17-Mar-2025 : Sewing Challenge 2025 - 3 More Dresses for Batch #2

 Here are 3 more dresses for Batch #2 bringing my total to 5 for Batch 2. The last of the green dress from a fabric bolt donated to my cause about 5 years ago. Nothing has been wasted and from this bolt I must have sewn about 70 dresses or perhaps more. With these 3 dresses, my overall total is 13/100.

These dresses have been added to my FY25 Sewing Challenge Album. You can check the album by clicking on the image above or click on the link below. 

   FY25 - Sewing Challenge-100 Dresses in 100 Days by Dress A Girl Australia

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13-Mar-2025 : Sewing Challenge 2025 - 2 Dresses for Batch #2

 A bit late for Batch #2 dresses as I run out of elastic and was not able to make a purchase until 2 days ago. Trying my best to catch up as by now I should have done about 18-19 dresses since I started the challenge. With these 2 dresses, my overall total is 10/100.

These dresses have been added to my FY25 Sewing Challenge Album. You can check the album by clicking on the image above or click on the link below. 

FY25 - Sewing Challenge-100 Dresses in 100 Days by Dress A Girl Australia

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04-Mar-2025 : Sewing Challenge 2025 - 3 More dresses

 The first week of  The 100 Day Project has just completed and here are 3 more dresses I have sewn to complete the first batch of dresses for the 100 day challenge. There will be 10 batches for 100 days. These second group of dresses which is included in Batch 1 have  been sewn from the 27th of Feb to the 3rd of March.

These dresses have been added to my FY25 Sewing Challenge Album. You can check the album by clicking on the image above or click on the link below. Batch 1 has a total of 8 dresses and looking forward to sewing for Batch #2 in the next few days. 

FY25 - Sewing Challenge-100 Dresses in 100 Days by Dress A Girl Australia

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27-Feb-2025 : Sewing Challenge 2025 - 100 dresses in 100 days

 It has been awhile since I did a sewing challenge. This year I am challenging myself to 100 dresses in 100 days. I joined a challenge called The 100 Day Project which started last Sunday(23-Feb-2025) and ends on the 2nd of Jun. I thought this was a very good opportunity for me to do 100 dresses as well although my main project is actually drawing 100 houses in 100 days. It does not take me long to sew one dress so I added this in as a personal challenge on the side. That would mean i draw one house and sew one dress everyday if possible for the next 100 days and let me not forget that starting this Saturday, 1st of March is the start day of my commitment to walk 150kms for kids with cancer. I have the whole month of March to do the 150kms but since I already walk everyday I do not see this as a problem unless it will be too hot during the day or it rains. I did the Camino de Santiago in 2023 and walked 155kms in 8 days.

At the moment, I am not thinking and/or planning distributions. I just want to sew 100 dresses in 100 days. One dress, one plan at a time.

So far, I have drawn 6/100 houses since I started last Sunday and have sewn 5/100 dresses. I just need to re-organize my time, what my priorities are during the day. I will not be showing any of my drawings here but see below the five dresses I have done so far.

I think I have 3-5 more cuts of the same fabric and the bolt is done.

I created an album so I can keep track of my sewing. I will only be posting what I have completed every week but if anyone is interested to check it out, please click here.

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21-Feb-2025 : 86K for a Cure this March

I am back this year to help raise funds for kids with cancer.  I am taking part in the 86K for a Cure to help find a cure for childhood cancer and will be walking 150km this month of March.

If you want to help to raise funds for the Children's Cancer Institute, please click on the image below to support my commitment to walk 150km for the '86k for a Cure' this month of March or you can click here.

Thank you! Much appreciated.

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09-Feb-2025 : Important Information for everyone

 Hello everyone, Recently I have been getting a lot of enquiries on who to get in touch with if anyone wants to make a donation from several locations to Dress A Girl Australia. Please be advised that there is no one from any location who you can get in touch with. Dress A Girl Australia is an individual effort of mine to make a difference. Unlike other similar efforts, there are no sponsorships for DAG. Any enquiries regarding this campaign should be made directly to me by using the 'Çontact Me' form which you will find at the top of this page or you can click on the link below.

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Sewing in the new year 2025

Before anything else, happy new year! I hope the first two weeks of 2025 have been amazing for everyone and here's to a fantastic year ahead!

Looks like my mojo for sewing is back and hopefully for the rest of the year. And here is my first handmade for the year - a pair of shorts.

With the cost of living going up everytime I look out the window, it is very difficult to make a commitment to continue providing handmade clothes to disadvantaged children. Last year I did not make any distributions at all due to financial constraints. But I would love to do it again this year, perhaps twice or at least once as my contribution to the Holy Year celebration  and give hope to disadvantaged children. In case one is not aware, the Pope has declared 2025 as a Jubilee year with a theme of hope and one of the ways one can make a contribution is a work of mercy. Perform a corporal work of mercy such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick. Providing handmade dresses to disadvantaged children is a good example of a work of mercy which I hope I can do this year of Jubilee. Have quite a few dresses I made last year waiting to be distributed and with my sewing mojo back I think I will have or can have more dresses to give and become a pilgrim of hope this year.