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Thanks! The changes in my life in the past year have made making bags a good escape!

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Thanks! The changes in my life in the past year have made making bags a good escape!

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Thanks!! Love the ‘One Kilomors’ designation!!

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Is there still a US source for labels? I’m running low!

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Thank you. Good feeling.

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Ann I assume you are in the UK so sending you my bags would be prohibitively expensive since I am in the US. However, I will reach out to the foodbank here and ask if they want bags. That is certainly a worthwhile destination!

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Thank you; that is a good suggestion.
I have a friend who owns a vacation rental company and she is putting a bag in each ‘welcome pack’ for guests. Now that travel is increasing somewhat there may be a demand for more bags. I just keep making them….. have tons of fabrics…. 🙂

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In spite of the fact that I still do not have an outlet, I have started making bags again. If anyone has good suggestions on how to go about distributing bags at this time, please let me know!

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I’ve been absent….. in March, at the request of a friend working in a hospital, I started making face masks and completed about 800 of them by last month. The need is not so great any more and masks are now available everywhere (and I developed tendonitis 😀 ) so I would love to get back to bag-making. However, here in Florida where I live there is still a great aversion to being handed anything by a stranger… which in a way is understandable. I used to just stand in the checkout line at my grocery store, or walk down the center path at the farmer’s market, and just ask people if they would like a nice, free, washable bag. That is not so much an option now. Some grocery stores even stop you from bringing your own bags in.
What is a person to do with so little else going on and the urge to get the sewing machine cranked up? Anyone else have run across this? Solutions??
Thanks, and I hope everyone is keeping safe!

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I used to ‘do’ facebook but am weaning myself off it.

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The lady I gave a bag to at the Farmer’s market this morning chased me down, asked ‘is this your company’. I explained it was a worldwide organization, and she replied ‘I will publicize your organization on my social media’. WOOT! Here is hoping she is a major ‘influencer’! 🙂

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Is there going to be a January segment? Just asking…..
I realized this morning at the grocery store that making morsbags and handing them out can create unexpected friendships. I offered one to the lady behind me in line, and she said, sure, you offered me one the other day too! And we ended up having a conversation about how she feeds stray cats and how I am from Europe…. What a bonus in this day and age!!

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Thank you, no it has been too soon to expect repeat visitors, but that is certainly something we will look for!

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Since August 2019 my friend and I have made over 220 bags in South Florida (pod: Bella Napoli). She runs a vacation rental company and places a bag in each home with the basket of necessities that is provided for each new tenant. We get some great recyclable fabrics in our local resale shops!!

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