Philippine Parcels on its way

The last three boxes for school-aged children and a parcel for kids and toddlers between the sizes of 1 to 3 started its journey to the Philippines today to make a difference to the lives of about 300+ disadvantaged kids.

Thank you to everyone who made these distributions possible.

Dress Distribution #93 - for Vietnam (c-o CauseCorps)

Here are the details of the project collection for Vietnam, parcels of which I had to seal today so I can send and deliver them to the group c-o Steven Ma of CauseCorps who will be travelling to Vietnam in July. These two parcels -

contain 87 dresses, 23 t-shirts/pairs of shorts matching sets for boys, 7 boys tshirts and toys -

made possible by the following donors and dress sponsors. Sponsored dresses and fabric donations made into dresses were sewn by Dress A Girl Australia.
1) Suzanne Marshall
2) Kaylee Healy
3) Dawny Bull
4) Frances Cornish
5) Pat Burton
6) Monika Osvald
7) Beatrys Fitler
8) Inspired Peel Sewers
9) Sarah Tanmahapran
10) Elaine Klein
11) Rosina Perrin
12) Mary Longford
13) Corinne @Mod Tot
14) Two Bettys' Betty Barrett and Betty Paull
15) Laura Black
16) Millhouse Collections
17) Joan Wolf
18) Karen Chee
19) Karin Maltby
20) Marvie Ladera
21) Megan Jones
22) Lyn Granger
23) Lynn Stupple

To see larger and individual images of the dresses, please click here.

Thank you to all the donors who made this distribution possible with the dresses you all have donated and for the sponsoring donors whose sponsorship fees is helping me a lot with postage. Thank you all for your kindness and generosity in making a difference to the lives of those who will be soon recipients of these donations in Vietnam. 

My heartfelt thanks as well to Steven Ma of CauseCorps and other members of group for volunteering to carry these items and distribute in Vietnam. Your kindness is much appreciated.

Dress Distribution #96 - Philippines - Size 1-3 only (c-o DFG MM)

At last the details of dress distribution #96 (Sizes 1-3) which are meant for the babies and toddlers of recipients of Days for GIrls kits to be coordinated by Days for Girls Metro Manila.c-o Ann Tomas of Days for Girls Metro Manila. What I found interesting about this project collection is that I was able to make use of small sized-fabrics and/or scraps to make into size 1 and a few size 2 dresses. This parcel which is being picked up tomorrow morning for send-off on Tuesday, 2nd of June -

has 139 dresses, 7 girls tshirts, 11 boys tshirts and 10 undies -

made possible by the following donors -
1) Lorraine Walker
2) Stefan Gimenez (Abbotsford Long Daycare Centre) 
3) Christine Caputo
4) Inspired Peel Sewers
5) L Brown
6) Caloundra Girl Guides c-o Nicole Parrott 
7) Karen Chee
8) Candlelight Team c-o Karen Beck
9) Heather Harris
10) Maddington Sunshine Girl Guides (c-o Mrs C Veen) and Huntingdale Freedom Girl Guides (c-o Nicky Kosonen)
11) Fabric donated by Nicole Neeves and sewn by Dress A Girl Australia
12) Lynn Stupple
13) Megan Jones
14) Yvonne Henderson
15) Maxine Menzel

To see larger and individual images of the dresses, please click here.

Thank you to all the donors who made this distribution possible with the dresses you all have donated. Thank you all for your kindness and generosity in making a difference to the lives of 139+ kiddies who will be soon recipients of your donations. Thank you. 

Donation Acknowledgement #25/2015 - For Projects Philippines, Vietnam and Uganda

Acknowledgement time for the last parcel of dresses received for Project Philippines (c-o DFG MM) and Project Vietnam. These donations are also the last parcels for the month of May.
1) From fabric donations of Nicole Neeves and sewn by Dress A Girl Australia are nine dresses allocated to Project Philippines (c-o DFG MM) 

2) A parcel of seven dresses, 3 t-shirts/pairs of shorts matching sets for boys, 2 boys' t-shirts and one pack of undies from Lynn Stupple allocated to Project Vietnam and Project Philippines (c-o DFG MM)

 3) A parcel of ten dresses from Megan Jones allocated to Project Phils (c-o DFG MM)

 4) A parcel of six dresses from Yvonne Henderson allocated to Project Philippines (c-o DFG MM)

 5) Twenty-four dresses from Maxine Menzel allocated to Project Philippines (c-o DFG MM)

Thank you so much to all the donors of these dresses. Thank you for helping make a difference. Much appreciated.

Dress Distribution #94 - Philippines for School Aged Kids (June 2015)

These are the details of the dress distribution #94 for School-Aged kids in the Philippines (c-o Norie Bordador). There are six parcels for this particular distribution, three of them had been sent last week and the remaining three below will be sent this coming weekend.

 

The contents of the six parcels have been splitted into two. Here are the 118 dresses and 16 boys' t-shirts - 32 dresses of which already includes school kits sponsored by Kaylee Healy, Kirrily Burton and Suzanne Marshall.

made possible by the following donors -
1) Dress Sponsorships by Kaylee Healy, Kirrily Burton and Suzanne Marshall
2) Dawny Bull
3) Beatrys Fittler
4) Diane Ware
5) Elaine Klein
6) Christine Caputo
7) L Brown
8) Patricia Burton
9) Sharyn Paull
10) Fabric donations by Millhouse Collections
11) Caloundra Girl Guides c-o Nicole Parrott
12) Karen Chee
13) Candlelight Team c-o Karen Beck
14) Maddington Sunshine Girl Guides (c-o Mrs C Veen) and Huntingdale Freedom Girl Guides (c-o Nicky Kosonen)
15) Lorraine Walter
16) Pam Thompson
17) Megan Jones
18) Monika Osvald
and these are the school supplies made up of 182 kits and 11 school bag kits. The books and the world globe will be donated to a public school library to be identified when the actual distribution takes place.

made possible by the following donors -
1) Jayne Hogan
2) Two Bettys' Betty Barrett and Betty Paull
3) Maureen O'Brien
4) Pat Burton
5) Jo Holt
6) Monika Osvald
7) Pam of Threading my Way
8) Gaylene Herrmann
9) Sarah Tanmahapran
10) Catherine Jenkins
11) Marvie Ladera
12) Dress A Girl Australia

For larger and individual images of the contents of this distribution, please click here.

Thank you to all the donors of this distribution including those who found it in their hearts to sponsor dresses and my heartfelt thanks to those who helped raised postage for these parcels. Thank you all for your kindness and generosity. It is much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement #24/2015 - For Projects Philippines, Vietnam and Uganda

It is time to acknowledge the second to the last donations for Project Philippines and Vietnam and the still on-going project for Uganda.
1) A parcel of 5 dresses for Project Vietnam and school supplies for Project Philippines from Marvie Ladera -

 2) A parcel of eight dresses for Project Philippines and Uganda, teddy bear toys and t-shirts for Project Vietnam from Megan Jones -

 3) A parcel of three dresses from Pam Thompson for Project Philippines - 

 4) A parcel of 5 dresses for Project Vietnam from Lyn Granger -

5) One dress for Project Uganda from Sian McIntosh - 

 6) Toys, t-shirts and books from Monika Osvald -

Thank you to all the donors for all these wonderful donations. Thank you for supporting this wonderful cause. It is much appreciated.

First Batch of parcels sent to the Philippines today

This is the first of 3 boxes of 6 for Project Philippines (Distribution #94) picked up today and on its way to the Philippines.

The second batch of boxes of 3 will be sent next weekend as soon as I have finished sorting and packing.

New Project deadlines on Distribution #96 and #95 - For everyone's info.

Due to logistics reason and waiting only for a handful of parcels to arrive perhaps by this coming week as advised by the donors, I am moving forward the deadline of dresses for Distribution #96 - Project Philippines c-o Days for Girls MM to the end of this month - May 30th (original deadline is 10th of June). This decision will save me a little on the cost of sending parcels.

The deadline for the Uganda collection (Project #95) will be extended until the end of June to give me more time to save up.  Some of the dresses currently allocated to the Uganda collection will be re-allocated to Distribution #94 - Philippines for school-aged kids to maximize contents of a parcel whose minimum is 20 kilos. Thank you.

90 school kits for Project Philippines (Distribution #94)

Today I spent sorting and packing school supplies of exercise books, pens and pencils which will be included in the dress distribution #94 for school-aged kids in the Philippines as part of my Education without borders project for 2015. These items will be included in the first batch of parcels that I am sending to the Philippines and scheduled for pick-up tomorrow.

Thank you to Jayne Hogan, Patricia Burton, Maureen O'Brien, the two Bettys' Betty Barrett and Betty Paull and Dress A Girl Australia for making these school kits possible. 

Donation Acknowledgement #23/2015 - For Projects Philippines

Acknowedgement time for the two parcels I received this week from two groups of sewing ladies. All dresses have been allocated to the two project collections for the Philippines (Distribution Nos 94 and 96).
1) A parcel of eight dresses from the Candlelight team c-o Karen Beck

 2) A parcel of 42 dresses from the Maddington Sunshine Girl Guides c-o Mrs Claire Veen who is the Girl Guide Unit in Maddington. The girls in the unit have been very busy working on an international badge, with part of the challenge involving Dress A Girl Around the World charity. The girls aged between 5 and 11 years including a wider community who became involved with the project produced these beautiful dresses and are keen to have them distributed to the disadvantaged kids.

Thank you so much to the Maddington Sunshine Girl Guides, Claire Veen and the rest of the members of the group and to the Candlelight team c-o Karen Beck for donating these dresses. Thank you for helping make a difference to the lives of the disadvantaged kids. Much appreciated.

Project Vietnam and Project Philippines now officially closed

Project Vietnam (Distribution #93) and Project Philippines for School-aged kids (Distribution #94) is now officially closed. For those who were planning to contribute to these projects, please make sure your parcels are posted asap to make it to the end of this month's send off to the locations. Thank you.

Third batch of 14 dresses sewn this week (15-17-May-2015)

This is the third batch of 14 dresses and 2 pairs of boys shorts that I have sewn this week bringing my sewing total to 39 dresses and 2 pairs of shorts. 11 dresses short of my target of 50 dresses this week. Nine of the 14 dresses were allocated to Project Vietnam and 5 dresses allocated to the Philippines for school-aged kids. 

With these batch of dresses, it brings my total number of dresses for Project Vietnam to 76 and t-shirts and boys matching sets to 20. I am short of 4 dresses to bring the total to 80 dresses but I will hold on to my sewing for more dresses for Project Vietnam until I received all the parcels after the closing date this coming Wednesday, 20th of May, 2015.

For Project Philippines, after these batch of dresses, I now have a total of 81 dresses and I will continue on sewing until I reached a 100.

These dresses were made possible by the fabric donations of Millhouse Collections, fabrics for the pairs of shorts by Karin Maltby, t-shirts by Monika Osvald and Dress A Girl Australia. Thank you to the donors for their wonderful donations and consistent support of this campaign. Much appreciated.

Due Date Reminders for two Projects (Vietnam and Philippines)

Just a quick and friendly reminder to those who are intending to donate dresses of the coming due dates.

Project Vietnam (Distribution #93) - due date is Wednesday, 20th of May, 2015

Project Philippines for School-aged kids (Distribution #94) - due date is Wednesday, 20th of May, 2015

Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement #22/2015 - For Projects Vietnam and Philippines

It is time to acknowledge parcels of dresses received this week from the Caloundra Girl Guides c-o Nicole Parrott and Karen Chee. All dresses have been allocated to Project Vietnam and Philippines.
1) A parcel of 10 dresses and 11 t-shirts from the Caloundra Girl Guides c-o Nicole Parrott. All dresses and t-shirts have been allocated to Project Philippines for school-aged kids and Project Philippines c-o DFG MM -

2) A parcel of seven dresses from Karen Chee. One dress has been allocated to Project Vietnam, 2 dresses to Project Philippines for School-aged kids and four dresses to Project Philippines c-o DFG MM.

Thank you to Karen and Nicole for the donations and support of this worthy cause. It is much appreciated. Thank you.

Second batch of 10 dresses sewn this week (13-14-May-2015)

Whether people like it or not, these are the second batch of 10 dresses I have sewn the past couple of days bringing my total to 20 dresses since my sewing mojo came back. All these dresses have been allocated to Project Vietnam which is soon going to close.

Fabrics have been donated by Millhouse Collections. T-shirts by Joan Wolf. 

Thank you to Millhouse Collections and Joan Wolf for their wonderful donations. Ten dresses for ten disadvantaged kids. Ten beautiful smiles. Thank you.

Feedback - Dress Distribution #89 -03/2015 - Project Burma 2015 Collection #1 (c-o Barbara Dodson)

These are images taken from the dress distribution (#89) made in Burma last March 2015.

For larger and individual pictures, please click here. Thank you to Barbara Dodson for helping organize this project and providing the pictures. Much appreciated.

Sewing Mojo is back - 10 dresses today (11-May-2015)

Am no different from anyone. Sometimes I lose my mojo to sew. Havent done any sewing at all for over a month and yesterday it suddenly came back. Taking advantage of the opportunity, I made 10 dresses which will be a big help to my current active projects. Six of these dresses will be allocated to Project Vietnam and the rest (four dresses) will be allocated to Project Philippines. I hope to be able to sew more this week in fact I am being ambitious, I am targetting 50 dresses for this week and today is only the second day of the week so if I dont lose that touch again I think I will make it.

Dresses above were made possible by the fabric donations of Millhouse Collections, t-shirts by Sarah Tanmahapran and Joan Wolf. Thank you.

Summary of Active Dress Collection Projects and Due Dates as of 4-May-2015

Here is a reminder and a summary of Active Dress Collection Projects and due dates as of 4-May-2015 :
1) Project Vietnam (Distribution #93) - Due Date - 20-May-2015. 

Dresses with sleeves sizes 6 to 12
Maximum number of dresses that can be donated = 5 per donor

2) Project Philippines for school-aged kids (Distribution #94) - Due Date - 20-May-2015
Size dresses between 6 to 12
Maximum number of dresses that can be donated = 5 per donor

3) Project Uganda (Distribution #95) - Due Date - 6-Jun-2015
Size dresses between 6 to 12
Maximum number of dresses that can be donated = 3 per donor

4) Project Philippines (Distribution 96 c-o DFG MM) - Due Date - 10-Jun-2015
Size dresses between 1 to 3 only.
Maximum number of dresses that can be donated = 10 per donor

5) Project Cambodia for school-aged kids (Distribution #97) - Due Date - 20-Jun-2015
Dresses with sleeves between the sizes of 8 to 12
Maximum number of dresses that can be donated = 5 per donor

Dress guidelines need to be strictly followed to be included in the distribution. Any question, please send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com.

For those who wants to donate but have no time to sew or cannot sew, please consider my Dress Sponsorship program. Click on the link below - 

Dress Sponsorship Program

Please help spread the word around. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement #21/2015 - For Projects Vietnam and Philippines from Donated Fabrics

It is Monday once again and time to acknowledge last week's batch of dresses received from donors. This time dresses sewn by Dress A Girl Australia are from fabrics donated by Millhouse Collections and a bunch of dolls from Laura Black for Project Vietnam and Philippines. Here they are -
1) Fabric dolls from Laura Black allocated to Project Vietnam -

2) Fabrics donated by Millhouse Collections, t-shirts were donated by Dress A Girl Australia and sewn by Dress A Girl Australia. These dresses allocated to Project Vietnam -

3) Again, fabrics donated by Millhouse Collections, t-shirts donated by Sarah Tanmahapran as acknowledged the previous week. Two dresses allocated to Project Vietnam and one dress to the Philippine project -

Once again, thank you to the donors for their wonderful donations of dolls, fabrics and t-shirts. Much appreciated.

Fabric Covered Mirror Backed Button for Nepal

SInce I cannot send dresses to Nepal, I have decided that proceeds from the sale of these fabric covered mirror-backed buttons will be donated to charity (I have selected Charity:Water) who is actively helping the people of Nepal through clean water. I will be making more of these pocket mirrors and hopefully a lot of you would make a purchase. 

The pocket mirror sells for $7.50 each plus postage of 70cents. Acknowledgement receipt from the donation will be posted here so everyone would know that it has been donated. So please help spread the word. Thank you.
To make a purchase, please click on the image above or on the  link below -

Fabric covered mirror-backed button

Small enough to fit in your purse but big enough to see yourself on the mirror.

Donation Acknowledgement #20/2015 - For Projects Vietnam, Uganda and Philippines

It is time to acknowledge the fifth batch of parcels for Projects Vietnam, Philippines and Uganda. Also on this batch are two sponsored clothes for a girl and a boy. Here are the parcels and their respective donors -
1) 2 dresses from Corinne of Mod Tot allocated to Project Vietnam -

 2) One sponsored dress for a girl and one sponsored boys clothes for a dude by Mary Longford. Both clothes allocated to Project Vietnam - 

 3) 10 t-shirts, a dress, soft toys and several books from Monika Osvald. Dress and soft toys have been allocated to Project Vietnam -

 4) Eight dresses from Patricia Burton. Three dresses have been allocation to Project Uganda and five to Project Philippines -

 5) Eight dresses from Sharyn Paull. Five dresses allocated to Project Philippines and three to Project Uganda -

 6) Six dresses and 50 school bags from the Two Bettys' Betty Barrett and Betty Paull. Five of the dresses are allocated to Project Vietnam and one dress to Project Uganda. The schoolbags will be filled with school supplies and allocated to Project Philippines -

To all the wonderful donors, thank you so much for your donations. It is so much appreciated. Thank you.