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  • #21040
    beattie
    beattie
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    I have trouble deciding on a title for these little “numbers round-ups” and find that I’ve used “Awesome August” too many times already – but this August was about twice as good as last year’s, so what else can I write? “Amazing” will have to do!

    The total number of morsbags made worldwide in August 2019 = 4500.
    Great work everyone! We’re pushing at an open door at last.

    110 fantastic pods added bags to the tally –

    Angie’s Bohemian Bags
    Annie’s Sea Pod
    Athens Sakoúles
    Baby Stuff Braintree
    baggers
    Bagging Good Fun
    Bagpuss
    BagsEnd
    Bags for Bungay
    Bags from Rags
    Banchory Bags
    Barrow Bagging
    Betterbags
    BishEcoBags
    Blissbags
    Broadland Bag Lady
    Bude Baggers
    Bunny House Bags
    Butterfly Bags
    Calne Springs Bags
    Catthefat
    ChattyJo
    Christa’s
    Claire Bear Morsbags
    Coffee and socks
    Crafty Chatters of Lowdham
    Cuckoobird
    Darting Frog
    Denarah Bags
    Die Nähdamen
    Dilyn@EC
    Earthlings
    Easterly Point Pod
    ECOBAGS
    Elsiesbags
    Erlegh Oaks
    Evie’s
    FabGBags
    Faire Des Sacs
    First State Pod
    Fleet Morsbags
    FOLKE BAGS
    Free Fabric Bags
    Gatchastitch
    Gemma Pegg’s Pod
    Handcross Bag Lady
    Harborough Morsbags
    Herne Bay Belles WI
    HopStitching
    HSNF Christmas Project 2020
    Huddersbags
    Jeans Bags
    Jillys bags Desford
    Jouvlie Baggers
    Kernow Maid
    Kingsley Bags
    laudatosi.cdm
    Long Lane Baggers
    LoopyBags
    Lucy and Poppy
    Macs Bags
    MaggiesBaggies
    Middlesex Federation of WIs
    Miserableoldbags
    Monifieth Morsbags
    Monty Morsbags
    Morsbag Meisters
    Nanamontana’s pod
    Nanapodster
    NeuenburgNäht
    Newby old bags
    Niffy Bags
    Nottingham City WI Bag Ladies
    Olney pod
    Oneworld
    owls
    Oxford Craft Club
    Pickering Morsbaggers
    Pink Flamingo
    Plastic Free Bingley
    Plastic Free Denholme
    Purple Mors
    Ragtag Bags
    Rejig Bags
    Roos Crafty Crafters
    rosies
    Sally South Bags
    say no to plastic
    Seaside Sewists
    SheilaMatilda Bags
    S’more Bags
    Smorgasbag
    South East Living Skies
    Stakes WI Bag Ladies
    SundayPicnicClub
    Sustainable East Grinstead
    The Bag Brigade
    The Fig Derby
    The Lazy Baggers
    The old bag
    The Zone Baggers
    Thornbags
    Three generations
    Ty Coeden
    Western Cape Morsbags
    WHE Plastic Free Groups
    Whissybags
    Woodland
    Wundertuete
    Zebeddiahs

    The list is now compiled alphabetically – I can’t tell you how much time it saves me!
    Apologies to the pods which used to race to be first to add bags each month.

    32 new pods registered this month –

    Spring Mount in Stitches
    Betterbags
    The Originals Book Club
    Huddersbags
    Bec’s Bags
    Woodland
    Seaside Sewists
    Purple Mors
    Sustainable East Grinstead
    Kernow Maid
    WHE Plastic Free Groups
    Catthefat
    Baby Stuff Braintree
    Afan Valley Pod
    rosies
    Three generations
    Stakes WI Bag Ladies
    The Grangettes
    Banchory Bags
    Lucy and Poppy
    Free Fabric Bags
    Ty Coeden
    OliBear Bags
    Bella Napoli
    Croftbags
    Gemma Pegg’s Pod
    Lampeterstitch
    owls
    Erlegh Oaks
    Bags for Bungay
    Morsey Maker
    Kingsley Bags

    Welcome to you all! And a double welcome to pods that appear in both lists. 😀

    (And apologies if I’ve made any errors or left any pods off the list)

    Interesting comments

    The Originals Book Club writes –
    “We are just a bunch of ladies who met though our love of books and wine (and the occasional gin!), who want to give a little back.”

    Baby Stuff Braintree joined us this month.
    “Baby Stuff Braintree is a charity who provide free clothing for 0-5 year olds to those in need. We are planning on using Morsbags to store emergency clothing kits for health professionals to access. Also when we have our drop in sessions we would like to offer a morsbag instead of a carrier bag. We are looking for people who would be keen to join our pod and make some bags for us!”

    Bagsend sound like my kind of pod!
    “August 2019 we held our first sewing pod. We ate cake. We had conversations. We cut and ironed, sewed and snipped. People don’t have to know how to sew or have a sewing machine to join. Cutting, folding, ironing, sorting, cheering people on, keeping beverages topped off; everyone is welcome.”
    They’re in Savannah, IL, USA

    Lampeterstitch joined on 28th August and wrote –
    “I will be making bags to use in my shop. I will also get groups together for sewing bags!”

    Go for it, everyone! We’re all making a difference, wherever we are and however we organise ourselves. Get those bags out there into people’s hands, free of charge, made from recycled cloth and bearing a morsbags label! 😀

    #21058
    ivybags
    ivybags
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    Thats is amazing. But nor surprising as I have mailed out hundreds of labels this month, including 100 to Baby Stuff Braintree – what a lovely story.

    Lots of labels going out to Essex – a very productive county it seems

    #21131
    beattie
    beattie
    Keymaster

    You’re doing a great job keeping the stream of labels flowing Ivybags! I like seeing new pods appear, but I LOVE it when they start producing morsbags for their community. YAYY, that’s what it’s all about!

    #21323
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    Odd Handles
    Participant

    😊 Shared to my own Facebook page! 😏

    #21325
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    Odd Handles
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    😊 Shared to my own Facebook page! 😏

    Noticed that you have gone alphabetical Beattie and I have only just noticed ever that alphabet is made up of alpha and bet! There’s a thing!

    #21327
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    Odd Handles
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    Pol would say ‘Amazabubbles!

    #21348
    beattie
    beattie
    Keymaster

    😀
    Fantabulous!

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