Appearances
Over the years morsbags has popped up on the telly, on the radio, in newspapers, magazines, books and blogs — and even had tea at a garden party or two. Here is a little scrapbook of where our sociable guerrilla bagging has turned up.
We have been a bit quieter than usual lately while we rebuilt the site, so we have not been in the news quite as much as once upon a time. But there is a lovely back catalogue to browse below — and plenty more to come.
Award-winning bagging
We are enormously proud that morsbags has been recognised for what our volunteers make happen, stitch by stitch, all over the world:
- The King’s Award for Voluntary Service (2024) — the highest honour a UK volunteer group can receive, often described as an MBE for volunteers.
- The Global Good Award — recognising the environmental impact of a worldwide community sewing free bags to keep plastic out of the sea.
On the telly
Here we are on BBC Breakfast, showing the nation how a bunch of friends and a sewing machine can take on the plastic bag:
Television & radio
- Radio 4 Woman’s Hour — Craft Special
- BBC Breakfast (watch on YouTube)
- GMTV
- ARD (Germany)
- Local BBC radio stations — Leicester, York, Bristol, Devon, Bath, Berkshire, Derby, Lincolnshire and Solent
In print & online
- The Telegraph — 29th July 2010
- Sewing World Magazine — January 2008
- Sky News — September 2008
- Resurgence & Ecologist magazine
- The Independent — 15th June 2008
- The Western Morning News — 11th July 2007
- The Metro
- Herald Express (South Devon)
- Wild Sheffield Magazine
- The Guardian — 4th August 2011
- BBC Good Homes
- Inspired Times
- Devon Today
- The Source
In books
- Be The Change: Action and Reflection from People Transforming Our World by Trenna Cormack
- Quilting For Peace: Make the World a Better Place One Stitch at a Time by Katherine Bell
Where we have popped up
From a garden party at Clarence House to a naturmarkt in Frankfurt, morsbaggers have run workshops and stalls in some wonderful places:
- Clarence House Garden Party
- The Houses of Parliament
- Kew Gardens
- The Knitting & Stitching Shows in Harrogate, London and Dublin
- Festival of Quilts at the NEC
- Design & Technology Education Shows
- Padstow Vintage Rally, Cornwall
- Big Textile Show, Countesthorpe, Leicester
- Handcross Fun Day, Sussex
- UKAware Shows, London
- MACS Exhibition, Marden
- Burghill Show, Herefordshire
- Farnham Maltings, Surrey
- Burbage Green Fair, Leicester
- Cotehele Christmas Food Fair, Cornwall
- Greenlight Festival, Leicester
- Karotte Naturmarkt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Spirit of the Marsh Festival, Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire
- Food Festival at Belgrave Hall, Leicester
- Living Green Festival, Canberra, Australia
- UK Green Film Festival, Leicester
- Crafts For All, Bristol
- Craft4Crafters, Exeter
- Calstock Green Festival, Cornwall
- Melton Mowbray County Fair, Leicester
- Green Solutions Festival at Paignton Zoo
- … and many, many more.
Spotted us? Spread the word
Do get in touch with your local papers, radio and community pages to rave about your morsbagging — you never know who might read it and be inspired to join in, or to donate fabric, time or a spare sewing machine.
Journalist, producer or blogger? We would love to help with your story. Drop us a line and we will happily share photos, facts and a friendly bagger or two to chat to.