Sunday, September 17, 2017

Sew Some Love Sunday - Pillowcase Edition

Welcome to another edition of Sew Some Love Sunday!!  Yes. I realize that it's been a while.  Sorry about that, but I sort of fell out of the habit.  Focus has been on a variety of other projects.

 Anyway, I'm here now.

 Why now, Joyful???

 Well, my Quilt Bee held a Pillowcase-a-thon today.  I thought you might like the highlights.

 Candy sent along some donation fabric to be paired up:

People also brought fabric from home.  Here are my contributions:


Gayle showed us the method she learned from Missouri Star:


Here I am getting ready to begin:


Sewing my first pillowcase of the day:


Ta da...


Oops!!  Mistakes were made:


Let's try that again!  Longer this time:


Maybe?!  Maybe NOT:


The magic of the tube:


Ahh!!  That's better, Joyful:


Oh!  Fraternal twins:


Only THREE kits remained at the end of the day:


These came in the mail (or were dropped off) to add to our MSQC Pillowcase Drive collection:


Our productive quilters made these today:


Here's the tally:

 16 made today
6 dropped off
2 mailed
3 kits remaining

 For a total of 28 pillowcases (and counting!!)

THIS is what they look like all stacked up:
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Until next time...
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6 comments:

  1. Angie in SoCalSeptember 17, 2017 at 10:38 PM

    Love those colorful pillowcases. Off the check out MSQC's tutorial. Bless you,

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  2. KatSeptember 20, 2017 at 1:54 PM

    Good job! Looks like you made a ton of progress!

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  3. Goofin' Off Around the BlockSeptember 20, 2017 at 2:44 PM

    Such beautiful pillowcases! What a fun thing to get together and do. Andrea

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  4. KateSeptember 21, 2017 at 7:10 AM

    Looks like a fun day of sewing. Very fun and pretty pillow cases there.

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  5. Nancy @ Grace and Peace QuiltingSeptember 21, 2017 at 9:44 PM

    Don't you love the satisfaction of making pillowcases?!!! Well, obviously you do, too! Great job!!!

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  6. LouiseSeptember 24, 2017 at 11:02 PM

    "Fraternal twins"...I love that! Great job making a nice big batch of pillowcases :)

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