Last of the Pillowcases

Now to wash, press and mail.

ConKerr Children's Pillowcases Half Done

Six down, six to go. I emailed the lady in charge this morning, and she said that some of the facilities require the pillowcases to be laundered in 1 cup of white vinegar, pressed, and placed in quart ziploc bags, so I need to go to the store and get white vinegar and ziplocs. I enjoy sewing on fabrics that I like more than those I'm not crazy about, and since I tend more toward florals and such, I was happy to finish these, the space ones especially. I like teddy bears, but I'm not so much a lover of green. The last half have some pink girly fabrics for 3 of them, so I'll save them for last, lol. The important thing isn't that I like them though, but that the kids do, and hopefully they will.
I haven't been out today, but yesterday was very exciting (as you can see, my life doesn't have an excess of excitement) as there were robins all over our yard and in the trees. We have had a cold winter for us, and it is nice to see signs of spring. As you can tell by the tree, it's still pretty winter looking around here.

Pillowcase Progress

We've had some other things going on too, so not a lot of progress, but I did finish the fleece blanket, flannel travel pillowcase, and flannel full sized pillowcase for my brother's 3 year old grandbabies birthday, and 2 rubber ducky pillowcase thank you gifts. That will be my one and only flannel hot dog style pillowcase, as the flannel bun doesn't want to give up it's flannel hot dog, and the french seam by the trim is so thick that even my Bernina had a hard time. I had to change the needle in route, as half way through, it was very bent. I had just changed my needle too, isn't that always the way.
Now on to the 12 pillowcases for the children's hospital. They are all cut out, and the trims are pressed and stitched on, so it won't be too big of a project.

Pillowcase Shopping Spree

I read a few years ago about the "ConKerr Cancer
Pillowcases 4 Smiles" program and have been meaning to make pillowcases for them. By the time that I finished making them for family, I was usually burned out (usually about 25). I decided that this is the time, so DH and I went to JoAnn's yesterday to check on fabric, and luckily the Debbie Munns fabrics were all half price. The first four pictures are what we bought for the pillowcases, and I hope to get 12 from the fabrics we purchased.
















Neutrals seem to always be in short supply in my sewing room and I'm going to need quite a few for my leaders and enders project, so I picked up a few while I was there.















While on the way, I called my brother on the phone to say hi, and he was birthday shopping with his daughter for one of his grandkids. The grandchild is a little guy, and wanted some fire trucks for his birthday so I was requested to check on fabrics for him a pillowcase, too. Fire trucks were rather short in supply at JoAnn's, but DH found some flannel and I found some flannels that don't really match, but don't scream too loudly, to make the 3 fabrics needed. When I called to report, they had another idea, that he would like a blanket too, so we couldn't find trucks, but we did find Dalmatians and fire hydrants, so hopefully, the little guy will be happy.
I bought rubber ducky fabrics about a year ago to make pillowcases for a thank you present, and hadn't made them yet (I did purchase another gift also), so I guess that I will probably end up with about 15 pillowcases this time. That's a lot less than 25.