My $1.00 t-shirts

Since the postoffice was closed when I got there I decided to go to Kmart to check if they still had t-shirts on sale. Quite a number left on the $3.00 shirt I decided to get 7. I only wanted to pay $20 plus coins as I still wanted to buy Thai fried rice.chicken for dinner. When I got to the counter, the counter guy said 'do you want to pay your total of $21 with your fly-buy points'. (Then I remembered Coles hasnt really been asking me about paying from my fly-buy points lately whenever I go shopping for food. I thought I should have enough because I always activate bonus offers.) He said if you pay with your fly-buy points you only need to pay a dollar more. It turned out I had 4,500 points collected helped by bonus offers and I only needed 4,000 points to pay for the 7 t-shirts plus a dollar. So here are the 7 t-shirts paid for by my flybuy points plus a dollar. :-)

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/08 #106 - 31 Girl's t-shirts from heyboom

Number 106 on the list is from my sister heyboom. 31 t-shirts for girls that I am going to use to make into t-shirt dresses. I still have about a dozen left from the previous batch and now I have another 31 for my one dress a day for 365 days journey which by the way I have a lot of catching up to do. I hope to restart my sewing when I finish my sorting and packing for Abim Uganda.

Thank you for the t-shirts heyboom. That is 31 t-shirt dresses to make in the near future. Thanks!

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/02 #13 - Dresses and more goodies from the Ladies of Kapunda S.A.

Number 13 on the list are lots of goodies from the Ladies of Kapunda S.A. So many that I hope I get them right. :-)
Let me start with the dresses from Mary Lauke, Sally Giles and Julie Quast -

A pack of girls and boys undies from Deborah Parish and Lyn Crossley

Also from Lyn Crossley are boys' t-shirts and trousers -

and boys' shorts from Virginia Schrapelli and Valda Sutch who is nearly 80 years old! Wow! - this is one good thing about the Dress A Girl Around the World campaign, it is for the young and the young at heart. Age is never considered a hindrance to its success - in fact it is good for the mind, body and spirit regardless of age. Thank you Betty Barrett

From the fabric donations of Lyn Crossley, the 'Fusion' op shop and Valda Sutch, the group has now collected over 55 dresses, 11 pairs of shorts and handmade boys t-shirts which will contribute a lot to an upcoming collaboration event with the Kapunda Quilters.

To all the ladies of Kapunda, South Australia, thank you so much for your continued support of this campaign, thank you for your kindness and generosity. It is very much appreciated. You have made a lot of disadvantaged children happy. Thank you.

Also, a special thanks to Virginia Schrapelli for helping send these items to Sydney. Thanks a lot everyone.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/02 #12 - Another parcel from Sarah

Number 12 is a parcel of 2 dresses, 9 pairs of shorts and a t-shirt from Sarah Tanmahapran of Victoria. Sarah had a great feeling of pleasure sewing these items. She has a 4-year old daughter who helps her by trying on the dresses she makes for measurements and pattern cutting and gives her feedback on the garments. What a cutie! She knows why her mum is making dresses for the less fortunate children and that is probably why she is very enthusiastic in making a feedback. It is a pleasure for the little girl as well to help her mum knowing where the dresses are going.
Here are the dresses, pairs of shorts and t-shirt that Sarah sent to me this month -

Sarah, thank you so much for the items and give your little girl a hug for me. The garments are attractive. Thank you.

It is always nice to know what the story is behind the dresses you make, why you make them so please write a small note and insert it in the parcel. I love and enjoy reading notes and writing them in the article too. And I keep all those small notes too so please feel free to write. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #82 - 50 T-shirts from my sister

The t-shirts have finally arrived! All 50 of them from my sister Joan of Heyboomshop is donation #82. This is going to keep me busy for the next few months making t-shirt dresses as I need to keep in stock dresses with sleeves for locations whose culture does not allow open neck styles. When Joan knew that PNG needs dresses with sleeves and after having seen some of the t-shirt dresses I made which were worn by the children in India, she decided to buy t-shirts and most likely these dresses will be going to PNG.

Just the thought of the 50 girls who will be wearing these t-shirt dresses is more than enough to motivate me to start sewing for I know the end result would be very rewarding. And I think I now have an idea as to where to get the t-shirts I want to start collecting for the small boys in Mt Hagen. :-) 

Joan, thank you so much for the t-shirts and thank you to my brother-in-law Andre for handcarrying them to Sydney. Thank you. Much appreciated.

If you want to know what keeps Joan busy, check out her work here. I think you will love her new weepots.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #58 - Girls T-shirts from an anonymous donor

This is one of the parcels I received last week where I could not read the return address. The parcel contained 24 girls t-shirts (12 navy blue and 12 whites in various sizes). Seeing the contents of the parcel made me very happy as this would mean I could make an additional 24 T-shirt dresses in different sizes but a little bit sad for I could not read the name on the return address.

Whoever and wherever you are, I am very sure you are reading my blog, thank you so much for the t-shirts. It is very much appreciated. Please visit my site regularly for these t-shirts will soon become t-shirt dresses and my sister and I hope to bring them with us in our coming trip to PNG. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #33 - More t-shirts from 'i-craft i-sew'

After a 7-day hiatus on donation acknowledgements, it is time to say thank you once again to supporters of Dress A Girl Australia's cause. First on a quite a list is 'i-craft i-sew' who once again is donating T-shirts to be made into T-shirt dresses. This time although they are broken sizes (probably the reason why they were cheap according to the donor) they are aimed for six children between the ages of 10 to 12. With the number of fabric remnants from donated fabrics pre-cut for pillowcase dresses, these T-shirts will be very well provided.

To i-craft i-sew, thank you so much for your unwavering support to the cause of Dress A Girl Around the World - Dress A Girl Sydney and Australia. It is very much appreciated. You have by now made a lot of girls smile for the opportunity to own a T-shirt dress which some of them probably never dreamed they will own one. Thank you.

Dress A Girl Australia also welcomes donation of T-shirts especially for disadvantaged children in locations where open dresses such as the pillowcase dress is not culturally acceptable. For more information about this, please send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com.