Handy mini bags

These mini bags are very handy, I can put an undie, hairclips or hair ties, kid's bracelet and roll it with a pair of shorts without the worry of the accessories falling off. 

Thank you to the two Bettys Betty Barrett and Betty Paull for patiently making these mini bags. Much appreciated.

Fabrics & Other Accessories for Project Hope Burma Parcel 1

Am sending another parcel to the Croydon Hills Baptist Church (c-o Kathy Thompson) tomorrow and this time containing about 12 kilos worth of fabric materials to be made into dresses and/or pairs of shorts, elastics for both dresses and pairs of shorts. I also found 2 small boxes of sewing threads each box containing 10 reels of sewing threads. I hope these materials and sewing accessories will help provide more dresses to the Project Hope Burma Drive.
Here is the parcel (not sure though how I am going to take this to the postoffice tomorrow as it weighs more than 12 kilos - first parcel I ever packed that weighs more than 10 kilos) -

and here are the contents of the parcel -

Unfortunately the lighting in my garage is not that bright at night so I had a difficult time figuring out who the donors of these fabric materials are although looking at some of the pictures of donated materials I have I can identify donations from Kim Foster, Sash Hinton, Jenni Kirilov, a bundle each from Linda Smyth and Monika Osvald. My apologies if one of the bundles were donated by you and your name is not mentioned.

I hope to publish images of the dresses and/or pairs of shorts that will be sewn out of these fabric donations once they are completed and make it to the Project Hope Burma October delivery.

Thank you to all the donors who made this parcel possible. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated.

Thank you for the pillowcase donations

Special thank you to Annette Farrow of Gawler SA who has been regularly buying pillowcases from Op Shops  and donating them to Julie Bolton to make into dresses. Latest count is in several dozens. Thank you so much for supporting the Gawler Sewing group.  And thank you to Julie too for patiently driving over to Annette's The Helium House shop to pick up the pillowcases.

Thank you ladies for your support of Dress A Girl (Around the World) Australia. Much appreciated.

Dress Distribution #34, #35 & #36 - Christmas Package for the children of Abim Uganda

The last 4 boxes for the children of Abim Uganda bringing the total number of parcels to 8 have finally been sent this morning and hopefully soon leave the shores of Australia. Here are 6 of the 8 parcels that I was able to take pictures of (didnt have enough time to take a picture of the other 2 parcels) -

and here are the contents of the 8 parcels and their respective donors -

1) Jennifer Howlett

2) Toni Kirkpatrick

3) Annette Norley

4) Two Bettys' Betty Barrett and Betty Paull

5) Sue-ellen Cox

6) Ladies of Kapunda Sewing Group S.A.

7) Sharyn Paull

8) Monica Osvald

9) Karin Maltby and the Perth Group

10) Mo O'Brien

11) Dress A Girl Australia

1) Lyn Wagner

2) Monica Osvald

3) Elizabeth Rowlands (by Sharyn Paull & Delcie Wardrop)

4) Ladies of Kapunda Sewing Group S.A.

5) Sian McIntosh, Sue Nash and Judy Pettersson

6) Two Bettys' Betty Barrett & Betty Paull

7) Maria Ladera

8) Sponsorships by Faye Sauill, Loretta, Mary Cantwell, Jot, Patricia, Della Diamantopoulos and Heather

9) Louise Wright

9) Penny Grey

10) Sandra Lew

11) Sharyn Paull

12) Laurel Murphy

13) Flor dela Cruz

14) Linda Smyth

15) Leonie Harrison

16) Debbie Nikolic and friend Wanda and sewn by Heather Harris

17) Gaylene Herrmann

18) Dress A Girl Australia

For larger images of the contents of these parcels, please click here.

T-shirts and Pairs of Shorts -

1) Karen Hislop                            

2) Mo O'Brien

3) Monica Osvald  

4) Lyn Crossley

5) Linda Smyth  

6) Toni Kirkpatrick

7) Cassandra, Olivia and Angelica Rowlands   

8) Karin Maltby

9) heyboom          

10) Di Beckett

11) Sharyn and Betty Paull     

12) Ladies of Kapunda Sewing Group S.A.

13) Heather Harris        

14) Frances Cornish

15) Lyn Granger    

16) Betty Barrett

17) Sponsorships by Hank, Alecia, Barbara White & Paisley Parish

18) Sarah Tanmahapran       

19) Louise Wright

20) Wendy Yates       

21) Valda Sutch

22) Virginai Schrapelli

23) Dress A Girl Australia

For larger images of the contents of this parcel, please click here.

This last parcel contained 165 girls' undies and 64 for the boys. Since the parcel still had space I decided to fill the space with 22 more dresses between the sizes of 1 to 3 and 14 pairs of ts-hirts and pairs of shorts also between the sizes of 1 to 3. Am sure Karen Evans will be able to find little recipients of these items. 

Donors of the contents of this parcel are -

1) Lesleigh Mitcham

2) Toni Kirkpatrick

3) Annette Norley

4) Monica Osvald

5) Sarah Tanmahapran

6) Lyn Crossley

7) Ladies of Kapunda Sewing Group S.A.

8) Wendy Yates

9) Siobhan Leyne and Anna Dacre

10) Di Beckett

11) Toni Kirkpatrick

12) Mo O'Brien

13) Sarah Tanmahapran

For larger images of the contents of this parcel, please click here.

I hope I did not miss mentioning anyone. Thank you so much to all the donors who made these parcels possible, for making Christmas a very wonderful and colourful event for the children of Abim Uganda.

My special and heartfelt thank you to Cassandra N Biadacz, Sharyn Paull, Yasmine Bayaziti and Karen Hislop for helping in the send-off of these parcels to Uganda. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity.

To everyone, thank you for making a difference, making this world a better place. Much appreciated.

For more details on these dress distributions (and also at a later stage when feedback is received) please click here or click on the 'Dress Distribution' tab which you can find at the top of this page.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/05 #63 - From the Ladies of Kapunda S.A.

Number 63 on the list is a parcel from Deborah Parish and the Ladies of Kapunda S.A.

The parcel includes 12 dresses from Julie Quast, Deborah Parish, Dianne Cain and Chris Redden. From Sue Schmidt are the dozen boys' t-shirts and the rest of the goodies like the girls and boys' undies comes from Deborah Parish and the other ladies including the two pairs of shorts for the boys. 

Check out the goodies here -

To all the ladies of Kapunda, thank you so much for your unwavering support, kindness and generosity. It is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/05 #58 - From Heather

Thirteen dresses, 4 boys' shorts and 2 packs of undies from Heather Harris is number 58 on my list this month. Sometimes Heather sews dresses out of fabrics donated by family and friends but this batch is her personal contribution.

To Heather, thank you so much for your kindness and generosity and for the time and effort you spend in helping other people make a difference by sewing on their behalf. It is much appreciated. 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 #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 #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 FY13/03 #39 - From Betty Barrett

She is really unstoppable. Number 39 is a parcel of goodies from Betty Barrett. A parcel of 6 dresses, 7 pairs of shorts, 5 mini-bags for little girls to put their little treasures and carry-around with them and 41 hair ties. Her energy is amazing and the willingness in her heart to share these creations with the disadvantaged little girls and boys is inspirational. You sure do make this world a better place. :-) Check out the goodies below -

To Betty, your unwavering support of Dress A Girl Around the World with your friend Betty Paull is really inspiring. Thank you very much for helping little girls own at least one dress and make them more pretty with your hair ties and with those mini bags for their little treasures, they sure are the lucky little girls in this world. Thank you Betty and Betty!

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/02 #16 - From Nikki of House of Handmade

Nikki Deglaitis learned about Dress A Girl Around the World when the 'The Handmade Library' held an auction for the Tasmanian Bushfire and one of the winning bidders (Karin Maltby) donated her items to Dress A Girl Australia. When she sent Karin's parcel she also included an extra donation from herself along with some hair clips from Pretty Little Petals.
Here is Donation #16 from Nikki -

Thank you Nikki. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/02 #14 - Another parcel from Wendy

Finally opened the last parcel standing and this time from Wendy Yates of Victoria. Number 14 on the list is a parcel of 5 dresses, 16 boys' shorts and 10 girls' undies. Wendy finds it a pleasure to be a part of Dress A Girl Around the World. Thanks! 
Here are the goodies from Wendy -

Last year I was wondering if I would be able to pack a parcel containing 70 dresses with an undie on the pocket of each dress. Now am drowning with undies. Amazing work and donation from all of you ladies. Thanks a whole lot! Much appreciated.

Wendy, thank you so much for your generosity and your unwavering support. Sorry to hear about your overlocker. Hope you get it back soon and in good running condition. :-) Thank you.

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 FY13/01 #8 - From Betty Barrett

A parcel filled with 16 dresses, 6 pairs of shorts, 24 little bags and 20 scrunchies is donation #8 for the month of January. This I believe is the last parcel received in the month of January sent in by Betty Barrett. The 16 dresses had small or mini bags inside each pocket. Here are the 16 dresses -

Some of the materials used in making these dresses were donated by Betty Barrett's sister Mavis.
Here are the 6 pairs of shorts -

Betty Paull, the other Betty helped with making the scrunchies below -

And the parcel also included these small drawstring bags which I can put inside some of the donated dresses -

And by the way, the postage so this parcel reaches Sydney was donated by Betty Paull.

Ladies, amazing contribution. Thank you so much Betty B, Betty P and Betty B's sister Mavis. And a special thank you to Sharyn who post parcels for them. Thank you everyone. Thank you for your unwavering support of Dress A Girl (around the world) Australia. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. It is very much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/01 #7 - From Deborah Parish and the Ladies of Kapunda

Number 7 on the list is a parcel from Deborah Parish and the ladies of Kapunda. The group has a couple of new sewers. Claire Clark and Anne Goedeck. Inside the parcel were 28 dresses and some baby accessories.

Here are the dresses - sewn and donated by Claire Clark(9), Anne Goedeck(3), Chris Redden(2), Margaret Adair(3) and 5 dresses from Beth and Maddi(High School teenagers from Clare) and Deborah Parish(6).

Deborah also donated underpants(8 packets), Bra tops(8x), bibs and socks. Here they are -

To Anne and Claire, welcome to Dress A Girl (Around the World) Australia.
To Deborah,Chris, Margaret, Claire, Anne, Beth and Maddi, thank you so much for the dresses. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/01 #6 - From Monika Osvald

A very generous donation of 18 dresses, 10 pairs of shorts and 5 scarves is donation #6 for the month of January from Monika Osvald.
Here are the dresses in varying sizes -

 and here are the 10 pairs of shorts also in varying sizes -

and the accessories of 5 scarves -

To Monika, thank you so much for your support, kindness and generosity. It is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/01 #4 - Parcel from Siobhan Leyne and Anna Dacre

Here we go. Making up for the lost time in donation acknowledgements. Number 4 on the list for 2013 is a parcel of 10 size 6 dresses, 4 size 3 dresses and two packs of  girls undies from Siobhan Leyne and Anna Dacre of ACT. These dresses and accessories is counted as part of January donations even though we are now in February month.
Here they are in such lovely colors -

To Siobhan and Anna, thank you for the dresses and the extra two packs of girls undies. Much appreciated.

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.

Donation Acknowledgements FY2012 #77 - Dresses & Bibs from Helen of Tasmania

Hello Everyone! It's been quite hectic in the home front the past couple of weeks but I know it is time once again for donation acknowledgements so here I am always making sure that I find the time to do it.

This time for donation #77. Helen Fletcher from Tasmania has sent 2 dresses and 2 bibs. Yes, bibs! Bibs to make sure that babies dont spoil their new dresses.

Thank you Helen for your thoughtfulness. Your donated dresses and bibs are very much appreciated. Thank you from Dress A Girl Australia.