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Comment by Sheila Craft on November 13, 2013 at 7:46am

Old Photos, Joanna but...

Notice that the design wall extends behind the door! Don't waste that space!

Comment by Sheila Craft on November 13, 2013 at 7:37am

Joanna, how funny...Get Sewing! LOL! I'm in an 11 x 11 room and while it's not the 1500 Sq Ft space I dream about, it has to work...for now. I have all of my sewing & machine embroidery, my computer & "office", my heat press, vinyl cutter, sublimation printer, ironing center and supplies in here. Yes, I need to lose some weight to squeak through but, it is what it is and you do what you can. My closet (a small walk-in) has vinyl wire shelving throughout and holds all of my T-Shirts & Sweats (for imprinting) and a small, small space to hold winter coats. I have 1 window and it is centered between my sewing & computer area so that I can have some natural lighting. I have several inexpensive bookcases that I picked up at Big Lots that holds my stash, books & patterns, stabilizers, etc. My ironing board sits in the middle of the room so I have to be careful of the cord. I did make sure that I have a wall for use as my design wall, though. So, it can be done! Go, Joanna! Go Joanna! Go Joanna!

Comment by Joanna liguz on November 13, 2013 at 3:59am

Does anyone have any good tips to putting my sewing room together - I have a 12'x12' ft. room now and I am moving into a 10'x10' room how do I do that except put it all in the garage..?? There won't be much room accept for me. I don't have much space now...I know your all going to tell me to get sewing...That I plan to do when I get settled.

Comment by AidaCJ/NH on November 12, 2013 at 3:17pm

Thank you all. When donating, please use good judgment. I recommended the organizations that I know do their job well in really distributing the funds to what they are intended for.  While I mentioned that there are Filipino organizations also collecting, I will be very cautious in donating to them since scammers do crop up to take advantage of this unfortunate calamity.

Comment by Carol Vickers/OH on November 12, 2013 at 11:56am

Thank you Aida.  As we all sit and feel quite helpless it is good to have, as Janis said, a starting place to look for ways to be of help.  When donating to Red Cross and local churches, you can be more sure that the money gets where it needs to go instead of being mired in administrative red tape.  My prayers too go out to your countrymen and women.

Comment by Sheila Craft on November 12, 2013 at 11:36am

Also, I would suggest that if you, like I, have or would like to contribute to the relief efforts, please make sure that you are donating to a reliable organization such as the Red Cross, Unicef, etc. After Sandy, there were a lot of crazy organizations out there trying to scam folks!

Comment by Sheila Craft on November 12, 2013 at 11:33am

Aida, I responded to your comment on my wall and I'm sorry if you feel that I have, in some way, offended you or your countrymen & women. That was not my intent. I was simply being realistic as to what life is like there. Yes, I know that they make do with what they have - I am not in any way condemning that! My DH & I thoroughly enjoyed the time we spent there. We would not trade those experiences for the world. Unfortunately, complacency is found everywhere and Mother Nature does her best sometimes to teach us that we are wrong to be that way. Yes, Sandy, Katrina, Camille, Hugo, Andrew, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and tornadoes are devastating but we should never just accept them as part of our lives - wherever we live. We should have emergency plans in place. Fortunately, hurricanes/typhoons/cyclones don't usually appear overnight but take several days to build strength. Therefore we have a little bit of warning for them that we don't with other types of catastrophic storms.

Comment by Marianne Hill on November 12, 2013 at 11:19am

Aidaa,  I am so sorry that your countrymen are having an intolerable crisis to deal with.  I agree these things happen so quickly, and, how many times have we all said, they have the forecast wrong, I know I have here in UK.  My husband is a rotation and is very involved internationally, any ideas or contact details would be welcome.  My son has been doing a series of races in the English lake district called Lakeland trails, he did it for shelter box the organization that sends aid with emergency supplies for word disasters, I am sure some will be sent to the Philippians, we willkeep praying, keep your chin up

Comment by Janis B / OH on November 12, 2013 at 10:41am

Thanks for the info Aida, you've given us some place to start.

Comment by AidaCJ/NH on November 12, 2013 at 10:30am

Please contact your local church or the local Red Cross and designate you donation for the Philippines/Typhoon Haiwan Disaster relief.  The Catholic Relief Services  has a Facebook page, where you can make online tax-deductible donation.  Used clothings, personal care items and ready-to-eat food, medicine, are also welcome.  Most states have Filipino organizations that are, at this moment, very active in collecting donations for their countrymen.

Thank you everyone, from the bottom of my heart.

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