RAK - Morsbags Sew & Give Away #2
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| Swap Coordinator: | TerryF (contact) |
| Swap categories: | Fabric Sewing Letters & Writing |
| Number of people in swap: | 16 |
| Location: | International |
| Type: | Type 3: Package or craft |
| Last day to signup/drop: | November 12, 2007 |
| Date items must be sent by: | January 15, 2008 |
| Number of swap partners: | 1 |
| Description: | |
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This (not your typical swap!) is #2 in the morsbags series started by cherrythepig. We are rotating hosting duties and it is my turn this time around. We have a registered "Pod" at morsbags.com: Pod name: Swapbot Pod password: It has not changed - if you are new, please email me for it. The morsbag website promotes people getting together & having a group sewing & social event, then taking the resulting grocery bags to the market for a giveaway. Each of us will make as many bags as we can by a certain time, then give them away randomly to strangers. With each bag I plan to attach a tag with the "story" behind the bag. There is also a label that they ask that you download & iron-on to the bag. If you are unable to print iron-on labels, you may buy them from the morsbags site in increments of 10 labels for a small amount + shipping. (1.44 USD / 1.51 CAD / 0.7 GBP / 1.04 Euros + shipping) Please Note: If anyone would be hesitant to do this based on shyness, they can always send them to me & I will give them away in my town. OR Just give them to people you already know... friends, co-workers, family, your next door neighbor, the bus driver. There is no specific # of bags that you will make. It's what you have the time & desire to make by the finish deadline. Even 1 bag can ultimately save 80 plastic bags each year from ending up in the trash! From morsbags.com: Let’s do something positive to reduce the hideous number of plastic bags being used - 1 million are consumed per minute globally - of which hundreds of thousands end up in the oceans, many killing the sealife. What you will send to your partner is a recap of how it went: how your sewing turned out, what you used to make your bags, where you distributed them, and how the people you gave them to responded. Since all of the effort will be in the sewing & distribution, you can either email or snail mail your partner. Check out the Animated Morsbags Tutorial or you can go to the main page, click on "make one", then download a tutorial document. When you have completed your commitment in this swap, would you please post in the comments below the number of bags you made and in which city (or cities) they were distributed. Remember, even if you only make one morsbag, it is still something to be proud of! I am not setting any limit on ratings as this is a RAK swap. I can't imagine that anyone would sign up for this and not do it. What would be the point? Plus, that karma factor can come back to bite you on the butt in the oddest, most unexpected ways! Thanks everyone and have fun! P.S. Here's the url for swap #1 - there's lots of good info in the comments: http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/5478 | |
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