This exciting yearlong national challenge—spearheaded by American Patchwork & Quilting—asks independent quilt shops and fabric stores to join forces with quilters and sewers in 2010 to create and donate 1 million pillowcases to local charities, with the message, Make a Pillowcase, Make a Difference. Many worthy organizations and causes can benefit from pillowcases, including nursing homes, domestic violence shelters, foster children and the homeless.

Guild members wishing to participate may bring them to our monthly guild meeting and give them to Kathy Longstreet, who will collect them before donation.  Members will vote on local charities for donation.

It was recommended that members might like to take some time during the March retreat to make pillowcases.  Those not attending, who’d like to donate fabric for retreat pillowcases, should bring it to the February meeting.

For free downloadable pillowcase patterns and to log in pillowcases donated, see:

http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/millionpillowcases/index.html