Q4CL MorsbagsGuidelines
Morsbag is an international initiative https://morsbags.com
Many of our lovely volunteers make Morsbags, either instead of or as well as quilts or blocks. We decided to make these bags so that diners had something nice and also reusable to take their quilts away in.
To join in the community and ask any questions, or find fabric – visit the Q4CL Morsbags Facebook group – or find below the instructions for the slightly altered sizing that we use (some of the puffier quilts don’t fit in the standard size Morsbags.
Any questions? Visit the Morsbag FAQ page.
The adapted morsbag for Q4CL
We are using 22” by 44” which is 4” wider and 4” longer than the instructions given by Morsbag, and boxing the bottom.
+ 4” to the given length so 44”
+ 4” to the given width so 22”
I also boxed the bottom (some times called sugar bag bottom)
I used the french seam as given in the instructions, but if your fabric is heavy this may cause problems so overlock or use a zig zag to prevent fraying.
Labels add anywhere you like to the outside of the bag. Doesn’t have to be one piece of material, just remember to reinforce the seams. Oh and have fun making them!
Link to making the morsbag.
https://morsbags.com/get-involved/pattern-download-links/
“I have been extremely privileged to work with an amazing team of volunteers delivering food parcels yesterday and gifts today, to the young people who would have been attending the Manchester Christmas Dinner in non Covid times.
Yesterday I offered a young man who arrived in the UK as an unaccompanied child refuge, a quilt. He replied, “ I had one last year. It is my favourite most precious thing. When I feel very sad I wrap myself (in it) and I feel some comfort.”
Manchester Christmas Dinner
