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P.S. Thanks for your helpful reply quiltdyer! I hope you’re well after your vaccination.
Stay safe morsbaggers!
Woohoo Claire Bear! *Waves and claps in support* 😀 That’s brilliant news.
I’m sorry you had such a bad reaction to your first jab too. I hope the next one will not be so dramatic.
I’ve used an overlocker and found that it can be useful for the first side seams, but the threads need to be finished off by hand or the seams start to come undone. (Or maybe I’m not good at using an overlocker.) Now the darned thing needs re-threading – a task I haven’t tried before, that keeps getting put off, for some reason.. 🙁
I have used handcranks many times and have a few just because they are lovely things.
We find that they are essential if you want to sew in a field (or a tent) with no electricity supply.A handcrank makes a useful talking point – people come to you or your stall to talk about how they used to help their Granny / Aunty / Mother by winding the handle. You can usually give them a morsbag when they’ve run out of memories to share!
Handcranks are good for children or novices to try out (carefully supervised) as the machine can’t run away with you. Everything happens quite slowly and it’s easy to understand action and result.
Do you need one? No. The disadvantages are that they are slow and temperamental compared to modern machines.
Advantages are that they are talking points, a link with the past, can be very pretty.What do other morsbaggers think?
This sounds like an excellent plan to me Khanhvan, provided the morsbags are only ever given away, with no charge made for getting one. Charity shops can make excellent depots for collecting donations and for distributing morsbags, but sometimes the people running the charity shop become very focused on raising money for the good cause they support and lose sight of the basic ethic of morsbags – that they are given away free.
I use the slightly guilty feeling that this can cause in some people to suggest that they make sure that they use their morsbag and don’t leave it in a cupboard at home. And fabric or thread donations are welcome, of course. 😀
Sorry to hear that you had such a bad reaction to the jab, Claire Bear! I hope you’re feeling better by now. As Ann said above, 297 is a fantastic number of morsbags to have made, so far.
I looked up your pod and found that it was registered on 3rd April 2018. That gives another few weeks to achieve an equally worthwhile target.
How about making 300 bags in the three years since your pod was registered on morsbags.com?
I believe that is correct, Jean. We’re so lucky that this nasty bug seems to self destruct after a relatively short time.
Hi Pat, thanks for asking the question. That sounds very unsatisfactory! I will pass your enquiry on to the volunteers who supply labels. Please could you let me know which country you are in as different arrangements supply some parts of the world.
Thanks for asking the question Hetty, and thanks to both Anns (Ivybags and Monty Morsbags) for such creative answers!
I find making masks more difficult than making morsbags. “Touch it and it’s yours” is a good rule for giveaways in Covid times!Congratulations on your magnificent mask-making Hetty!
I too have been wondering how morsbags could be distributed in a contactless way.
Wrapping each one individually in plastic is NOT an acceptable answer!
Ideas, anyone?Congratulations Liz! How did you get on, making your first Morsbag? I find making morsbags easier than making masks – there’s a lot more leeway and they don’t have to fit, just carry shopping! 🙂
We’d be delighted if you can start a pod, or find an existing one near you. There are quite a few new pods that have been started recently by groups that were sewing PPE and / or scrubs for health workers and have moved on to making morsbags.
Hi Liz, thanks for asking!
We’d love you to either join an existing pod, or start your own as that way your morsbags add to everyone else’s morsbags in terms of global impact. That’s why every morsbag needs its label https://morsbags.com/product-category/labels-2/ and every morsbag counts!
We like pods to keep the number of bags made and given away up to date as it encourages everyone to see how many have been made across the world.
As I write, the global tally stands at 386,261, up by 22 from this morning when I started writing this reply to you – it’s an ever-increasing number and we’re always pleased when someone else joins in.
Thanks Agwen!
I used a morsbag to collect some veg I’d ordered and put it straight in the washing machine when empty, just like I do when I’ve carried meat & fish home from the shops.
I suggest you contact the food bank Maureen to check what their policy is, especially as the situation changes rapidly.
I’m sure that any bags you make in while morsbagging handouts are suspended will not go to waste, and at the time of writing it seems that the coronavirus is non-viable after 3 days, so a time will come when they are safe to give out again.
Thanks for writing Kathy.It seems the same here in the UK.
I found this video tutorial on unpacking your shopping useful –
I hope we all come through safe and well and are able to resume “normal life” later.
PaulaT, I’m so sorry to hear that your morspod has had to pause operations. I hope you will be able to restart giving away reusable morsbags when it is deemed to be safe to do so again.
Maybe you could use the time to build up a big stock of bags ready for a renewed campaign some time in the future?
Thanks for letting us know how things stand where you are.
That’s great news Jacki! I hope you’re having a productive time at Minehead – at least the weather’s improved for you.
What will you be doing on your stand at Craft4Crafters in April?