Most nights I am up late after the house is quiet. Mark and Michael have gone upstairs and the dogs are snoring under my feet. I grab a few pieces of fabric and cut and many 9x6 rectangles as my carpal tunnel will let me. I stack the rectangles by the machine. Then I cut whatever we have to use for the pieces that go around the ear. So that makes two piles on the table so far.
I check the notebooks where I write down every order from the day. At the end of the night I add them all up so we can keep a somewhat accurate tally of masks that we have given away...so far we have given away 1,784 masks. 1137 of them have been picked up from the porch. Every night I look at that number and shake my head and smile.
Then when I get up in the morning I begin sewing masks. When I finish a pile I turn them and pin in the pleats. Then they go into a
pile and I sew a few more. Once I get tired of that I will sew the ones with the pleats. I got back to the pile that I just pinned and sew the rest of them. Then they all get a light press. And the process begins all over again. So far it has worked out. I am up and down filling orders and putting them on the porch. I try to remember to let everyone know that their masks are ready by a text or PM. It has been an amazing journey. I have met some amazing people. And been blessed by lots of generous people. And those blessings have been turned around to help others in our community. Our Little Army has done amazingly awesome!!! I am thankful.
Most nights I am up late after the house is quiet. Mark and Michael have gone upstairs and the dogs are snoring under my feet. I grab a few pieces of fabric and cut and many 9x6 rectangles as my carpal tunnel will let me. I stack the rectangles by the machine. Then I cut whatever we have to use for the pieces that go around the ear. So that makes two piles on the table so far.
I check the notebooks where I write down every order from the day. At the end of the night I add them all up so we can keep a somewhat accurate tally of masks that we have given away...so far we have given away 1,784 masks. 1137 of them have been picked up from the porch. Every night I look at that number and shake my head and smile.
Then when I get up in the morning I begin sewing masks. When I finish a pile I turn them and pin in the pleats. Then they go into a
pile and I sew a few more. Once I get tired of that I will sew the ones with the pleats. I got back to the pile that I just pinned and sew the rest of them. Then they all get a light press. And the process begins all over again. So far it has worked out. I am up and down filling orders and putting them on the porch. I try to remember to let everyone know that their masks are ready by a text or PM. It has been an amazing journey. I have met some amazing people. And been blessed by lots of generous people. And those blessings have been turned around to help others in our community. Our Little Army has done amazingly awesome!!! I am thankful.
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