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 #5 - Parcel from Katherine Nott

Number 5 on the list for the month of January is a parcel from Katherine Nott which includes 5 pairs of shorts and 4 dresses.
Here are the dresses -

and here are the pairs of shorts -

Thank you Katherine. Thank you for your unwavering support. Much appreciated.

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.

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 #2 - Dresses from Dianne

First batch of dresses received for the year is from Dianne Menzel of South Australia. Dianne has kindly donated ten dresses for ten disadvantaged girls anywhere in the world. She knew about this campaign through a friend of hers. Here are the ten dresses -

Thank you Dianne for the dresses. 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.

First pair of shorts for 2013

This is the very first pair of shorts I made for the year 2013. I did this tonight in addition to the dress I made for the One-dress-a-day for 365 days' journey. I was thinking if I were to increase my personal goal for the number of shorts I have to make this year, I better start this early. Currently I have set my personal goal at 200 which is double that of last year. It does not look or sound very realistic but I have to set it at a high number to drive me to make more.

If you want to see the progress of my One-dress-a-day for 365 days' journey, after 4 days am still on track. :-) Check out my daily progress by clicking on the '365 Days Diary' tab which you can find at the top of this page or you can click here. Here's hoping that I can at least reach middle of the year as this is my second attempt to take on this journey.

One dress a day for 365 days

Today is Day 1 of my second attempt to take on the 'One dress a day for 365 days' journey (or is this a  challenge?) A good time to start as today is also the first day of the new year 2013. For this initiative, I will be sewing dresses daily mostly from donated fabrics. In some days and if I have the time, I may sew more than one but any extras will come from my fabric donations. 

For the first eight days, I will be sewing dresses from donations made by Meredith Kain and the Wright family from Tasmania.  Here is the pile that I have prepared this morning which already has bias tapes, elastics and extra fabric for pockets and waiting to be sewn.

To check progress or status of the journey, click on the '365 diary' tab at the top of the page. I will only be providing updates on this site on a monthly basis. My daily progress will be on the '365 Days diary'. An album containing all dresses sewn will also be available on the left navigation pane under a sub-section '365 days' journey. I sure do hope I will make it through this time. :-)