I remember when the magazine launched this amazing project. A goal to have people all over the world make a pillowcase, donate it, and log that they did to reach 1 Million Pillowcases donated to charity!

Get ready on Sept 16 & 17 to sew pillowcases all across the world!!

Current count on their website here:  I just checked when I wrote this.. it’s at

689,416 pillowcases donate, woohoo!

wonder what it will be after all of you make some pillowcases!

Last year, nation-wide, 10,763 pillowcases were made and donated at sew-a-thon events. Help us beat that number!

American Patchwork & Quilting  Pillowcase Challenge Information page

The Editors designed this block, so adorable!!  Lindsay Mayland is on our design team, she is also making the full quilt and her blocks are beautiful!

And my Block, CLICK HERE to Listen to the editors on my most recent show!

DOWNLOAD the Million Pillowcase Challenge Block

DOWNLOAD Free Pillowcase Patterns to make! 

Time to Stock up on thread colors you used everyday! Like my neutrals!

BUY Pat’s Thread  ………….. ALL Aurifil

Visit the rest of the people on the tour today, we are ALL spreading the word that the sew-a-thon is coming!  — See my pillowcases, above, that I’m donating!