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.Friday afternoon, we got together with our local homeschool group to sew pillowcases! Each of the kids each made two pillowcases, one to keep and one to give to ConKerr Cancer's Miles of Pillowcases Smiles.
“ConKerr Cancer: A Case for Smiles” was started when Ryan Kerr was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer at the age of twelve. Despite his illness - and many, many trips to the hospital - Ryan lived a full life of school, sports and friends. To make his hospital room cheerier, his mom Cindy began making fun, whimsical pillowcases to brighten up his day and put a smile on his face. Ryan liked them so much that Cindy started making pillowcases for the other children in the Oncology Unit. In a short time, the pillowcase project grew in amazing ways and has provided more than 210,000 pillowcases to sick children.
We learned how to use Hot Dog Pillowcase Tutorial with a French seam to make the pillowcases, and they all looked great! The goal in keeping the second pillowcase is that it will remind them to pray for the sick child who receives the matching one.
“ConKerr Cancer: A Case for Smiles” was started when Ryan Kerr was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer at the age of twelve. Despite his illness - and many, many trips to the hospital - Ryan lived a full life of school, sports and friends. To make his hospital room cheerier, his mom Cindy began making fun, whimsical pillowcases to brighten up his day and put a smile on his face. Ryan liked them so much that Cindy started making pillowcases for the other children in the Oncology Unit. In a short time, the pillowcase project grew in amazing ways and has provided more than 210,000 pillowcases to sick children.
We learned how to use Hot Dog Pillowcase Tutorial with a French seam to make the pillowcases, and they all looked great! The goal in keeping the second pillowcase is that it will remind them to pray for the sick child who receives the matching one.
Love it! Did you get the material from them, or did you buy it yourselves? How did you get the pillowcases to the right people?
ReplyDeleteWe purchased the fabric ourselves, the kids picked out what they liked. On the http://conkerrcancer.org/index.html website if you go to donate you can search by your state for drop off locations. Very easy and lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteperfect..I wasn't sure from their site if you donated, then they gave you the fabric, or what. What a great idea (especially love the making two, to have one to remind them to pray for a child with a matching pillowcase.)
ReplyDeleteThese are great! Thanks for sharing.
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