{"id":6464,"date":"2020-03-30T09:49:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=6464"},"modified":"2020-03-30T09:49:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:49:20","slug":"sewing-in-the-time-of-covid-19-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/sewing-in-the-time-of-covid-19-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sewing in the time of COVID-19 &#8211; Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/60\/bugs-bees-ladybugs-dragonflies-+-butterflies?fn=nl_20200328193539\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/OEPRDBAR_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6466\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/OEPRDBAR_MD.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6466\" class=\"wp-image-6466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/OEPRDBAR_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/OEPRDBAR_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/10\/paisleys-+-mandalas-bohemian-+-gypsy?fn=nl_20200328193539\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RUGEM9VI_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6467\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RUGEM9VI_MD.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6467\" class=\"wp-image-6467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RUGEM9VI_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/RUGEM9VI_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/278\/fundraisers-health-+-special-causes?fn=nl_20200328193539\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LONFTYCD_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6465\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LONFTYCD_MD.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=6465\" class=\"wp-image-6465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LONFTYCD_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/LONFTYCD_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs many of you know\nby now, I&#8217;ve been working to compile an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/information-about-sewing-masks-in-the-time-of-covid-19\/?fn=nl_20200328193539\">info-page<\/a><\/strong> for all of you who are\nanxious to help. A week ago we thought our homemade masks weren&#8217;t good enough.\nNow we have hospitals, clinics and EMTs begging for PPE items. (PPE &#8211; personal\nprotective equipment) Many thanks to Meg Cox for her mention of our efforts in\nher &#8220;Quilt Journalist Tells All&#8221; e-newsletter Saturday. <br><br>\nWe&#8217;ve spent the week scrambling to find suppliers for the things you are asking\nfor, to make PPE items. If you search for &#8220;COVID&#8221; it will pull up\neverything we have in stock that has been in demand for this purpose, and we\nhave thousands of yards of elastic, and hundreds of yards of polypropylene\n(nonwoven mask liner) on order for next week. We will be selling the elastic at\nour cost after cutting and bundling in 10 yd and 50 yd packages. These are\ncoming from a garment industry manufacturer and are Latex-Free. If you want to\nbe notified when they come in, please contact customer service Monday so we can\njudge the demand and order more if needed. <br><br>\nWe&#8217;ve been asked by the governor&#8217;s office to help coordinate making, collecting\nand delivering masks to the workers who are keeping Colorado running during\nthis pandemic. These are the folks who are still going to work during the\nshutdown &#8211; processing your state tax return checks &#8211; running the DMV &#8211; and I&#8217;ve\nadded these workers to my list of potential mask recipients on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/information-about-sewing-masks-in-the-time-of-covid-19\/?fn=nl_20200328193539\">info-page<\/a>.\nFor all of you making masks out there, look at my list and think about who is\nstill out there in your state working and delivering, and think about who would\nappreciate a mask this week. <br><br>\nI also have a request from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amissionoflove\/\">Mission\nof Love<\/a> to make and send masks to Pine Ridge SD, the poorest county in the\nUS. (Reservation home to the Lakota people.) Please watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?fn=nl_20200328193539\">our blog<\/a> page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/equilter\">and Facebook page<\/a> for updates on\nall of these efforts. <br><br>\nIt has become clear to me in the last few days that anyone who is still\nworking, going to the grocery store, or having other potential human\ninteraction, needs to wear a mask when around others. Period. This is what they\ndo in Asia, where it is 2nd nature. Here in the US we have been spoiled and\nthere is resistance to this idea, but watch <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HhNo_IOPOtU\">this video sent to me<\/a> from the Czech\nRepublic. <br><br>\nThere is now a large sealed trunk for masks outside our front door. Our\nbusiness is closed to the public to protect our staff, but you can drop off\ndonated masks during business hours. If you have no fabric but want to help, we\nare also putting fabric in the bin so you can pick up what you can use, when\ndropping off finished masks. Our local BCH hospital group has listed us as one\nof two dropoff points for your DIY face masks. We are collecting and\ndistributing to a wide range of groups including the hospital, nursing homes,\nand state government workers. <br><br>\nWe are providing curbside pickup for our local customers. If you live locally\nand wish to save on shipping but not get out of your car to pick up an order,\njust let us know when you will arrive and we will bring your package out to\nyour car for a *quick* hand-off to protect staff and customer&#8230;maybe on your\ninfrequent trip to the grocery store down the road from eQuilter. <br><br>\nPlease do share our Mask-Making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/information-about-sewing-masks-in-the-time-of-covid-19\/?fn=nl_20200328193539\">info-page<\/a>\nwith anyone who might be interested in sewing face masks or other PPE for their\ncommunity. We will get through this together. Sending love and hugs to you and\nyour families during this challenging time. <br><br>\nsharing your Passion for Fabric&#8230; <br>\nLuana and Paul <br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/luanarubin\/\">See my Flickr Photo Pages<\/a>\nfor travel images, comment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?fn=nl_20200328193539\">our blog<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/equilter\">follow us on Facebook<\/a>. <br><br>\nVisit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/equilterfabrics\/\">Pinterest<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/equilterfabrics\/\">eQuilter&#8217;s Instagram<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/quiltfairy\">or Twitter<\/a> for more Color and Design\nideas. <br><br>\nCheck out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/news\/videos\/category\/0\/equilter-videos?fn=nl_20200328193539\">our\nVideo pages<\/a> for interviews and show reviews.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n<strong>Share Post:<\/strong><br><a class=\"synved-social-button 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A week ago we thought our homemade masks weren&#8217;t good enough. Now we have hospitals, clinics and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/sewing-in-the-time-of-covid-19-week-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-charity","category-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6468,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464\/revisions\/6468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}