One Dress A Day for 365 Days for April 2013

After a disappointing March, I did my best to make up for it this month and here it is - 29 dresses and 3 pairs of shorts bringing my total as of today to 114 dresses out of a possible 120/120 days - One dress a day for 365 days, my journey in 2013. WooHoo!!!

These dresses wouldn't have been made possible without the generosity of the following donors:
Fabric Donations -
1) My mum Jolly
2) Monika Osvald Collection
3) Sash Hinton
4) Linda Smyth Collection
5) Meredith Cain 
6) Dress A Girl Australia

T-Shirt Donations -
1) Heyboom shop
2) Monika Osvald
3) Dress A Girl Australia

Thank you so much to everyone for their kindness and generosity. It is very much appreciated.

If you want to keep track of how am doing with this journey, please click here or click on the '365 days diary' tab which you can find at the top of this page.

Keep watching as May dresses start to get posted!!

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #53 - From the Two Bettys

Last parcel for the month of April is from the Two Bettys - Betty Paull and Betty Barrett and is Number 53 on the list. A parcel full of goodies of 23 dresses, 1 t-shirt/pants set for a boy, 10 hair scrunchies, 35 mini bags which I intend to put inside an undie each and 2 laundry bags for delicate clothing for my stall to sell.

Some of the dresses on this parcel, if not all will be allocated to the children of Baan Jai Dee of Thailand.

To Betty and Betty, thank you so much for the goodies. Thank you for your unwavering support of dressing girls around the world. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. It is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #52 - From the Canungra Circle of Friends QLD

Donation #52 and the second to the last parcel received for the month of April is a parcel of 41 dresses from a group of ladies from a small village of Canungra located in the beautiful Gold Coast Hinterland between Mt Tamborine & Lamington National Park who call themselves the Canungra Circle of Friends organized by Julie Binskin. It was hand delivered by Julie's son Bryan who with his family went to visit her. Here are the 41 dresses -

made possible by Anne, Leonie, Dot, Rosie, Jeanne and Julie herself. These ladies just recently joined Dress A Girl Around the World Australia.

My heartfelt thank you to all the ladies of the circle and special thanks to Julie for organizing the group. You will be seeing more of the ladies' work in the next few months. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #51 Part 2 - Parcel 2 from the Ladies of Kapunda (Sewing Bee 13-Apr-13)

This is the second parcel from the Ladies of Kapunda S.A. from their sewing bee held on the 13th of April 2013. Two parcels filled to the brim of goodies still part of donation #51. The first parcel was posted last night.

This parcel contained 
1) 70 undies from Tania Wilson, Gaynor Bottcher, Valda Ridley, Lorraine Sandow and Kathy Pfieffer.  
2) 7 pairs of shorts from Mary Lauke and Loris Pullen
3) T-shirts from Claire Clarke and Valda Ridley
4) 2 Baby pants from Claire Clarke
5) PJ's from Deborah Parish
6) Dresses from Dianne Cain, Sally Giles, Julie Quast and Claire Clarke

I hope I didnt miss any name and if I did, please raise your hand for the necessary corrections.

Thank you so much Ladies. Everything you do is very much appreciated. Thank you !!

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #51 - From the Ladies of Kapunda Sewing Bee 13-Apr-13 Parcel 1

Donation Number 51 and still for the month of April are 17 dresses, 7 pairs of shorts and 5 sleeping pants from the Ladies of Kapunda South Australia completed during their Sewing Bee last April 13.

The sleeping pants came from Loris Pullen, 5 pairs of shorts came from Shirley Bell and 2 from Mary Lauke. The following ladies donated the 17 dresses - Chris Redden, Julie Quast, Sally Giles, Mary Lauke, Shirley Bell, Claire Clark and Loris Pullen.

Thank you Ladies for all your support of dress a girl around the world. It is very much appreciated. Thank you very much.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #50 - From Monika Osvald

Still acknowledging April donations, Number 50 is a parcel of 15 dresses and lots of goodies such as head scarves, teddy bears, a pack of erasers and 2 packs of socks coming from Monika Osvald. I think I know where to give these teddy bears.

Thank you Monika for your generosity and kindness. Thank you for you unwavering support of dressing girls around the world. Much appreciated. Thank you!

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #49 - From Siobhan Leyne and Anna Dacre

Next on the list at number 49 is a parcel of 15 dresses (size 3 and size 5) and 2 packs of knickers from Siobhan Leyne and Anna Dacre. Half of the fabric materials used was donated by colleague Ros Bush.

Thank you to Siobhan and Anna and special thanks to Ros Bush for the fabrics she donated. Thank you for your unwavering support of dressing girls around the world. Thanks a whole lot!

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #48 - From 16-yr old Ciarda Bridges

Love this! Number 48 on the list is from a 16-year old Year 11 student who chose 'Dress A Girl' as her volunteer assignment for her social justice class. Ciarda made the dresses with only a little help from others. Here are the dresses that she made -

To Ciarda, thank you so much for your contribution to help make a difference in the lives of the disadvantaged girls around the world. In your case 4 girls will have the chance to own at least one pretty dress and I hope what you did will inspire more girls like you to help make a difference in this great and kind world of ours. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. It is much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #47 - From Linda Smyth

Number 47 month of April on the list is from Linda Smyth. A bag of 25 dresses of similar fabric materials. 16 have blue straps, 7 have white straps, 1 brown dress and 1 green dress.

To Linda, thank you for your generosity. It is much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #46 - From Wendy

The day is almost over (perhaps over when you read this :-))and this is only the third acknowledgement I have made so far on the second day of the 4-day weekend so that means I have only 2 more days to go. Looks like it is not going to be a very productive weekend....but a lazy weekend. :-)
Anyway, donation #44 on the list comes from Wendy Yates. A parcel of 12 peasant dresses, 12 girls undies(note that is 1 undie for every dress...amazing!) and 10 boys' shorts.

Wendy has joined the Bobkin Sewciety group on facebook. Although she has already been sending dresses and undies to Dress A Girl Australia, this is the first batch of dresses she is comtributing as part of the Bobkin Sewciety's Dress A Girl Dress Drive. She feels very excited and finds it heartwarmng to see such community spirit. 

Thank you so much Wendy for your unwavering support of this campaign. It is much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #45 - From Susanne of Tasmania

Remember these creations that comes from the heart that I featured a few days ago?

They were created by Susanne Nixon of Tasmania and here are the rest of the dresses all 12 of them -

She wrote to me and asked if I am also  sending dresses to Paraguay. Apparently her son lives in Paraguay and asked her if she was going to send dresses over there. I said to her that yes I would be interested if I can establish a few contacts over there who can help with the distributions. She is planning to make more of these creations and hopes to send them to Paraguay next time.  She said that there are a few women from her church who seemed to be interested in what she is doing and believes that what she is doing is a positive way of helping others. Good on you Susanne! Keep up the good work and dont forget to make something for yourself too once in a while. Thank you so much for these beautiful creations of yours. It is much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #44 - From Nikki and her two boys

It is Donation acknowledgement time once again and can no longer be delayed as April month is about to end. Number 44 on the list is Nikki Harvey with 4 dresses she is donating with love from her two boys Jason who is 6 and Mitchelle who is 5. 

Thank you to Jason and Mitchelle and most especially to their mum Nikki. Much appreciated.

One Dress A Day - Apr 1-15

I am back! It looks like I am back to being productive this month of April. For the first 15 days I finished sewing 14 dresses and 3 pairs of shorts. 10 simple pillowcase dresses and 4 t-shirt dresses is all I can do with the time I can spare. Simple as they are, they are made from the heart. 

I have 5 more dresses to post to keep my journal up to date as of yesterday. Acknowledgements of fabric donations will be made at the end of the month when I have posted all my creations for the month of April.

Also, this month I have decided that in some days instead of making a dress I will make at least 2 pairs of shorts a day so my goal for this year on the number of shorts I want to make will start moving. :-) I still think I will be able to make at least 350 dresses if I just spend or allocate more time to sewing at least 2 in some Saturdays or Sundays.

If you want to keep track of how am doing with this journey, please click here or click on the '365 days diary' tab which you can find at the top of this page.

I have reels of bias binding to use all in ivory color as I have decided to focus on just one color. Now let me see if I will have the energy to make one dress for today.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #43 - From Prudence Mann

Second parcel for the month of April and number 43 on the list is from Prudence Mann of Melbourne. A parcel of 21 dresses in various sizes -

To Prudence, thank you for dressing 21 girls, 21 dresses for 21 girls who deserves to own at least one dress each. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. It is very much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/04 #42 - From Sarah T for the month of April

Number 42 on the list is from Sarah Tanmahapran who has been consistently sending dresses and pairs of shorts every month since the start of the year and this time is her donation for the month of April. An inspiring example of someone who is living the year of 2013 making a difference.

Here are the 3 dresses and more on the pairs of shorts 10 of them to make more boys smiling. - and guess what..they are all ready to wear pre-washed and pressed! 

To Sarah, thank you so much for joining in this journey of living the year of 2013 making a difference. It is much appreciated and on behalf of all the girls and boys who are benefitting from your kindness and generosity, am sure they all would agree of a thank you coming from the heart. You really are making a difference and.... making a difference...rocks!! Together we rock the world to make a difference in the lives of the less fortunate children. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #40 - From Christie of Joyfoolery

Number 40 on the list and the second to the last parcel for the month of March is from Christie Sturre of Joyfoolery. The parcel includes 3 dresses and 2 pairs of shorts.
Here are the goodies from Christie - 

To Christie, thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. The support you and the rest of the campaigners have given to Dress A Girl (Around the World) Australia is inspiringly unparalleled and the word of thanks may not be enough to repay but it comes from the heart. Thank you!