Making Pillowcases

          A few years ago we found out about a program called "ConKerr Cancer", a foundation that makes bright and cheery pillowcases for children in hospitals.  www.conkerrcancer.org

          ConKerr Cancer started when Cindy Kerr’s son was diagnosed with cancer in 2002.  She began to make pillowcases to brighten up her son's room and put a smile on his face. He loved them and so she began making pillowcases for other children at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

          Since then the pillowcase project, A Case for Smiles, has grown in amazing ways.  They have provided nearly 400,000 pillowcases made by thousands of volunteers from across North America and in South Africa. School groups, sewing circles, church groups, and fabric stores have all pitched in and are making pillowcases for the kids. 

        In the past three years ConKerr Cancer has established 125 chapters (so far!) serving children in 225 hospitals and pediatric hospices across the United States, Canada, South Africa, and Israel. 

The pattern they provide is very simple to follow and so today we pulled out the sewing machines and made eight pillowcases.      Me cutting out the pattern         Lillia sewing     Mommy and Hope sewing...         Night-night, Elainah...sweet dreams!     Boys being boys!