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  • in reply to: music and morsbags #4582
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    Glad it was fun Tracey! We are supplying morsbags for 4 outdoor festivals this summer.:-)

    in reply to: Waitrose Partnership Funday – Sandbach #4581
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    Brilliant news Tracy! Glad that all Pol’s negotiations with Waitrose is paying off! πŸ™‚

    in reply to: Bude Baggers in the bandstand! #4546
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    Krisaby, I have put in an order for a bell!! Hi Lesley, so pleased you have caught the morsbagging bug! Have you registered a pod or will you be a member of Bude Baggers? Its just we like to keep a tally of morsbags that have been made. πŸ™‚

    in reply to: Bude Baggers in the bandstand! #4525
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    Here are the pics to go with Cath’s post. Loving the ‘make a mark sheet’!

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    in reply to: Butterfly Bags and The Green Place. #4519
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    Here are the photos!

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    in reply to: Library Bags for Kids #4508
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    The parents send in all the material for the bags

    in reply to: Library Bags for Kids #4507
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    We have a lady in our pod who is librarian at Leicester Grammar School. She has made morsbags for all the children when they start which may be as young as 3. The children call her Mrs Jean. Here are some pupils with their morsbags

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    and one of their displays in the library

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    in reply to: Seam allowance etc. #4469
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    Sorry! Thats better!

    in reply to: Seam allowance etc. #4468
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    Or is it just me that has 2 big black squares? I think my Flash is out of date!

    in reply to: A flock of wild morsbags #4467
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    Was it one of the animal bags Krisaby?

    in reply to: Seam allowance etc. #4466
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    Aargh!! Why has that happened!!

    in reply to: Seam allowance etc. #4465
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    I do show other people how to make morsbags using postcards (postcards are almost 6 inches so dividing the width of the bag into 3) but do it by eye myself. If you look at the 2 youtube videos you can see the two ways in action. It is worth watching the first one to the end to see who gets the bag and the special spectator in the second!

    in reply to: Seam allowance etc. #4451
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    Hi Tarragon, well you are right, it isn’t prescriptive although making the seams too big will make the bag smaller. somewhere around half an inch maybe. I am rubbish at seam allowances tho’! I just sew a line!

    Re positioning the handles I think it was intended to do by eye and the important thing is they are strongly secured either by doing a box with a cross inside, or reversing backwards and forwards, or sewing 3 lines of stitch.

    I don’t know if a bottom fold makes it stronger but it is easier to line up because the fold stops the back and front moving around quite so much but its horses for courses.

    Handles end up about an inch and a quarter. Thats quite comfy to hold I would say. Happy Bagging! πŸ™‚

    in reply to: Congratulations O2! #4446
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    Thank you Scallybags! πŸ™‚

    in reply to: Morsbags News for May #4445
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    Fantastic! and thank you Beattie for compiling the information for us. It is very interesting. My favourite pod name is Tortoise but they all make me wonder where the names come from!

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