WE'VE BEEN HERE...MAKING MASKS!


OK, so you've not heard from us in many weeks.  We've all been following the directives to stay home, stay safe, and learn the correct way to wash our hands.  And members of the Hudson Valley NY Chapter of the American Sewing Guild have been doing just that.  But not just that......We've been here all along doing what we can to support all those folks who are working so hard to help get us through these crazy times. 

Many of us have been making face masks. Lots and lots of masks
in many different styles, for lots and lots of folks.  In fact, 40-50 of our chapter members and other sewing friends have made well over 1,000 fabric (aka washable) masks since mid-March. Only the difficulty of finding in-stock elastic slowed the process down a little last month.

And just so you know, we made them not just for ourselves, but we made them for our families (here in NY State, Florida, South Carolina, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Minnesota), for our neighbors, and for anyone that asked. Specifically the following:

Vassar Brothers Hospital
Northern Dutchess Hospital
Westchester Senior Center
Harvard Medical Center
Orange County
The Fountains of Millbrook
Orange County 
North Salem Volunteer Ambulance Corps
doctors' offices in Rhinebeck
Salvation Army in Beacon
Stony Brook Hospital
Hudson Valley Hospice 
Danbury Hospital in Connecticut
Various area nursing homes
Bon Secour in Port Jervis
Rockland County hospitals
Numerous local grocery stores 
.............and many more.

Our many thanks to the mask makers.  Job well done!

Our deepest gratitude to all those folks out there doing their very best to get us successfully through today's challenges.  

Thank you!!