Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and prosperous new year!

"A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often, dream big, laugh a lot and realize how blessed you are for what you have."
-Unknown

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Christmas Cookies and Holiday Hearts, that’s the way the Holiday Starts! Merry Christmas one and all!

Donate your Data

Do good with your data. Donate your data and power the potential of young Australians in need if you are with Optus postpaid or prepaid. Since it is Christmas, a season of giving I have decided to donate 5GB of my data this month. Might donate more of my unused data towards the end of my billing period.

You too can do the same and make a difference to a young Australian. Help spread the word.

Not accepting donations at this time

I am not accepting donations of dresses at this time because I am currently selling my house and moving later on. Next distribution of dresses when I have finally settled in to a new place will be posted on this page for everyone's information. Thank you.

Points Donation to make a Difference

It is time to put to good use frequent flyer points that are about to expire. So I donated 1000 points I earned from flying Cebu Pacific Airlines to the Points For Good program of Unicef Philippines.

These points will provide at least 4 undernourished children one full day of supplements and help these kids in the crucial first 1000 days of their lives. So if you have any frequent flyer points earned and are about to expire and you do not think you will ever be able to redeem it for yourself, check if the airline where you earned your points supports a Unicef program that makes a difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and donate your points. It feels great just knowing that you can make a difference to a life of a child even for just a day.

Update on my Janome OverlockerMyLock Sewing Machine 644D

Regarding the Janome OverlockerMyLock Sewing Machine 644D I was trying to sell, after all the emails and message enquiries I still am receiving, just to let everyone know that this item is no longer available. It has been purchased 6 weeks ago. Thank you.

Wardrobe Cleanup Goes to Charity

Cleaning up my wardrobe on weekends (and even some days) when it is too cold to go out kept me busy these past couple of weeks. These 6 bags goes to charity and is going to be picked up this morning. 

Not sure what the organization is going to do with it whether they are going to be sent to third world countries to resell, recycle or reuse or sell them here at bazaars to raise money one thing is sure these clothes are not going to waste and landfill.

Happy Mother's Day

To all the mums in the world : "Touch this heart....and you will know how much we love you". Happy Mother's Day!

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May 2019 Scheduled Distribution now officially closed

The dress and school supplies distribution scheduled for next month is now officially closed. I am no longer accepting any dress donations until further notice and/or when I plan to do another distribution. As for school supplies, please send me a message and/or an email if you have any items to donate. Thank you to all those who sent in parcels for the May distribution. They are all appreciated. Thank you.

Postbox completely closed today

I have decided not to renew Dress A Girl Australia's postbox (after renewing it for the past 6 months). P.O. Box 240 no longer exist. I went to the postbox today and everything has been cleared and the key returned. Australia Post and/or myself will not be responsible for any parcels sent to this postbox. Anyone wanting to donate for the May 2019 distribution, please send me a message for an alternative postal address. Thank you.

For everyone's info regarding parcels

Please do not send any parcels from today as I will not be available. Deliveries left outside the house attract unwanted visitors. If you want to help/donate school supplies and/or dresses for school-aged children for the next scheduled distribution(end April) you can send them starting 1st of April. I will not be responsible for any parcels sent between now and end of March. Thank you.

Dress Collections for Mar 2019 Distribution now closed

I have now reached 50 dresses and have reached the number of kilos I am able to take with me (including being able to lift the parcel myself due to medical restrictions) so the collection of dresses for next month's distribution (Mar 2019) is now closed. School supplies donation is open all year round so any donations in the next couple of months will still be included in the first distribution scheduled for May 2019 (to be shipped end of April) and any dresses donated between now and early April. Thank you to everyone who made the first parcel of dresses for 2019 possible.

Friendly Reminder if contributing dresses

Just a friendly reminder to anyone who made contact that they will be contributing dresses. Today and/or Monday, 25th of February should be the last day of posting your parcel so it reaches my postal address by weekend. Thank you.

Reminder on Guidelines on how to make Dresses

If you are thinking of donating dresses, please be guided with the guidelines on how to make the dresses and most especially on the materials to use. You must not use fabric materials where you can see your hand or the outline of your hand if you put it behind the fabric. We are trying to dress girls and giving them dresses made of thin materials defeat the purpose of us providing them with dresses to make them look decent and respected. I do not have the time to fix dresses donated that do not meet the guidelines so please I am asking anyone who wants to donate to follow my guidelines. Any dress received that is deemed to be not appropriate to be worn by a child will not be included in any distribution. Click on the link below to for the guidelines on how to make dresses. Thank you.

Guidelines on how to make dresses

Facebook store now open to handle dress sponsorships

I have opened a facebook store that will handle sponsoring of dresses for Dress A Girl Australia. To check out the store, click on the link below -

"Sponsor A Dress"

or click you can click on the :Dress Sponsorship Program" tab at the top of the page

or click on the "Sponsor A Dress" box on the right navigation pane.

Checkout for any sponsorships will be handled by Paypal checkout once you click on 'Buy Now' and once payment has been made in paypal you will be returned to the store screen where your transaction id from the sponsorship will be displayed. The process is very simple and straightforward so why not check out my Dress A Girl Australia store and sponsor a dress. Thank you.

Any dresses to donate & school supplies? Please send me a message.

I will be going to the Philippines on Mar 9. If you have any school supplies (pens, pencils, notebooks), totes to donate, please send me a message. Any donations of handmade dresses between the ages of 6 to 10 only will also be great as this will be distributed to school-age children. I have about 12-15 dresses on hand so I think I will need about 30-40 dresses more. Thank you.

Dress A Girl Australia turns 8 today

I always wanted to do something good for humanity but I never knew what that would be and when am going to do it. Until one Sunday morning while browsing the internet for new fabrics to hoard I ended up in a site that dresses girls around the world. It started with just me and my sewing machine, a few fat quarters from my collection and a desire to learn how to make a pillowcase dress so I can send a couple to share with the less fortunate girls in Belize. 

My very first dress I made for a little girl in Belize. She must be about 9 years old today and I hope she is doing well. Click on the image to read the story about the dress.

Ten months later it has grown into a community of sewing enthusiasts who wants to share their skills and their passion for sewing. It has attracted individuals who have never sewn a dress before and for some don’t even own a sewing machine but are very eager to learn to make dresses for the children around the world who needs it. A growing community who like me imagines a world where every girl owned at least one dress for every girl deserves to own one . A crafting community who wants to make a difference in this world one dress at a time and make this world a better place. 

Some donors have moved on and new ones are still inclined to join. After 8 years today (today was the very first day I made a dress) I am still sharing whatever I have and  whenever I can to disadvantaged children in the world. Happy Anniversary to Dress A Girl Australia and after 10,018 dresses, 1,129 t-shirts and 1,946 pairs of shorts, 149 quilts, 91 school totes, boxes of school supplies, a Dress A Girl Well in Kalagi Uganda and almost 4 clean water tanks for the people of Vinh Long  Province of Cambodia, I hope I will always have the strength and discipline to keep on growing and making a difference in this world especially to disadvantaged children. Thank you to all who have joined me in this wonderful journey. Much appreciated.

Where to get 'Parcels Received' Information

If you sent me a parcel and you want to know if it has been received, all you have to do is click on 'Parcels Received' on the left navigation pane. This table will show all parcels received since Jan 2014. Thank you.

Left Navigation Pane -

Parcels Received Table since Jan 2014 -

Dress A Girl Australia's final statistics for the year 2018

It is finally here and shows that not much has happened with Dress A Girl Australia in 2018. Total dress distributions is 97 for the whole year and were distributed in the Philippines and Siem Reap, Cambodia during my personal travels to these two places in 2018.

Total dresses distributed from 2011 to 2018 is 9,907. It would have been nice if 10,000 was reached but due to financial reasons it just was not possible. Am looking forward to reaching this landmark in 2019.

Thank you to  everyone who made these numbers possible. 

Special Note : Effective last 1st of Jan 2019, the dressagirlaustralia,com.au website no longer existed. All details, information and most especially updates regarding Dress A Girl Australia activities will only be available on this site and important updates will also be available in Dress A Girl Australia's official facebook page. Dress A Girl Sponsorship of dresses have been moved to my personal commercial website. If you need to get in touch with Dress A Girl Australia, you can send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com or select the 'Contact Me' tab at the top of this page and fill up the contact form. Please be guided with these updates accordingly and note the official links below - Thank you.

To sponsor a dress, click on the link below -

Dress Sponsorship Program

To send an enquiry, click on the link below or select the 'Contact Me' tab at the top of this page -

Contact Dress A Girl Australia

To access Dress A Girl Australia's official facebook page, click on the link below -

Dress A Girl Australia's Facebook page

Sale extended for another 2 weeks

Sale at my etsy store has been extended for another 2 weeks. 15-25% discount on craft books, fabric advent calendars, quilts and handmade fabric dolls. Check it out quickly before the extended 15-day sale ends. All you have to do is click on the link below or search for  'softtreasures' in etsy.

softtreasures in etsy