One Million Pillowcase Challenge

Visit Ruby Jane's Retro Fabric in August, 2010 for a Pillowcase Party!

We'll have machines set up for sewing, pillowcase kits for purchase, free pillowcase patterns, prizes and giveways, and refreshments. There will also be a raffle to win a delicious, quilt-themed cookie bouquet from Cookies by Design. Raffle proceeds will be used to purchase sheet sets to match our pillowcases!

Pillowcases donated at this event and throughout the year will be donated to Genesis Women's Shelter and participants will receive a $1 coupon to Ruby Jane' for every pillowcase they make and donate.

Specific dates TBA.

The four pillowcase patterns below are offered by Better Homes & Gardens and require registration at the BH & G website to access. Or you can purchase a Pillowcase Kit, which includes all four patterns and fabric to make *one* pillowcase for $10.

About our chosen organization:

Since 1985, Genesis Women's Shelter has devoted itself to providing quality safety and shelter to battered women and their children through crisis intervention and short term crisis therapeutics and to reduce the occurrence of violence against women and children in the greater Dallas area. They are also committed to raising the level of community awareness regarding the pervasiveness and effects of domestic violence.

Calling all quilters, sewers and crafters! American Patchwork & Quilting is challenging you to join the efforts of quilters around the country to Make a Pillowcase, Make a Difference. Every pillowcase can make a difference in your community. A pillowcase can provide comfort for a cancer patient, hope for a foster child, encouragement for a battered woman, or beauty for a nursing home resident.