Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#116 to #118 - From Sharyn, Toni and Lyn

With August month fast closing down, a few more parcel donations need to be acknowledged. This time three parcels from Sharyn Cafee, Toni Renn and Lyn Granger and  dresses for allocation to the Project Uganda(Destiny Faith Ministries) which is about to end as well when August month ends.

1) Donation #116 is a parcel of 6 dresses from Toni Renn four of which is to be allocated to Project Uganda and the other 2 for an upcoming charity drive -

2) Donation #117 is a parcel of 4 dresses from Sharyn Cafee to be allocated to Project Uganda -

3) Donation #118 is a parcel of six dresses from Lyn Granger all of which is allocated to Project Uganda.  The dress with the yellow pocket was donated by Maryann Conway of Kiama Downs -

To Sharyn, Lyn, Maryann and Toni, thank you for your dress donations. Your kindness and generosity is very much appreciated. Thank you.

With the above dress donations, total count for Project Uganda as of tonight is 113 dresses. Thank you to all the donors who are helping make this project a big success. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#114 to #115 -From Eliza Leahy and Renade Fulton

Last two donation acknowledgements from last week's parcel pickups from Eliza Leahy and Renade Fulton.
1) Donation #114 is a parcel of 39 dresses from Eliza Leahy. Six of the dresses have been allocated to Project Uganda.

Would also like to acknowledge the following people for their fabric and accessories' donation, help in postage and support in making these 39 dresses possible -

1) Zoe Farris, Sherrie Martin, Wendy Peters, Tracie Thistleton, Cheryl Luck

2) Kerri Murchie for fixing Eliza Leahy's sewing machine.

3) Sharon Skinner, Wendy Millgat-Mougenot, Dave B, Loreful, Ross Dawe, Andrea Digney, Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Elizabeth P. Flint

4) Karen L. Macleod, Zoe Farris, Linda Robinett and Jacquie Houlden

5) Jon Pestana, Rob Crosby, Liz, Debra Kuch, Mal Lloyd and Judith Mott

6) Marg, Kaires Tevesu, Caron Murphy, Rosamund Brawn Robbins, Cherry, Jeff Rowse, Bec Hollis, Ann-Margaret Morrisey, Lara and Don Mcpherson

7) Marty Key, Shantel O'Connor, Danny Goodrich and Natalie Johnston.

2) Donation #115 is a parcel of 7 dresses from Renade Fulton. All seven have been allocated to Project Uganda.

Thank you to all the donors for making these donations possible. Your kindness and generosity are highly appreciated. Thank you so much.

With these last 2 donations, this brings my total as per below for Project Uganda and Project Hope Burma -

Project Hope Burma -
        - Dresses - 177
        - Shorts - 75
        - T-shirts - 75
Project Uganda (Destiny Faith Ministries) -
        - Dresses - 87 Dresses

And for those who still intend to donate, please note the following cut-off dates for the projects - all parcels posted on or before -
Project Hope Burma - Sep 15, 2014
Project Uganda (Destiny Faith Ministries) - Aug 31, 2014.

Thank you to all who have made these projects a success so far. Your kindness and generosity are highly appreciated. Thank you.

More Dresses made from Millhouse Collections' Fabric Donations

Yes, it looks like my sewing mojo is back. My sewing machine and I have been busy the past two days and as of today, I have made six dresses and 2 pairs of shorts. All dresses will be allocated to the Project Uganda(Destiny Faith Ministries) and more dresses to come. Sewing is the only thing that is on my mind these days while the momentum is still there..my desire to sew is still up there.

The fabrics used on the 3 dresses you see in this picture were donated by Nicole Devet and Jenni Kirillov on behalf of her mum who used to be a seamstress and is now retired. The fabrics for the 2 pairs of shorts were donated by Nicole Devet.

The 3 dresses made below were from the fabric donations of Millhouse Collections(c-o Sue Daley). 

and I know this is a big ask but I intend to finish these 11 pre-cut fabrics as I want to send more dresses to Uganda and am now five days away from the deadline of end of the month. These pre-cut fabrics were also donated by the Millhouse Collections and there are more dresses to come.

By the time I finish this batch I would have added 17 more dresses to Project Uganda and if there is still time I intend to make that 20.

2 Dresses for Project Uganda

My sewing machine has been back from repairs for almost a week now but I still have not found my desire  to sit down and start making dresses which I want to for Project Uganda. So last night at about 10pm I forced myself to sit and start making a dress until I give up and by midnight I gladly finished 2. I used black bias tapes using a cream thread as I have about 5 reels of unused black bias tapes which I want to start using to free up the space it occupies in my cabinet. No black thread since I cannot see them well at night   when sewing but lots of white thread. Actually they are not white, they are cream so I used cream against black. I dont want to buy materials these days as I do not want to spend any money. It didnt look bad except if my sewing is not in a straight line it shows but dont think that will make much difference. At least I had the right fabric materials and make 2 kids happy.

These fabrics were donated by Nicole Devet and Jenni Kirrilov on behalf of her mum. And both these dresses will be allocated to Project Uganda.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#111 to #113 - Dresses from Graham, Two Bettys and Sharyn

Next batch of 3 donors for this month of August for dresses received from Graham Purcell, the Two Bettys' Betty Barrett and Betty Paull and Sharyn Cafee.
1) Donation #111 is a parcel of 12 pairs of shorts and 6 dresses from Graham Purcell who also donated 2 quilts and has been acknowledged separately. These dresses and shorts have been allocated to an upcoming Project Christmas 2014 due to its sizes -

2) Donation #112 is a parcel of 4 dresses from Sharyn Cafee and all allocated to the Project Uganda -

3) Donation #113 is a parcel of 21 dresses and 15 mini bags from the two Bettys - Betty Barrett and Betty Paull. 13 dresses have been allocated to Project Burma, 6 dresses allocated to Project Uganda and the remaining 2 dresses to an upcoming Project Christmas 2014 -

Thank you so much to Graham Purcell, Sharyn Cafee and the two Bettys' Betty Paull and Betty Barrett for your support through the dresses that you have made. Your kindness and generosity are highly appreciated. Thank you so much.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#108 to #110 - Donations from Jacqui, Jayne and the Wollongong Group Australian Sewing Guild

More dresses to acknowledge means more dresses soon to start their journeys to Burma and Uganda. This time, the parcels are from the Ladies of QCWA Willows Branch as organized and sent in by Jacqui Piper, Jayne Hogan and the Ladies of the Australian Sewing Guild, Wollongong group. Here they are -
1) Donation #108  is a parcel of 4 dresses from the QCWA Willows Branch which was organized and sent in by Jacqui Piper. Three of the dresses have been allocated to Project Burma and one dress to Project Uganda.

2) Donation #109 is a parcel of 14 dresses and 7 fabric school bags from Jayne Hogan. The bags will be acknowledged separately (similar to the one I did for the donated quilts). All 14 dresses have been allocated to Project Burma -

3) Donation #110 is a parcel of 14 dresses from the Ladies of the Australian Sewing Guild, Wollongong Branch and was sent in by Helen Copas. Two of the dresses were allocated to Project Uganda and the remaining 12 will be allocated to an upcoming Project Christmas 2014 which I hope to open in late September or early October -

and these are three of the ladies of the Wollongong Australian Sewing Guild admiring the dresses they made - Kay Price, Elizabeth Woods and Lynne Laing -

and not in the picture are Jathryn Jill Nobes, Helen Copas and Meg Solomon who donated fabrics.

My heartfelt thanks to all the ladies who made these dresses for their kindness and generosity. Thank you for helping make this world a better place for the 32 kiddies who will be recipients of these wonderful dresses. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#104 to #107 - Dresses from Ann, Maureen, Tannis and Frances

Can not seem to keep up with the counting with more parcels arriving at my postbox for Project Hope Burma and Project Uganda but need to know how many more children can be provided with dresses, t-shirts and shorts they can call their own, I need to work overtime. A few people have asked why I do these kind of acknowledgements when I could easily dump all these items in a box and post. The reason why I do this is to show my appreciation to all the donors and let them know how I value what they made, the time and effort they spend making these dresses and the cost of providing the materials. And as long as the guidelines are diligently considered I am happy to help everyone make a difference by finding owners of their donations.  Also I sign for the parcels that I send anywhere in the world so I have to make sure that they are packed well and safe to send.

For this batch of donation acknowledgements ,I have added 29 more dresses for Project Uganda and 52 more dresses and 8 matching sets of t-shirts and shorts for Project Hope Burma.
1) Donation #104 is a parcel of 44 dresses, 6 pairs of shorts, 1 quilt and 4 girls undies from Tannis Brennan. 29 of the dresses have been allocated to Project Uganda and the remaining dresses for future drives. A lot of the fabric materials used in these items were donated by the patchwork group of her mum in Busselton. The quilt will be acknowledged separately as I think I have another quilt from another donor in one of the unopened parcels.

2) Donation #105 is a parcel of 10 dresses from Ann Field with fabrics donated by Jenny Bonner. All dresses allocated to Project Hope Burma -

3) Donation #106 is a parcel of 36 dresses from Frances Cornish. Again, all dresses allocated to Project Hope Burma -

4) Donation #107 is a parcel of 6 dresses, 6 pairs of shorts and 8 t-shirts from Maureen O'Brien. All items allocated to Project Hope Burma.

Thank you, Ladies, for all the wonderful dresses and pairs of shorts you have made for the less fortunate children. Thank you to Maureen for the t-shirts. And to the fabric donors as well. Thank you. Your kindness and generosity are very much appreciated.

Here is an update of the projects as of today with the above donations -

           Project Uganda (Destiny Faith Ministries) - Dresses 55 

           Project Hope Burma (Oct delivery) - Dresses - 147

                                                                 - Shorts - 71

                                                                 - T-shirts - 71

And lastly, a reminder of the deadlines -

          Project Uganda ends at the end of August

          Project Hope Burma (Oct delivery) ends mid-September

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#100 to #103 - From Renade, Lynette, Jayne and Sian

More donations to acknowledge with more parcels coming in everyday for the two projects am currently running back to back - Project Hope Burma and Project Uganda (Destiny Faith Ministries). All dresses, pairs of shorts and t-shirts from this batch have been allocated to these 2 active projects.
1) Donation #100 is a parcel of 2 dresses from Sian McIntosh and allocated to the Project Uganda(Destiny Faith Ministries) -

2) Donation #101 is a parcel of 5 dresses, 4 pairs of shorts, 4 boys t-shirts and 5 girls t-shirts all allocated to the Project Hope Burma from Renade Fulton. These dresses were sewn from a $50 donation made by an 89-year-old gentleman by the name of Robert Parsons who is turning 90 on the 8th of September.

3) Donation #102 is a parcel of 5 dresses and 2 matching sets of t-shirts and pairs of shorts from Lynette Granger. The fabric materials were donated by the women of the Miranda Patchwork group and Jan John of Kiama Downs. They were so glad to make the donations when they heard of this wonderful cause. All dresses and matching sets of t-shirts and shorts have been allocated to Project Hope Burma -

4) Donation #103 is a parcel of 5 dresses, 60 girls undies, 40 school bags and packs of pencils and pens from Jayne Hogan for the Project "Education without Borders" 2015. The school bags and packs of pencils and pens have been acknowledged separately. The dresses have been allocated to Project Hope Burma -

A whole heaps of thanks to all the donors. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. It is very much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#94 to #99 - From various donors

Time for donation acknowledgements and here is the second batch of donations for the month of August from various donors. Donations are mostly, if not all, for the active Charity Drives that am currently running namely Project Hope Burma and Project Uganda (Destiny Faith Ministries). I have received more pledges for more dresses for the Project Uganda and hopefully the parcels will arrive in the next few days.

1) Donation #94 is a parcel of  4 t-shirts and 7 bundles of fabric materials donated by Sarah MacRaild for the Project Hope Burma. Also in the parcel were boys and girls undies -

2) Donation #95 is a parcel of 8 dresses which were made by a group of sewers in the Australian Sewing Guild called the Alexandria Achievers. These dresses were sent in by Jennifer Kearns. Six of the dresses which had the right length had been allocated to Project Uganda and the other two remaining dresses were allocated to an upcoming Christmas Charity drive.

3) Donation #96 is a parcel of 22 dresses, 1 t-shirt and 10 fabric schoolbags from Elaine Klein.  12 of the dresses have been allocated to Project Hope Burma, 1 dress to Project Uganda and the remaining 9 dresses have been allocated to an upcoming Christmas Charity Drive -

4) Donation #97 is a parcel of 17 dresses, 13 pairs of shorts and 8 t-shirts from Eliza Leahy. All 17 dresses have been allocated to Project Hope Burma -

5) Donation #98 is a parcel of 20 packs of girls undies from Catherine Jenkins -

6) Donation #99 is a parcel of 20 pairs of shorts from Vanya Bryant -

Heaps of thanks to all the donors. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. It is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY14/#89 to #93 - From various individuals and Craft & Hope Group

It is time for donation acknowledgements for the month of August and this time from 3 individuals (Vanya Bryant, Diane Ware, Louise Wright) and Craft & Hope Group. 

1) Donation #89 is a parcel of 15 dresses from Vanya Bryant. All of these 15 will be allocated to the Project Hope - Burma Charity Drive -

2) Donation #90 is a parcel of 7 dresses from Diane Ware. All of these 7 dresses will be allocated to the Children of Peru Christmas Edition -

3) Donation #91 are two bundles of fabric materials from Louise Wright of Tasmania -

4) Donation #92 is from the Craft and Hope group of South Australia. It is a parcel of 33 pillowcase dresses which will be allocated to the Children of Peru Christmas Edition, 24 sleeved dresses which will be allocated to the Project Hope - Burma Charity Drive and 2 pairs of shorts -

5) Donation #93 is from my collection of T-shirts. I was able to gather 17 sized 7 girls t-shirts which will be made into 17 t-shirt dresses in the next few weeks. This 17 t-shirt dresses is part of the 50 dresses I have committed to sew for the Project Hope - Burma Charity drive. Instead of matching them with pairs of shorts I have decided to make them into T-shirt dresses.

Thank you to all the donors of these dresses. Your time, money and effort in making these dresses are well appreciated. Thank you.

Also, let me remind anyone who wants to donate to please follow the guidelines in sewing dresses especially when it comes to the fabric material to use and if you are using ribbons for pillowcase dresses, the type of ribbon to use and how to attach them to the dress. No ribbons which are being used for gift-wrapping should be used as straps. These type of ribbons are like paper ribbons and washing will totally damaged it and make the dress not wearable. Thank you.