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* This Week's Hot Picks *
Butterfly Paradise by Elizabeth Isles is a flurry of fluttering wings.
The brilliance continues in
Mandala Mosaic.
'Botanica' includes place mats from a naturalist's journal.
Visit your 'Happy Place' to lift your spirits.
Take a break to
Uncork & Unwind, then it's
Chow Time.
Spam is here for those of you who hail from Hawaii,
and
Classic Cars look good By the Beach.
I Wanna Iguana & Zendaya Zebras
show Alex. Henry's wild side.
Calling All Nurses & Nifty Nurses honor our healthcare heroes.
The coming Easter Holiday brings us hope and
Uplifting Inspiration.
If you are sewing PPE masks to support our hospital workers and first responders, thank you.
eQuilter is keeping these products well stocked.
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COVID-19 Blog Post*
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Sewing in the time of COVID-19 - Week 2
As many of you know by now, I've been working to compile an info-page for all of you who are anxious to help. A week ago we thought our homemade masks weren't good enough. Now we have hospitals, clinics and EMTs begging for PPE items. (PPE - personal protective equipment) Many thanks to Meg Cox for her mention of our efforts in her "Quilt Journalist Tells All" e-newsletter Saturday.
We've spent the week scrambling to find suppliers for the things you are asking for, to make PPE items. If you search for "COVID" it will pull up everything we have in stock that has been in demand for this purpose, and we have thousands of yards of elastic, and hundreds of yards of polypropylene (nonwoven mask liner) on order for next week. We will be selling the elastic at our cost after cutting and bundling in 10 yd and 50 yd packages. These are coming from a garment industry manufacturer and are Latex-Free. If you want to be notified when they come in, please contact customer service Monday so we can judge the demand and order more if needed.
We've been asked by the governor's office to help coordinate making, collecting and delivering masks to the workers who are keeping Colorado running during this pandemic. These are the folks who are still going to work during the shutdown - processing your state tax return checks - running the DMV - and I've added these workers to my list of potential mask recipients on my info-page. For all of you making masks out there, look at my list and think about who is still out there in your state working and delivering, and think about who would appreciate a mask this week.
I also have a request from Mission of Love to make and send masks to Pine Ridge SD, the poorest county in the US. (Reservation home to the Lakota people.) Please watch our blog page and Facebook page for updates on all of these efforts.
It has become clear to me in the last few days that anyone who is still working, going to the grocery store, or having other potential human interaction, needs to wear a mask when around others. Period. This is what they do in Asia, where it is 2nd nature. Here in the US we have been spoiled and there is resistance to this idea, but watch this video sent to me from the Czech Republic.
There is now a large sealed trunk for masks outside our front door. Our business is closed to the public to protect our staff, but you can drop off donated masks during business hours. If you have no fabric but want to help, we are also putting fabric in the bin so you can pick up what you can use, when dropping off finished masks. Our local BCH hospital group has listed us as one of two dropoff points for your DIY face masks. We are collecting and distributing to a wide range of groups including the hospital, nursing homes, and state government workers.
We are providing curbside pickup for our local customers. If you live locally and wish to save on shipping but not get out of your car to pick up an order, just let us know when you will arrive and we will bring your package out to your car for a *quick* hand-off to protect staff and customer...maybe on your infrequent trip to the grocery store down the road from eQuilter.
Please do share our Mask-Making info-page with anyone who might be interested in sewing face masks or other PPE for their community. We will get through this together. Sending love and hugs to you and your families during this challenging time.
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