Sewing at the Hospital

We had a fantastic day sewing at the hospital! We sewed 17 pillowcases at our event. We were very busy. This year we had quite a few kids who wanted to sew the pillowcases themselves (with a little help). That was very exciting!!! Others chose fabrics for us to sew for them while they waited. We also brought three totes of completed pillowcases. I heard many, "Cuuute", "Ahhhhh", "Look at this one", etc... The pillowcases were flying from the totes...we think patients and families took approximately 70 pillowcases. The parents, families, friends, and patients are very, very appreciative of the efforts of all of you wonderful volunteers.

Julie, her daughter, Emily, and Emily's friend were working as a great team. Emily sewed a Vikings pillowcase for a little Vikings fan. (See picture.) The game was on when we were sewing. We had plenty of Vikings fabric for those fans that may have been in bewilderment today over the game. This little guy (we didn't catch his name) has a pillowcase to match his hat now... Julie helped keep up with the "sew and go" orders we took. ;-) It's great to see another generation of volunteers! 

One of Becky's "customers" was Wes. Wes was full of energy and very wiggly.  He had some big curls under his hat that seemed to fit his personality perfectly. That was some cool hair. Wes is a firecracker!! He is growing his hair for "Locks of Love"...how awesome is that. I believe Wes's sibling is in the hospital. (Check out the picture.) I didn't get a picture of a little girl Becky helped, however, she was as cute as can be. She had the prettiest red hair. I'm guessing she was between 8 and 10. She had purple eye shadow...very neatly applied. She made a tie-die pillowcase and was as happy and as proud as can be when she finished.

Terrance, was a fast friend to Bennett. Bennett helped Terrance sew three pillowcases - one Vikings pillowcase for himself, one Vikings pillowcase for Terrance's dad, and one U of M pillowcase to give another patient. Yep, Terrance wanted to donate a pillowcase to another patient. That was so sweet. (The bib Terrance is wearing is his sister's, by the way.) Terrance kept Bennett busy and he was chatty. He told Bennett he wanted to be a running back but will probably be a quarterback because he has a good arm and he is fast. We told Terrance he was our number one pillowcase sewer today and that got a great smile.

Thanks to all of you for your support of ConKerr Cancer. You made a lot of smiles today!!

~Carolyn

Pillowcase-a-thon Success

The Pillowcase-a-thon at Quilt Yourself on Saturday, 9/10/11, was a HUGE success!  We made 127 pillowcases! 






Volunteers were cutting, pinning, ironing, and sewing.  Everyone was fantastic and flexible.  Not only did the group make 127 pillowcases, volunteers cut all of the fabric that was brought in.   In addition to the 127 made at the event, 73 were brought in completed.  That's a total of 200 pillowcases for the day!  Thanks to everyone for your FABULOUS work. 



I had a lot of fun and hope everyone that helped enjoyed the day too.   A very, very special THANK YOU to Jeannette and Sue, owners of Quilt Yourself, for hosting our event.  You are gems for being so generous.  The MN chapter of ConKerr Cancer would not be what it is today without you.  You are the best.