One Million Pillowcases

On Tuesday, as part of Voya's National Day of Service, my co-workers and I made 38 pillowcases that will be donated to Boston Children's Hospital as well as nine pet pillows that will be donated to a local animal shelter.

My friend Sue came to my office and helped me run the event! We had over 15 volunteers and used two conference rooms so there was a lot of running back and forth!

Here are some of my intrepid volunteers.

Showing off our finished work!

At the end of the day, Julia and I are tired but very proud of all of the finished pillowcases!

Before the big day, I had pre-cut 38 pillowcases and my friend Carol had cut another 20. This way, when people showed up, we could hand them something ready to sew. What surprised me the most was how many non-sewers wanted to participate in our event. We gave them some pinning and pressing lessons and they prepped as we sewed. Overall we had seven sewers and an army of pinners. I'm sorry I didn't get any photos of my pinning crew, they were really great!

Scenes from the workroom. From front, Jodi, Kathy, Julia and Lauren

From left (clockwise), Sue, Lauren, Lorraine, Carol, Jodi, Kathy and Julia

This is my sweet co-worker Lauren. We sit next to each other at the office. She is 26. We have a lot of fun together.

Here are our finished pet pillows. My Brown Bagger quilting buddies save all their fabric scraps for me and my garage was overflowing with their donations. My army of volunteers stuffed them in about half an hour and asked for more!

Everyone had a good time participating and they are already talking about signing up for next year! Guess I better start cutting some more fabric!

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Thanks for visiting!

Pugs and kisses,
Nancy