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Remember Sewvember for growing the number
Of morsbags out in the world!Tracy Cushing of Two Doors Studio pod had a stroke of genius, suggesting that as many morsbaggers as possible make a bag a day throughout November, and it shows in the magnificent number of bags made worldwide last month.
What a great motivator it proved to be for sewists all across the world to get busy in time for Christmas as 5623 bags were added to the global tally in November.
I could see people had been called to action by the Sewvember challenge as 397 morsbags were added to the tally on 1st November alone.
(And incidentally, December has got off to a flying start as well, with 323 bags added so far in the first day).Bag-making pods in Sewvember numbered 75.
They were –
Bagging Good Fun
Sue’s Quilt Shop’s morsbags
East Coast Morsbags
Earthlings
Offcuts
Gatchastitch
Mrs So Bag
Cuckoobird
Die Nähdamen
Dandelion Eco Bags
Butterfly Bags
Niffy Bags
HopStitching
The Chickadeez (and friends)
Suzies @ Plas Dur
LC Valley Morsbagger
baglady
SheilaMatilda Bags
Bude Baggers
South Gwent Pod
The old bag
Monty Morsbags
Sally South Bags
Oneworld
Blu’s Bags
Ely Borrow Bags
St. Mary’s Craft Group
Valbags
Pickering Stitchers
VeganBean
Belperbaggers
Claire Bear Morsbags
Less is Mors
Charity Bags
Maison Pod
Artists for Earth
Libertyville Baggers
Crafty Chatters of Lowdham
Macs Bags
Rejig Bags
St Nick’s
GB Stitches
MaggiesBaggies
Spanish Main
GT Bags
SewNoble
Bartley Bagger
Bargebaggers
Guy’s Marsh Prison
Helping Handles
Sue’s Mountsorrel
Herne Bay Belles WI
Western Cape Morsbags
Cafe Chad
Greenbags
Harborough Hit Bags
Bags Galore
FOHLATIC COMMUNITY
Whissybags
Grayshott Bags
Daisy Bags
Wundertuete
Halifax Raggedy Baggers
Staffordshire Stitchers
Duisbags – die Pottnaeher
Jouvlie Baggers
Squeak’s Bags
Ostholstein
Claudia
potiki
The Vintage House Makes Bags
Worth Stitchers
Bull city bags
Two Doors Studio
ECOBAGSI don’t know if ALL the pods that added bags had seen the Sewvember Challenge, but those that did seem to have stepped up to the mark and participated wholeheartedly.
Welcome to the 21 new pods that registered in November!
They are –
SewNoble
Darn it! Upcyclers
Blu’s Bags
Belperbaggers
Charity Bags
Libertyville Baggers
Aqua Seascape
Spanish Main
BBK Charity
Bartley Bagger
EFS Bahrain
Francey
TLT Morsbaggers
RAF Benson
Bags of Hope
Staffordshire Stitchers
Bequenda
Magsbags
Bull city bags
Old baker
Settle Age UKAs usual, the pods that appear in both lists get double congratulations for not letting turtles and whales, or other marine life, starve if they can possibly help it, and getting those bags made and into peoples’ hands, purses and cars as soon as possible.
Special mentions for two new pods based in charity shops. BBK Charity who joined 2 weeks ago, and Settle Age UK pod who joined on 30th November – they both added their first morsbags to the tally on 1st December. Congratulations on getting started everyone!Comments
Well done Quiltdyer of East Coast Morsbags pod who reached her target of 100 bags made so far on 30th November while participating in Sewvember. There’s a link to photos of some of her bags in the thread on the morsbags forum here – https://morsbags.com/forums/topic/embroidered-labels/
or here – https://photos.app.goo.gl/PpQWvv9YjRp35toT7The total number of morsbags made since 2007 when Pol and Joe founded this movement was 295,064 by the end of November 2018.
That means that we need to make another 4936 to reach 300,000 morsbags made. Wouldn’t it be great to meet that target by New Year? We got off to a flying start as eleven pods added 323 bags on December 1st. What do you reckon? Will we be able to do it?Are you throwing down the gauntlet Beattie? Definately sounds like a challenge 😉 I shall keep sewing over Christmas, even if it is only to keep my mits off the mince pies 🙄 Have a lovely Christmas and thanks for keeping us in the picture. I really look forward to your monthly reports.
Thank you Ann! I think we could make this challenge too, with a bit of luck, but Christmas takes a lot of time to arrange. Still, you are one of the big contributors at the moment, so you are doing your bit! Maybe other pods which only add bags sometimes, in big batches, may decide to have a pre-Christmas reckoning.
Hi everyone! I am Claire from “Claire Bear Morsbags”. You are all inspiring me to make more morsbags!
Happy to see i am on the list who participated in Sewvember! I did make quite a few but didn’t manage one every day. I did however, make 2 morsbags on the first day of December so i am happy to have contributed two to the 321 other morsbags made on the 1st. I have reached 70 morsbags by 1st December. I will try and make it to 100 as soon as i can. Got my new labels all good to go. Happy December people! Keep on morsbagging! X
Lovely to hear from you Claire! I know Tracy who thought up SewVember will be thrilled to read that the challenge inspired you to make more bags. I’m just combing the numbers but it worked with people and pods all across the world.
Did you see Claire Morsman’s post on Facebook? It’s on Morsbags Sociable Guerilla Bagging’s post from 1st December. Part of it reads –
“Well done to everyone who joined in and completed – here at HQ (temporarily relocated to Morocco) we still have 6 days to go – purposely, of course, so that others who may have struggled timewise can feel comforted. 😉There’s still time! Please post your excuses as to why you haven’t finished Sewvember below! #majorplumbingissue #catrescue #sickdaughters #catchupisok”Congratulations, I see your name on the list of bag-making pods frequently! 🙂
Hi Beattie ,
likewise nice to hear from you. Yes Sewvrmber has definitely motivated me more to try and sew more than i normally would. I have just made 4 more morsbags today so i am catching up few days left. Yes i saw the post on the facebook page. What pod are you part of Beattie? It is amazing how so many people are all inspired by Sewvember around the world. I started morsbagging in february march time as i received two morsbags from a friend and i checked this website out and then started making them as it is an excellent physio activity for me to get strengths in my legs arms and hands as i have deconditioning of muscles and weak limbs due to FND ( functional neurological disorder – similar to MS but affects central nervous system function). I have only been able to sew on ‘good days’ where pain and fatigue aren’t overpowering me. Morsbagging gives me a purpose and helps me in lots of ways so i shall carry on the morsbagging . Glad to hear i am seen on the lists as you said. Thanks for your further encouragement!
ClaireNaturally, Tracy is interested how the Morsbags Sewvember Challenge went numbers-wise and did it have a noticeable effect? So I combed through my stats reports for the last four or so years and constructed the spreadsheet I should have made years ago.
The numbers are in and verified and the results are amazing!
What do you think?
(The occasional gaps early on are from when I lost the piece of paper I was keeping the numbers on before I composed the report.)-
This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by beattie.
I’m sorry to hear of your health challenges Claire Bear. Isn’t it good to find an activity that you enjoy and can do when you’re able to, that keeps mind and body doing what they can, and that benefits wildlife and the environment in so many ways as well. 😀
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