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Just thought I would tell you how we did on Saturday…. Photos are on the Morsbags Leicestershire Facebook page!
Sue L (Mrs So Bag), Sue M (Rags to Bags), Ann and her sister Sue (Monty Morsbags) and myself (Whetstone Whales) handed out over 200 bags and kits throughout the day! Sadly, the weather was awful with persistent rain all day – we were just about covered under Sue L’s gazebo – and it was so cold that I put my heating on when I got home! We didn’t get the hand cranks out in the end as were worried they would seize up or rust! But that didn’t dampen our spirits and we thoroughly enjoyed the day.
Thanks to Ann and all the Sues (yes, it did get confusing!) for all your support.
We are now preparing for the Leicester Textiles Festival in September which should be fantastic – watch this space for more details soon…..
Thanks Beattie, will do (see below)!
Yes I vividly remember that misty, mystical indoor rainfall too!! One of many great memories….. It did make us laugh!
Event: Western Park Festival
Date and time: Saturday 22nd July from 11am til we run out of bags….. (last year about 3pm!)
Venue: Western Park, off Hinckley Road, Leicester LE3 6HX (Morsbags will be near the Hinckley Road entrance
Cost: £3 per person or £5 for a family ticket
What’s On: Arts and crafts stalls, street food, bars, live music on 3 stages, dog show, kids activities and lots more!
Thanks Joe that’s great.
Hello again, unfortunately it appears the problem is there again – when you go to morsbags.org you see this message:
Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from morsbags.org (for example, passwords, messages or credit cards). Learn more
NET::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALIDAgain, I am worried as we are doing a big event next week and that’s the web address on the labels and the one we direct people to!
Thanks
Thanks all – sorry, have been busy and only just noticed the replies! I have shared the info on the morsbags Leicestershire Facebook page already so will attempt to share on the ‘global’ page also. Looking forward to it!
Just to say I emailed Joe and the issue is now resolved!
Many thanks Joe 👍
What a great team you are. Sounds like a lovely campsite! Hope you got there safely this time x
That’s great news. We met so many lovely visitors at Ragley Hall and it is always exciting to see other people’s excitement when they discover the joy of morsbags! Well done everybody x
Fantastic news! Well done to everyone who has ever made a morsbag and added to this amazing total! Here’s to the next quarter of a million…. 😉
Just wanted to say thank you once again to Claire, Joe, Beattie and Frank plus all the other volunteers (and baby Elfie of course) for all their hard work at the GBSB. I volunteered on the first and last days and thoroughly enjoyed it, meeting hundreds of sewing enthusiasts from all over the UK who showed a real interest in morsbags, with many buying labels and taking kits to start making bags themselves – including Dillyshambles, welcome!
From the coachload of ladies who’d journeyed from Norwich to a stitcher from Wells who wants to encourage her local shops to go plastic bag free; from the visitor who’d travelled all the way from Cumbria to the sewing shop owner who is going to host morsbag making workshops; from someone who had made morsbags in the past and bought labels to start doing so again to a lady from Nottingham who is now planning a visit to morsbags Leicestershire HQ one Thursday…. Thanks to everybody who visited our stand and said “what an excellent idea”! The reaction was the best I’ve experienced at any event I’ve attended with morsbags.
The new Janomes were fabulous – especially the little thread snipping gizmo and the fancy stitches like the scalloped edge! Great fun to use.
PS: I took loads of photos but can’t seem to upload them here – they are on the morsbags Facebook pages though and are set to ‘Public’ so you should be able to see them!
OK, that didn’t work….. Will have a tinker with the photos again and try later! Watch this space
Hooray – a great first day. Will let Beattie do the full write up but here are a few pics from our stand….
The GBSB effect definitely improved my output – 30 bags pledged plus a few more I’ve made for friends and customers. I am only 8 bags away from a round total of 700 now! Keep up the good work everybody – looking forward to meeting up with the morsbags crew at GBSB in a couple of weeks xx
Thanks all! And thanks Beattie for uploading the pic – shows how long it is since I uploaded anything to Flickr….
The Sooty fabric is an old curtain that offcuts/Rosie saved for me – it’s my favourite. Glad you like the ducks in daffs (!), that is a bit of old Laura Ashley fabric. And can you spot the Royal bag in the middle?
My dad says I am Whetstone’s top bag lady….. Cheek!
I thought I could make out the phrase ‘zombie apocalypse’ on there! Wow, brilliant (one of my fave films is Shaun of the Dead! 🙂 ) Will have to search out Emily Taylor’s fabric!
