Donation Acknowledgement FY13/09 #134 - A box of fabrics from Lucienne Magnay

Number 134 on the list is a big box full of fabric materials for lots and lots of dresses and pairs of shorts from Lucienne Magnay. Too many that the postoffice marked the box as heavy. :-) Also in the box was a quilt which will be acknowledged separately. Here are the bundles of fabrics donated by Lucienne -

and this is Lucienne - (thank you so much for sending your picture too! )

To Lucienne, thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. Thank you for your support of this campaign of dressing the disadvantaged children around the world. I cannot tell how many girls and boys will be made very happy with your box full of fabrics  but one thing is sure though....there will be lots of smiling faces around the world. Thank you so much.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/08 #127 - Bundles of fabrics from Jenni Kirillov

Last night I finally managed to take pictures of all the fabric materials donated by Jenni Kirillov from her mum's fabric stash and this is number 127 on my list. According to Jenni, her mum was an avid dress maker many years ago but due to ill health has not been able to sew for many years and has asked to find a good home for all her materials. There were bundles and bundles of fabrics, buttons, a bag of threads, laces, zippers but I thought I only take pictures of the fabrics so I can now find a spot to store them well . Here they are -

and very soon I will be back in my 'One-Dress-A-day campaign for 365 days" and I will be making a few dresses for Jenni's mum this year.

To Jenni, please extend my heartfelt thank you to your mum and thank you for dropping the parcels. Took me a while to take pictures of it but finally found the time and made it. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. There will be a lot of kiddies who will be proudly wearing dresses from your mum's fabric donations. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/08 #108 - Dresses from Sue-ellen

Number 108 on the list and still for the month of August is a parcel of 14 dresses and a fabric material for boys' pair of shorts from Sue-ellen Cox. What a wonderful additions to the parcels leaving for 2 regions in Uganda soon.

To Sue-ellen, thank you so much for the dresses and the fabric material. Thank you for helping make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged kiddies around the world. Thank you for supporting Dress A Girl (Around the World) Australia. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/05 #68 - Bundles of Fabrics and 4 pairs of shorts from Nicole

A lot of catching up to do on donation acknowledgements for the month of May and June is about to finished. Number 68 on the list are bundles of fabrics and 4 pairs of shorts from Nicole Devet. At last the bundles dried up today and I was able to take pictures of it.
Here they are including the 4 pairs of shorts -

Thank you Nicole for your kindness and generosity. It is much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/05 #60 - Bundles of Fabrics from Jennifer

Number 60 on the list are these bundles of fabrics from Jennifer Howlett. She wrote to say that she cant seem to find the time to sew (but maybe in a few month's time) so she is sending these bundles which she hopes can be of help.

To Jennifer, thank you so much for the fabrics. They definitely will be a big help. I will certainly make them into dresses on your behalf. My heartfelt thanks for your thoughtfulness and generosity.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #33 - Bundles of Fabrics from Joan

When I went to work last Monday the first thing I saw on top of my desk was a big plastic bag. I was thinking that whoever placed this plastic bag on my desk must have found it on top of their desk and wants to get rid of it by putting it on another desk which was my desk. (I think that is what some people do when no one is looking) . You see we just moved into a new office building and were told to always have a clean desk, keep everything inside the locker we were provided before we leave work as we may not be seated on the same desk the following day (they call it hot-desking) but since we moved I have been sitted on the same spot everyday. I go to work early so I always get the same spot. :-)

Anyway, I opened the bag and this is what I found inside. Three bundles of different fabric materials and definitely was meant for me as a few people at work knows that I collect fabrics for Dress A Girl. It wasnt until after about 10-15 minutes later that I found out who left it on my desk (not just anyone who wanted to get rid of a plastic bag. LOL!). It came from Joan Lui who was so happy to see the pairs of shorts I made for him worn by some school kids from the School for Life Foundation in Uganda she decided to start looking for fabrics again in her cabinet to give to me. Donation #33.

 To Joan, thank you so much for the bundles. Thank you for keeping me busy making a difference in the lives of a few disadvantaged children through your fabric donations. It is much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #28 - From Clare McAdam

Number 28 on the list are these bundles of fabrics donated by Monika Osvald's colleague Clare McAdam.

This is going to keep Monika busy in the next few weeks thanks to Clare. Thank you Monika for helping spread the word around.

Clare, thank you for your kindness and generosity. These bundles will go a long way in dressing girls from the less fortunate locations. Thank you. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/02 #25 - From Monika Briant

This time is a bundle of pink fabric from Monika Briant of Tasmania and this is donation #25. I would guess that she learned about this campaign from Louise Wright, another generous donor of fabrics as her return address had a care-of  Louise name on it.
Here is the pink bundle which surely will dress and make at least 4 girls happy anywhere in the world -

Thank you Monika for your kindness and generosity. Much appreciated. Thanks!

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/02 #24 - From Linda Smyth

Number 24 on the list is a parcel that was dropped off at my place last Tuesday by Linda Smyth. She lives about 10-15 minutes away from my place. The parcel had 8 dresses and 5 pairs of shorts and 4 bundles of fabrics. Also in the parcel was 2 sets of patterns for boys' shorts.
Here are the dresses and the pairs of shorts -

and the 4 bundles of fabrics -

Linda, thank you for the dresses and the pairs of shorts and the bundles of fabrics which will make children from the less fortunate locations happy. And thank you for the patterns. Thank you for thoughtfulness.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/02 #9 - From Jenny Jarvis of Victoria

Parcel number 9 is from Jenny Jarvis of Victoria. Included in the parcel were 6 dresses, 6 pre-cut fabrics, 2 bundles of fabrics and bias tapes. This is the first parcel for the February donations.
Here are the dresses -

and here are the 2 bundles of fabrics and white bias tapes too - 

and here are the  6 pre-cut fabrics. 

Thank you so much Jenny. Dont worry too much of the unfinished ones, I will check them later on. Just what I needed to be able to finish the pillowcases into dresses. I can in the meantime borrow the bias tapes while waiting for my order to arrive.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/01 #3 - Vintage lace fabric from Jenny

I have started using it but I havent really formally acknowledged this fabric donation of my friend Jenny. She had it when she was still in high school and still looks very new and smells new too so my friend really took good care of this fabric all these years. Real vintage I believe. It is a lacey kind of fabric and I have used some of them as hemlines and last night as a pocket.

Thank you Jenny. Much appreciated.

Five pairs of shorts from a fabric donation from Tasmania

I was starting to feel bored after finishing my dress for the day this morning. I could not go anywhere because it was raining. So I thought of making just one pair of shorts in case the rain would stop but instead I ended up making 5 pairs. These pairs have been made from the fabric donation of Louise Wright of Tasmania.

I probably could have done more if I did not run out of elastic. :-) 

Thank you Louise Wright for the fabric donation. Thank you for your kindness and generosity. Much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/01 #1 - Fabrics from the Wright Family

Now that the numbers for 2012 is final and now closed, it is time to start acknowledging donations for the new year 2013. The first on the list is from Louise Wright of Tasmania, the same Wright surname of previous donations. And what a great way to start 2013 with these bundles of fabrics. 

Louise, thank you for your very generous fabric donations. I am going to have a party and enjoy sewing all these bundles. Thank you. Much appreciated.