Bags 4 Darfur: Niverville Fair, and some other thoughts

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Niverville Fair, and some other thoughts

Hi Joyce,

Let me start by saying I received my bag yesterday. It is wonderful, the picture on your blog does not do it justice. It is beautiful, the colours and fabrics, the attention to detail and the craftmanship. Just lovely!

I love your recommissioning of "lost" materials.

Truly your eye and talent are amazing:)

What a timely note that was on a Wednesday evening, hours and hours after I ought to have posted another bag for sale. Such an encouragement.
I'm simply swamped. This was reconfirmed to me this morning when I noticed that by 7:44 AM, I had: showered, welcomed the first two children into my care, designed and cut out a messenger bag, emptied the dishwasher, cleaned up some cat puke, washed the pots and pans, and written a to do list.

It's going well, and I can say with some confidence now that I WILL be prepared for the Niverville Fair 2012.
. I have reached the count of 61 and a half bags, and that feels pretty darned good. Only about 13 and a half to go, and still a week to "spare"!
I wonder if I'll get to posting more bags before June 8, although my intentions will be good.
It would be oh, so grand if you could all come to the fair, so we could meet and chat. Last year I had such fun meeting people who I'd only known in the virtual world.
Please keep checking, and thanks again for the constant and kind support.

Posted by joyce at 11:39 AM

4 comments:

Hutt-Write Voice said...

You'll get it all done, no worry. Lots of fun at the fair!

May 31, 2012 at 11:54 AM

janice said...

Wow - I got tired reading that. By 7:44 I had showered, brushed my teeth and gotten dressed. . . Like most days.

You will have so much fun at the fair!

May 31, 2012 at 12:17 PM

Jennie C. said...

I've been getting the sewing bug again. Maybe I'll be ready for the Christmas fairs. I think it would be so much more fun to sell the bags face-to-face and meet the people they are going to. It also gives you a chance to talk about what the funds are for. You inspire me. Keep sewing!

June 14, 2012 at 3:23 PM

joyce said...

Jennie, remarkable that I can inspire, feeling on near empty! Thanks for those encouraging words. It would be fun to meet at a sale, wouldn't it?
Once bitten by the sewing bug, few recover. Sew on!

June 15, 2012 at 6:57 AM

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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

4 comments:

Hutt-Write Voice said...: You'll get it all done, no worry. Lots of fun at the fair!; May 31, 2012 at 11:54 AM
janice said...: Wow - I got tired reading that. By 7:44 I had showered, brushed my teeth and gotten dressed. . . Like most days.

You will have so much fun at the fair!; May 31, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Jennie C. said...: I've been getting the sewing bug again. Maybe I'll be ready for the Christmas fairs. I think it would be so much more fun to sell the bags face-to-face and meet the people they are going to. It also gives you a chance to talk about what the funds are for. You inspire me. Keep sewing!; June 14, 2012 at 3:23 PM
joyce said...: Jennie, remarkable that I can inspire, feeling on near empty! Thanks for those encouraging words. It would be fun to meet at a sale, wouldn't it?
Once bitten by the sewing bug, few recover. Sew on!; June 15, 2012 at 6:57 AM