Mary Gallagher posted a farewell message on the popular CHF industry forum this morning. She is hanging up her scissors and seems genuinely excited to be able to give more time to the the causes she loves like Birthright International which supports women distressed by unplanned pregnancies. Mary plans to use her antique Singer hemstitch machine and her large supply of flannel interlining to hemstitch and then crochet around blankets and burp cloths for them.
The flood of grateful sentiments from her industry friends and colleagues on the forum made me want to know more about Mary Gallagher so I pulled up a complete list of her forum postings. Within the list I found a potpourri of topics including an offer to drive fellow conference attendees a ride to church, a hilarious Christmas rum cake recipe, and opinions about the mothers-day holiday that made me blow coffee out my nose! The overwhelming majority of what I read today though struck me as pure and authentically selfless advice from a good-hearted lady.
An obvious and recurring theme was her knack for the clever and crafty re-purposing of workroom scraps that would normally wind up in the trash. Given the current season, it seemed appropriate to re-post this link that she shared years ago as a great way to recycle tape backing strips into Christmas ornaments.
I sincerely hope that we can maintain the spirit of friendly collaboration that Mary Gallagher and people like her have created within the window coverings professional community.
Happy Trails Mary!
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I hope the coffee wasn’t too HOT !