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opengatefarm
Farmgirl in Training
32 Posts
Sonja
Merrill
WI
USA
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 Posted - Aug 20 2015 : 08:24:51 AM
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Anyone interested in doing a bag swap for the Shopping Green Expert badge?
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If you belong to a local Farmgirl Chapter, organize a reusable bag swap or a bag making “sew in.”
Give a talk on why this is something others should consider doing.
If you do not belong to a local Farmgirl Chapter, post your thoughts on the farmgirl forum and see if other farmgirls would be interested in a bag swap.
Sonja
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16458 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16458 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2015 : 10:09:18 AM
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I would LOVE to donate some bags for a swap. Would that help you any? I have 6 nice canvas grocery totes that are extra in the back of my jeep that I could launder and send off.
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl
582 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
582 Posts |
Posted - Aug 22 2015 : 10:16:07 PM
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Our chapter has chosen to do this in November. We're going to sew up 6 bags each and exchange them. Some members will find this a challenge because of sewing machine issues. So if you have any extra, we'd love to take them off your hands.
Sylvia
Kent, WA
Farm Girl #5389
http://vintagehousegoods.blogspot.com
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opengatefarm
Farmgirl in Training
32 Posts
Sonja
Merrill
WI
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2015 : 09:45:15 AM
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Sylvia and MaryJane, I do not have an active group in my area atm so I would love to get in on your swap. Let me know if that would be ok, and the details.
Thanks so much,
Sonja
Because everyone should have a little dirt under their nails... |
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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl
582 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
582 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2015 : 7:32:43 PM
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You're welcome to be our virtual chapter member and join in on our swap.We're making 6 bags to swap. Our group has a few quilters who love to sew, a vintage sewing machine collector (actually I love to collect vintage sewing machines, too) and two who are sewing machine challenged. So that's why I'm looking for Mary Jane to help out if she can. Let me know if you need a pattern or some help!
Sylvia
Kent, WA
Farm Girl #5389
http://vintagehousegoods.blogspot.com
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16458 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16458 Posts |
Posted - Aug 23 2015 : 8:17:50 PM
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Where would you like me to send them? I'd thought about leaving some of mine in a shopping cart randomly but this is much better. Finally, a home for my extra shopping totes!
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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opengatefarm
Farmgirl in Training
32 Posts
Sonja
Merrill
WI
USA
32 Posts |
Posted - Aug 24 2015 : 08:20:54 AM
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I am moderately proficient with my machine, but imagine I can find a pattern here unless you have a stock one you are all using. I am working to rejuvenate our local chapter, but it is going slow, so I would love to be a virtual member in yours! I would love to end up with a MaryJane bag ;-)
Sonja
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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl
582 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
582 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2015 : 6:44:08 PM
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Mary Jane,
Thank you for offering. It looks like Sonja would like one and I'll take whatever you're willing to send. My address: Sylvia Jacobus, 20004 106th Ave SE, Kent, WA 98031. We're meeting in November to do our swap. Lately I've been sewing with a rescued Singer Featherweight. Someone didn't like how it smells. It had some old grease around its gears; once removed, the machine not only smells great but it sews beautiful stitches! Love rescuing these machines.
Sylvia
Kent, WA
Farm Girl #5389
http://vintagehousegoods.blogspot.com
http://etsy.com/shop/Vintagehousegoods |
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MaryJane
Queen Bee
16458 Posts
MaryJane
Moscow
Idaho
USA
16458 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2015 : 7:10:38 PM
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Sylvia, I will send a few tomorrow. In fact, I have some ready for embellishments. Great story about the Featherweight. I know my daughter and I love ours. They're just so dainty, well-made and pretty to look at.
Sonja, send me your address and I can send a couple your way also, maryjane@maryjanesfarm.org
MaryJane, Farmgirl #1 Plowin' Thru ~ giving aprons a good wrap for 45 years and counting ~
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Cissik
True Blue Farmgirl
582 Posts
Sylvia
Kent
WA
USA
582 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2015 : 3:08:27 PM
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Thank you, thank you so much for your thoughtfulness. We will so appreciate having these bags. They will help our chapter go GREEN! Yeah!
I've rescued several Featherweights and sent them on to good homes. I love this recent one. I'm sewing the Farm Girl Vintage quilt blocks with it. So glad you featured Lori Holt.
Sylvia
Kent, WA
Farm Girl #5389
http://vintagehousegoods.blogspot.com
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