Bags 4 Darfur: Rik on the Rack (now sold)

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Rik on the Rack (now sold)

If you asked me to explain my bizarre and persistent love affair with that squiggly trim from ?long ago.... I'd have to explore the warm and lovely feeling I always had when I snooped through the drawers of my mother's sewing cabinet. I'd find rik rak, trim, buttons, and all kinds of lovely things. And I've never stopped loving them.

It's one of the items I tend to search for in thrift shops and yard sales- never seeming to lose my joy in finding some more.

I also love finding wildly coloured geometric prints that make me think of happy, uninhibited home fashions of the past.

This bag4darfur is fully lined with a playful, reclaimed paisley piece of fabric. A twice-used linen forms two pockets on her interior.

Interested in a playful way to do a little something for Africa?

Name your price in the comment section below.

2 comments:

Chelsea said...: Hey Joyce!!
I would like to buy this bag for 30dollars if I can, I loooove it!
Sorry if you already sent the other bag...; August 12, 2011 at 9:14 AM
joyce said...: excellent, thank you chelsea. I've not yet sent the first bag, and now will send both at one!; August 12, 2011 at 8:32 PM

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About The Bags

Frequently asked questions answered here.

Read about the project here.

Read about the history of Darfur here.

Play a game to end hunger here: http://www.freerice.com/index.php

Re-joyce.

I've always been a scrounger. Raised by a frugal prairie farm woman who reduced, reused, and recycled long, looooong before it was trendy; I've come into the concept of re-purposing honestly. I am silly-in-love with anything vintage-ish, and am powerless against it when I discover it stacked on card tables in someone's garage, or stale and lonely in a thrift shop.

As a responsible consumer, here's what you can feel good about:

*the bags are fashioned from recycled fabrics purchased at thrift shops, garage sales, and fabrics donated by generous supporters.

* Most of the thrift shops are themselves humanitarian aid fund raisers.

*while keeping this stuff out of the landfills, you get to enjoy little pieces of history. Fabrics that used to function as tableclothes, aprons, bedspreads, sheet sets, coats.... Well, you get the idea.

*the proceeds of the project are intended for food aid to people in camps in and around the Sudan via the United Nations World Food Programme.

The bags are distributed in "good faith"; the fabrics within each piece can not be warranteed due to their unknown fiber contents. I myself treat my bags with little caution- throwing them in the wash, hanging them on the line to dry. I cannot offer any guarantees though, and do not offer refunds or returns; although I am certainly willing to do reasonable repairs. Although in a sense one is purchasing a bag, the bigger vision is to partner in feeding the hungry.

Interested in supporting the project? Visit my ETSY shop, top of the page. E-mail me with any question at re(dash)joyce(at)live.ca

Feel free to copy the "bag button" on the sidebar if you would like to place it on your own blog or web page.

Thanks for your interest!

Funds Sent for Aid

Grand Total: $32,918.00
$24,918.00 total to wfp
$2,097.00 to MCC Sudan, 2013
$400.00 to CMU Outtatown in 2013
$4,172.00 total for 2012
$910.00 to UHCR in 2012
$2,142.00 to WFP in 2012
$400.00 to CMU Outtatown/Guatamala 2012
$720.00 women to women in 2012
$240.00 to women to women in 2011
$6,203.00 to WFP in 2011
$4,078 total in 2010
$525.00 to WFP in 2010
$200.00 to UNHCR in 2010
$175.00 to Save Darfur in 2010
$3,178.24 Women For Women Int'l 2010
$5,385.00 in 2009
$210.00 to Mennonite Central Committee '09
$100.00 to Siloam Mission in 2009
$200.00 to Save Darfur in 2009
$10,658.00 to wfp in 2008