We send out our most
sincere wishes for peace, comfort and health – both emotional and physical
health – during this sacred time of Easter and Passover celebrations.
It is a relief to me that the rest of the country has caught up to the idea of
wearing a mask to keep self and others safe. Healthcare workers are still
asking for homemade masks, and I hear from quilters around the country that
those hospitals who said ‘no thanks’ to our DIY masks a couple weeks ago, are
saying ‘yes please!’ now. If you are making masks for family and friends,
please make every other mask for those medical workers on the front lines. If
you are selling masks, please offer to your customers that for every mask they
buy, you will donate one to healthcare workers. This is not over yet.
We still encourage you to make masks with ties, which can be cut from fabric.
However so many of you have asked for elastic, so we are continuing to stock
this item. We are receiving thousands of yards from the garment industry, and
then we are measuring and bundling before sending out to you. The elastic comes
in and out of stock very quickly. Contact our customer service and they will
notify you when it is back in stock every few days.
Our shipping time is taking a little longer than usual, because these are
unusual times. If you search for ‘COVID’ you will pull up all the mask-making
and PPE items in stock. We are giving these orders priority because we know
these sewing projects for our communities are most urgent.
We have 2 trunks outside our front door now: One to receive finished masks, and
one with free fabric for those who are sewing with no stash of their own.
eQuilter is a dropoff point for finished masks for our local hospital and
healthcare workers. We receive masks and then do a ‘triage’ and divide up the
masks for the local and state groups who are requesting them: this week
including police, jail, mental health clinic, and more for the hospital and
state department offices. Also we have quilters who are donating their stash in
our fabric give-away bin, on top of the fabric we are donating to mask makers.
Many thanks to all who have rallied to this effort!
Please do share our Mask-Making info-page with anyone who might be
interested in sewing face masks or other PPE for their community.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
