You know when you get an idea...
and it comes out of your mouth...
and then you're committed.
And then (usually sometime later) you realize your idea may have been 'too big'.
Well that is exactly what happened to me when I committed us, and our customers to making 110 kid themed pillowcases for Camp Dragonfly.
It all began when American Patchwork & Quilting put out a challenge for all the quilt shop and quilters across the country to make one million pillowcases in a last year. We started with gusto as we solicited customers to make pillowcases for our local Hospice of the Shenandoah. Without blinking, we had over 100 pillowcases for hospice patients... of all ages.
So while talking to Hospice's director, Lori, Camp Dragonfly came up in conversation. I figured that if the first round of pillowcases came in so quickly, so would bug or kids pillowcases. I didn't figure that there really wasn't as much bug fabric out there (on the market) as I thought or that customers would find making pillowcases for kids a challenge. But that's what happened and we were coming on the camp date faster than we were getting pillowcases.
So I sent out a desperation email, made kits, and gave a deadline that gave me enough time to make up the difference in pillowcases if needed. And, as usual, our customers and some of Hospice's volunteers came through. We surpassed our goal and have enough to start a stash of pillowcases for next year.
All of this leads to a huge THANK YOU to you our generous customers for the gift of your time, talents and fabric to bring some love and sunshine to local kids who are grieving.
We continue to collect pillowcases all year for hospice patients (young and old) as well as continuing our Camp Dragonfly collection for next fall. We love this 'rolled' pillowcase technique and make a lot of pillowcases for friends and family at the holidays. Enjoy. Kay
Rolled Pillowcase - American Patchwork & Quilting
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