROGRESS – July 11, 2025 Sponging clean the polytab panel
 WORK IN PROGRESS – July 25, 2025 |
MURAL - FINISHED  FINISHED – August 26, 2025 photo On the back of the building are
depicted the raw
materials of sewing and design. Moving toward the
front, the materials coalesce
into textiles and products. The positions of these
elements mirror the
processes happening inside the building, with
production at the back and the sale
of final products in our shop at the front.  FINISHED – August 26, 2025 photo South elevation Details below, from left to right:  FINISHED – August 26, 2025 photo South elevation - far left  FINISHED – August 26, 2025 photo South elevation - Middle Two middle details below:  FINISHED – August 26, 2025 photo South elevation - Middle - Detail #1  FINISHED – August 26, 2025 photo South elevation - Middle - Detail #2  FINISHED – August 26, 2025 photo South elevation - Far right  FINISHED – August 26, 2025 photo East and South elevations On the back of the building are
depicted the raw
materials of sewing and design. Moving toward the
front, the materials coalesce
into textiles and products. The positions of these
elements mirror the
processes happening inside the building, with
production at the back and the sale
of final products in our shop at the front.  |
