Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #110 - Another parcel from Liz Lynzaat

Isn't it so amazing and so wonderful to know that there are a lot of us - craftivists - who are so willing and so wanting to make a difference in this world even with just one small dress? So full of kindness and generosity by helping especially the less fortunate children around the world to own at least one decent dress for each child deserves to own at least one. And please note not just dresses but we also are catching up with pairs of shorts for the boys.

Number 110 on the list is the third parcel from Liz Lynzaat. A collection of 1 Size 2 dress and 6 Size 6 dresses. 

How can I ever get tired of doing what am doing when I get so much support from the sewing community. Liz, thank you so much for the dresses. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. It is very much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #109 - From T Peck of Merrylands

This is one of the parcels I picked up from the post office this morning and I have written it down on my list as donation #109. The only information detail I could find was the return address of T Peck from Merrylands.

To T Peck, if you are reading this article, thank you very much for the dresses. Nine smiles from nine lucky girls who gets to own them. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #108 - 20 dresses from Prudence Mann

After an early trip to the local post office this morning am back to acknowledging donations, for number 108 on the list. It is a collection of 20 dresses from Prudence Mann of varying sizes. Prudence only started sewing this year and made all the 20 dresses below, some with very unique designs.

I actually enjoyed looking at all the dresses especially the ones which were patched from different fabrics. They were so cute. Prudence, thank you so much for the dresses. Much appreciated.

By the way, Prudence has actually been blogging about her sewing adventures and about several of the dresses she made for Dress A Girl (Around the World) Australia. If you have nothing to do, check out her adventures here.

Dresses from donated fabrics FY12 #5 - From Heyboom shop

Well, I did it again last night. I thought it was high time that I start making dresses from donated fabrics so this time are 3 dresses from HeyBoom Shop. 

Still have several to go from the mess below but starting to make them is a good sign. I also thought that if I start making them it will help clear a little section of the messy room I have. :-)

What I am doing is a first-in fabric donation first-out dress in my sewing schedule so for those who have donated fabrics lately, it will take a while for your dresses to be completed but they will all be done. The materials donated will be a big help in meeting my goal this year and perhaps in the new year.

Thank you HeyBoom shop!!

Wishful Thinking

Last night while watching TV I was thinking maybe I should sew while watching TV. You see sometimes I am reading while watching TV so why not sew. I have this wish of being able to sew at least one dress and one pair of shorts everyday after work. It should not take long perhaps 2 hours max is what I need to accomplish it and I usually watch two hours of TV every night. And if I start now by the end of the year I would have made at least 100 dresses and 100 pairs of shorts.

So I started last night and the best I could do was one pair of shorts. After that I felt sleepy. Tonight I tried again and the same thing happened. I think my brain was too tired to think of how to insert an elastic inside the casing as I have been doing a lot of thinking at work the past few days. I only manage to make another pair. Well at least I have made 2 pairs. Let us see what is going to happen tomorrow night. Here are the 2 pairs I was able to make -

I would be using these two pairs to match dresses donated for charity auction. So whoever bids and wins, will be able to donate at least one dress from the person who donated the dress she bid for and  I match it with one pair of shorts. And finally, I no longer have this fabric material. LOL! It has all been made into or at least 10 pairs of shorts.

Sewing for Charity Auction

In case some of you have not heard yet, there is going to be a charity auction for Dress A Girl Australia early November for about 5 days. I have been sewing this weekend for the dress matching I am donating for every item to be auctioned. The donor will be making 2 dresses. One to be auctioned and the other to be donated to Dress A Girl Australia under the winning bidders name. I will be matching the item to be donated to Dress A Girl Australia with either a dress or a pair of shorts so the winning bidder actually will be donating  2 items under their name. I started sewing on Friday night and ended my sewing today.
Here are the items I made last Friday, 21-Sep-12 -

Items made Saturday, 22-Sep-12

and the items I made today, 23-Sep-12

I will be making more just in case there are still items to be donated but I dont see myself making them next week. Next week will be a very busy week for me at work and I dont even think I will have a chance to say hi to my sewing machine during these days.

More details of the upcoming charity auction event will be made available as soon as the details are finalized. If you want to donate something to be auctioned, please send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #107 - Another batch from Sharyn

The last parcel of the day - Donation Number 107 is from Sharyn Paull. A collection of 7 dresses and 2 pairs of shorts. Here are the dresses and the shorts -

To Sharyn, thank you so much for your unwavering support of Dress A Girl Around the World. It is very much appreciated. Also, please extend my heartfelt thanks to Betty for a wonderful job she has done on the dresses and pairs of shorts she made. What a great effort from an 85 year old. Her energy is so admirable. Thank you

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #106 - From 85 year old Betty

If you remember a few months back I wrote about two Betty's who were good friends and who were both 85 years old. For Donation number 106, it is a collection of 9 dresses and 3 pairs of shorts which were sewn by one of the Betty's and the note that came with the parcel said that she is enjoying every minute she spends sewing these dresses. And by the look of the dresses and the pairs of shorts, with the ribbons and the trimmings and the pockets on the pairs of shorts I can really tell she is having a good time. Good job Betty! Here are the dresses and shorts made by Betty -

Thank you so much Betty for the dresses and the pairs of shorts. You should be very proud of what you have accomplished. What a great effort from an 85 year old who is very eager to make a difference in this world by sewing dresses for the less fortunate children around the world. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #105 - From Yvonne of Quakers Hill

Donor Number 105 is from NSW this time. Yvonne Edmonds sent 5 dresses and is grateful to be a part of Dress A Girl Australia.

Yvonne, thank you for your kindness and I am sure with the 5 dresses you made it will make 5 little girls happy. Thank you for making a difference in the lives of 5 disadvantaged children anywhere in the world for these 5 girls deserves to wear at least one dress they can call their own. Thanks!

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #104 - From Nicole Devet

More peasant dresses! Number 104 on the list are 4 very cute peasant dresses from Nicole Devet. Nicole has previously donated 4 dresses too. Here are the dresses for this batch -

Thank you Nicole for the dresses. It is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #103 - Dresses from Doris Beaty

Eight cute dresses from Doris Beaty is number 103 on the list. Doris also had two dresses which will be included in the charity auction sometime in November.
Here are the 8 dresses for 8 little girls -

and here are the two dresses which will be auctioned for the Charity Auction for Dress A Girl Australia sometime in November.

To Doris, thank you so much for your generosity. Much appreciated.

Watch out for the big announcement on the charity auction for Dress A Girl Australia very soon.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #102 - From Christie of JoyFoolery

A couple more to go and am finished with the task of acknowledging donations and on to the next task of sorting and packing. But before those two parcels to open, here is number 102 on the list which is a collection of 4 dresses and 2 pairs of shorts from Christie of Joyfoolery.

To Christie, a whole heap of thanks to this bundle which will surely generate heaps of smiles from very deserving girls and boys anywhere in the world. Thank you. Much appreciated.

If you want to know more about why Dress A Girl Australia is collecting dresses, please send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #101 - Batch 2 from Liz

Second batch of dresses from Liz Lynzaat is Donation #101. A batch of Size 6 dresses and Size 2 peasant dress. With the number of peasant dresses I have been receiving the past few weeks, I have now collected quite a number of dresses with sleeves. Woohoo!
Here are the dresses from Liz -

Thank you so much,Liz, for the second batch of dresses you have contributed to this campaign. It is much appreciated. Thanks a lot!

If you want to join us on this campaign to dress the less fortunate children around the world, please send your contribution to Dress A Girl Australia, P.O. Box 240 Casula Mall Casula NSW 2170. Dress A Girl Australia also accepts fabric donations and/or fabric accessories such as elastics, threads, ribbons and bias tapes. Thank you in advance.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #100 - From Monica Osvald

Lucky #100 is a combo of 7 pairs of shorts, 1 t-shirt, 5 dresses and bundles of fabrics inside a bag which was handed to me by Monica Osvald at the Dreamers Market about 3 weeks ago in Parramatta.

Thank you for your kindness Monica and again, it was nice meeting you.  Thank you for the time and effort you spend making dresses and pairs of shorts to make this world a better place. It is very much appreciated. Thank you.

My Magic Slates have arrived for my Christmas Bags

I have been looking for this item for such a long time and finally found it two weeks ago from a shop in the UK that sells fundraising items and at a price I simply can not ignore.  144 pcs in one box and just the right size (12.5cms x 9cms) I wanted for Dress A Girl Australia's Christmas Bag. It all had the tickmarks needed to convince me to purchase the items. Not too heavy, not too small and not too pricey. In fact it is very light and cost about 37 Australian cents each including postage. Unfortunately something went wrong with the mailing I only received 71 pcs today and have sent my complain for the missing 73. Hopefully I will get them in another week but at least half of it has arrived.
Here is the magic slate which I used to play with when we were small. A perfect fit for my Christmas Bag

And about three weeks ago in one of my shopping spree, I found these activity books. There were 4 in a pack and each pack cost $2.20 making each book at 55 cents each.

I now have 2 items to put inside the Christmas Bag and I think I need to sell more lavender packs to buy more items. :-)

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #99 - From Katherine Nott

Number 99 on the list is a collection of 14 pairs of shorts and 10 cute peasant dresses from Katherine Nott.
Here are the 14 pairs of shorts -

and the 10 cute peasant dresses -

Am so grateful that I have such a very consistent and unwavering supporters of this campaign here in Australia. Katherine, thank you so much for all the support and help you have provided all this time. Thank you for the time and effort you spend making dresses and pairs of shorts for the disadvantaged children. It is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #98 - from Deborah of ACT

Number 98 on the list are 27 dresses and 2 pairs of shorts from Deborah Steed of ACT. In this batch, some of the fabric materials used were donated by friends and one as far as the UK. It is so wonderful to know that there are no boundaries when it comes to making a difference in the lives of the less fortunate children around the world. What an amazing thing to do.  Here are the dresses and the pairs of shorts -

My heartfelt thanks to Deborah for sewing all these dresses and pairs of shorts and to Margaret Toye also of ACT and Margaret Pechersen from the UK for donating some of the fabric materials used in these dresses. Thank you so much.

If you want to join us in this campaign of making dresses and/or pairs of shorts for the disadvantaged children around the world and want to know more details, please send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com.

"Imagine a world where every little girl owned at least one dress. What if that dress were made by you." Come and join us in this very rewarding journey. 

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #97 - from the ladies of Kapunda S.A. Parcel 3

An early start for an early bird. Donation #97 is a collection of 24 dresses and one pair of shorts in the third of the three parcels from Margaret Adair and several ladies of Kapunda. Here are the 24 dresses and somewhere in the picture you should find one small pair of shorts -

My heartfelt thanks to Joan Page, Kathy Pfeiffer, Deborah Parish, Loris Pullen and to Deborah's mum, Margaret Adair. Thank you so much for your kindness.

To Deborah, thank you so much for the card.

With the number of shorts I have received the past two weeks I think I am just about ready to add another parcel perhaps a bit smaller but full of pairs of shorts to send. I think I just have an idea as to who will be receiving it...that means it will be a box of dresses and a box of shorts for the children in his orphanage and community. Thank you everyone for making this possible.

"You can dream, create, design and build

 the most wonderful place in the world,

 but it requires people to make the dream a reality"

-- Walt Disney

How I save so much time in taking pictures

I just realized I still have about 5 parcels to go which I really need to finish so I can clear up the area am using temporarily to stock the parcels. Anyway, my friend said to me today that I must be spending hours just taking pictures of all the dresses. Well, not really I told her. I can actually take pictures of 50 dresses in about 20 minutes and happy with the results. She thinks it was impossible so I sent her this picture. I started doing this trick when I started to get more and more dresses.

   

I would line up all the dresses on the floor with just enough space to allow me to get a shot of each individual dress. The more dresses I got, the more dresses I have on the floor sometimes I end up with dresses in the formal area. Once I have them all arranged, I start to walk from one dress to the next to get a shot. When this is done, I download the images to my computer and make sure that I have all the pictures I need. Sometimes I dont count the dresses when I arranged them. The download tells me how many shots I have taken so I try to compare this by counting the number of dresses on the floor. I do this before I start rolling each dress by size and put them in their designated plastic bags. The next time I see the dresses is when I start sorting them to pack in a box. The only bad side to this process is that nobody can go to the areas where the dresses are until I have finished storing them. :-) My friend's reaction was 'OMG'! :-)

I think it is time to open another parcel. :-)

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #96 - from the ladies of Kapunda S.A. Parcel 2

This is the second of the three parcels from the ladies of Kapunda, South Australia. Donation #96 is still a part of the Sewing Bee #4 which they recently completed and is  a collection of 24 dresses and 10 pairs of shorts. Am not able to identify which dresses came from whom except for the pairs of shorts so I will just name the donors based on the list I received and  I think there are 2 more extra dresses made during the day.
Here are the 24 dresses -

and here are the 10 pairs of shorts from Virginia Schrapell(6x) Chris Redden and Liz D'Giacomo(4x).

Welcome to Nelda Hossack who recently joined the group and started sewing again after not using her sewing skills for so many years.

Thank you to Sally Giles(1x), Valda Ridley(7x), Deborah Parish(3x), Chris Redden and Liz D'Giacomo(4x), Nelda Hossack(1x), Loris Pullen(4x) and Margaret Adair(2x). Thank you all for your unwavering support of Dress A Girl Around the World. Your group is amazing.

Special thanks to Reet Perry who was such a big help in the cutting area and Betty Bosley for also providing fabric and bias tape materials. Such great teamwork ladies!

Last but not least, thank you to Brian Parish (Deborah's husband) for all the hard work making sure these ladies from Kapunda are comfortable enough to sew. Thank you so much for your support. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #95 - from the ladies of Kapunda S.A. Parcel 1

This is the first of the three parcels opened from the Ladies of Kapunda, South Australia. This parcel has a collection of 18 pillowcase dresses, 6 peasant dresses, 6 pairs of shorts and 2 t-shirts falling under Donation #95. 
From Delilah Balmer are these 8 amazing handmade dresses -

6 pretty peasant dresses from Cassie Ashley -

6 pairs of shorts in various sizes from Loris Pullen -

and 10 pillowcase dresses for little girls between size 0 to 2 and 2 small boys t-shirts -

My sincerest thanks to you four ladies (Valda, Delilah, Loris and Cassie) for making this possible. Thank you so much for the time and effort you spent making these dresses, pairs of shorts and t-shirts. Thank you.

Also, I'd like to make a special mention to the following ladies for without them I dont think this parcel and the other two parcels still to be opened would have made it as quick as possible to Sydney from Kapunda, South Australia: Virginia Schrapelli, Valda Ridley, Loris Pullen and Margaret Adair. Thank you for the  financial support and the postbags you have provided to Deborah . Thank you for your kindness. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #94 - Dresses from Helen McMahon of QLD

For donation #94 are 3 dresses and a pair of shorts from Helen McMahon of Queensland. Like several of us, this is also the first time that Helen has made something and what an inspiring  way to kickoff a new skill. Learn how to sew a dress for a less fortunate child anywhere in the world. Here are Helen's contributions to the cause -

Thank you so much Helen. You must have had a big smile on your face when you saw the very first dress you have ever made. Just imagine the big smile on the little girl when she gets to wear it. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #93 - Dresses from Perth Parcel 5

The last of the five parcels opened from Perth is donation #93. A parcel containing a collection of 33 dresses sent by Karin Maltby bringing the total contribution to a whopping 143 dresses and 10 pairs of shorts. Here are the contents of the last parcel -

Karin, thank you so much for all the dresses and pairs of shorts, for the time spent on labelling, sorting, packing and posting and please extend my sincerest thanks to everyone who have made this collection all possible. Thank you. Much appreciated. 

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #92 - Dresses from Perth Parcel 4

Fourth of five parcels opened from Perth is donation FY2012 #92. This parcel is a collection of 29 dresses in sizes 5,7,8,10 and even size 0 for babies.  Here are the contents of the fourth parcel -

Thank you Karin for all the dresses and shorts and please extend my sincere thanks to anyone who may have contributed to this first parcel. Much appreciated.

If you want to join us in this journey of dressing the less fortunate children around the world and would like to make a donation of handmade dresses or pillowcases or fabric materials, please send donations to Dress A Girl Australia, P.O. Box 240, Casula Mall Casula NSW 2170. For more information, please send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #91 - Dresses from Perth Parcel 3

Third of five parcels opened from Perth is donation FY2012 #91. This time the parcel contains a collection of 28 dresses in sizes 2, 5,6 and 7 sent by Karin Maltby. Here are the contents of the third parcel -

Again, thank you Karin for all the dresses and shorts and please extend my sincere thanks to anyone who may have contributed to this first parcel. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #90 - Dresses from Perth Parcel 2

Second of five parcels opened from Perth is donation FY2012 #90. A collection of 26 dresses and 6 pairs of shorts sent by Karin Maltby. Here are the contents of the second parcel -

For the second time, thank you Karin for all the dresses and shorts and please extend my sincere thanks to anyone who may have contributed to this second parcel. Much appreciated.

If you are wondering why all these dresses and pairs of shorts being acknowledged by Dress A Girl Australia, please send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com for more information. Would love to hear from anyone who wants to know about Dress A Girl Around the World.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #89 - Dresses From Perth Parcel 1

First of five parcels opened from Perth is donation FY2012 #89. A collection of 27 dresses and 4 pairs of shorts sent by Karin Maltby. I decided to do the acknowledgement by parcel so I dont messed them up since they were neatly packed. Here are the contents of the first parcel -

Thank you Karin for all the dresses and shorts and please extend my sincere thanks to anyone who may have contributed to this first parcel. Much appreciated.

Have I lost a parcel?

Thinking out loud tonight, of the 4 parcels I sent last June, I think one parcel is still unaccounted for. The parcel to Kenya hasnt arrived yet and this week is the 12th week since it left Sydney. And of the 4 parcels, it is only the Kenya parcel where I paid extra for insurance. I remember it well when the guy at the counter asked me if I wanted it insured and I said no because I already filled up a form but when he was about to tell me how much the postage would be I suddenly changed my mind and told him to calculate including insurance. 

Am off from work this coming Friday so this will be my first task of the day. To go to the post office and enquire about it.

Dresses on display at a Boutique Op Shop in Katoomba

She wants to help raise funds for postage and so this thoughtful lady Monica Osvald decided to make a couple of dresses to sell. She spoke to the lady-in-charge of the Steven Walter Children's Cancer Foundation which is a boutique op shop in Katoomba where she goes to and sometimes gets some of her sewing materials. The op shop happily agreed to put her two dresses on display at the counter for anyone to see and purchase and even wrote something about the cause of dressing girls around the world to make it more attractive to prospective buyers.

Here are the two dresses on display at the Steven Walter Children's Cancer Foundation Boutique Op shop which is located at 142 Katoomba Street, Katoomba (Uniting Church Hall). The op shop is open from Monday to Friday (9-5) and Saturday (10-2)

If you have any friends and/or relatives living around the Katoomba area who might be interested or looking for a dress for someone, please let them know about these 2 dresses on display in the op shop. 

Thank you to Monica for the dresses and for thinking about this idea and thank you to the Children's cancer foundation op shop in Katoomba for allowing her to display these 2 pretty dresses. Thank you for your kindness and thank you to everyone who find it in their hearts to support this cause. It is much appreciated.

Thank You Wrapped in Fabric!!

My very special and heartfelt thank you to Sandy Bugg of Wrapped in Fabric for sponsoring the cost of sending the parcel I sent last July to Mt Hagen Papua New Guinea. Yes, last July!! I am that slow when it comes to admin work. But I am so thrilled !!!  Another box has been added to leave my humble abode again. In fact I now have three boxes scheduled to be posted before the month of September ends to three locations in Uganda. WooHoo!! 

Thanks again, Sandy. Much, much appreciated.

"the place where you will want to wrap yourself in fabric"

♫ ♪ ♫ Again, I'm so excited and I just can't hide it. ♫ ♪ ♫

♫ ♪ ♫ I'm about to lose control of about 200 dresses and I think I like it. ♫ ♪ ♫

Thank you everyone for your support.

What kept me busy Part 2

Yesterday I wrote about what tasks I needed to do during the day. Well, as expected the task of cleaning never happened but sewing did. LOL! I thought I needed to start making the dresses and/or pairs of shorts for auction. I wanted to match a dress or pair of shorts for every item that was donated for auction. Each auction item comes with a matching dress or a pair of shorts to be donated to Dress A Girl and whoever wins the bid will have her name as the donor of the matching item. So instead of just donating one item, two items will be donated by the winning bidder.

When I started Dress A Girl Australia last year I was able to collect quite a lot of pillowcases. Whenever I saw a sale sign I would go and get some. Well, its time for some of those pillowcases to be used so I made 5 dresses today. I also was able to make 2 pairs of shorts. 

If you want to know which donated item to be auctioned is going to be matched with any of these 5 dresses and 2 pairs of shorts, then be ready to join the auction event sometime late October or early November. You may like something and bid for it. More details will be announced soon.

Today's Diary - Saturday morning

For a change today I will be writing about what I will be doing and what I have accomplished since I started the day at 6:30am. I have listed all the tasks I think I need to do and let me see which tasks ends up without a tick at the end of the day. These are the tasks I have listed down : (1) vote, (2) post office, (3) grocery shop, (4) Bunnings, (5) fabric shop, (6) dollar shops, (7) clean, (8) tax and (9) more donation acknowledgements.
                
I left home early at 8am to vote. Parking was easy and there was still no queue. From voting I went straight to the post office to pick up parcels. Had to wait outside for about 15 minutes since the office was still close. Went to the car to leave the parcels and went back inside the mall to go to Coles to buy some grocery items. Still early so there were less people queuing at the counters. I stopped by my favourite dollar shop to check if they had replenished their stock of pencil kits which they had although this time the pencil case was different but they had the basics which I needed like a pencil, a sharpener, an eraser and a ruler. I am starting to collect them for my Dress A Girl Australia Christmas bags. I then drove straight to Bunnings to get a refund of the stop ends I bought two weeks ago which were small for the dowels I used in my wallhangings. I could not get a refund for the items when I got the correct sizes as I had the wrong docket with me. By 10am I was back in the house and I have accomplished 5 tasks. 

The parcels I picked up from the post office came from the following ladies : Deborah 
Parish and ladies of Kapunda, Katherine Nott, Doris Beaty, Deborah Steed of ACT and Helen McMahon of Qld. Thank you so much ladies.

Now let me see what I can accomplished in the afternoon. I have a strong feeling I know which task is not going to get a tickmark at the end of the day. :-)

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #88 - More Dresses, Fabrics & Accessories from Linda Smyth

Donation #88 was a plastic bag full of goodies dropped off at my place by Linda Smyth. 13 dresses, 7 bundles of fabrics and fabric flower button accessories. Here are the 13 dresses -

The fabric flower button accessories will be great to use to embellish a headband.

and lots of dresses to make for these bundles of fabrics she has been collecting from friends.

For those who wants to know how to smock a dress, Linda is more than willing to help anyone.

Linda, thank you so much for your unwavering support of the Dress A Girl Around the World campaign. It is very much appreciated. Thank you.

A very well deserved Principal's Award for Claudia Petrie (Donation Acknowledgement #87)

WooHoo!! Congratulations to Claudia Petrie for receiving the Principal's Award for her Creative Homework in their school where she sewed a dress for Dress A Girl Around the World. This is what Claudia wrote in her creative homework writeup -

     "Dress A Girl Around the World is an organization were you send in dresses you've sewn and then they are sent to girls around the world who have no dresses. I made a dress for this organization. The places they send dresses from Australia are Kenya, Uganda, Philippines, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, India and Burma. Lots of girls in these countries have one old ripped dress. Sending them a new dress makes a big difference to them and help them feel special. I sewed a pillowcase dress on my mum's sewing machine. I found it quite easy but some hard things were threading the elastic through the dress and ironing the material. I will definitely do more sewing in the future."

Here she is sewing her dress -

and this is Claudia holding the dress she made -

This is the writeup she submitted as part of her creative homework -

and below was written on the last page by her teacher -
     "This was perhaps the most amazing creative homework I've ever seen. What a beautiful, special, amazing idea. Thank you so much for sharing this idea with me and the class. You are one special girl."

Yes, Claudia, you are one special girl indeed and for thinking of making a dress for one less fortunate girl anywhere in the world as your creative homework is amazing and so inspiring that I hope girls your age and older or even younger will follow what you have done. You are a good example of someone who uses her creativity to make a difference in the life of even just one less fortunate counterpart and make this world a better place to live in. Thank you for your thoughtfulness, thank you so much for the great work and the dress. It is very much appreciated. Thank you!

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #86 - from Liz of Gundaroo

I need to do a lot of catching up in acknowledging donations the same way I need to do a lot more sewing. :-) Anyway, donation #86 are 3 pillowcase dresses and 5 peasant dresses from Liz Lynzaat of Gundaroo. Liz was introduced to Dress A Girl Around the World by her good friend Frances Cornish.

Thank you so much for dresses, Liz. Much appreciated.

It is always nice to know how people feel when making dresses for Dress A Girl Around the World . It makes your day! It makes one feel alive knowing that anytime soon a girl somewhere will be handed a dress that she could call her own. Would you like to feel the same kind of happiness we feel when making dresses? Then come and join us in making a difference in the lives of disadvantaged children somewhere out there. You will not regret it. For more information, please send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #85 - from Jodie & Maureen of AppleCartCo

#85 on the list is the dress below from Jodie and Maureen of AppleCartCo. I met Jodie and Maureen at the Dreamers Market. Their stall was right next to me. Jodie said she heard about Dress A Girl Around the World from a friend and was about to send the dress when she learned that Dress A Girl would have a stall at the Dreamers Market. She decided to hold on to it and handed it to me last Saturday.

To Jodie and Maureen, thank you for supporting Dress A Girl Around the World - Dress A Girl Australia and thank you for the dress. It is very much appreciated.

If you want to join me, Jodie and Maureen in helping the less fortunate children around the world, please support Dress A Girl Australia. You can help by donating handmade dresses, fabrics or even just by spreading the word. If you need more information, please feel free to send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com.