Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #41 - From the Ladies of Kapunda S.A.

Number 41 on the list and the last parcel standing for the month of March from the Ladies of Kapunda S.A. A parcel of 6 undies, 6 small and 10 large shirts, 10 shorts, 3 bibs and 7 sleeping pants. 

Thank you to Sharyn Diamantopolous, Nelda  Hossack, Deborah Parish, Sue Scmidt, Loris Pullen and Jan Tompkins for the assortment of boys' goodies. Also, thank you to Barb Schwartz for the bundles of fabrics she donated through the library at Kapunda and to the "treasure chest" op shop in Nuriootpa for the fabric they also donated to the cause. Thanks a whole lot, ladies, for your unparalleled kindness and generosity! Much appreciated.

Also, Deborah Parish will be talking about Dress A Girl Around the World and its activities(i.e. sewing bees, how to donate) at the Eden Valley Lutheran Ladies Guild this coming Friday. She will be taking patterns and dress samples to show to the group and might be joined by Loris Pullen. Good Luck Ladies!

Disappointing March results (one dress a day campaign)

Yes, a bit disappointing result for my one-dress-a-day journey this year. Out of 31 days I was only able to make 13 dresses out of a forecasted 31 for the 31 days of March and spent only 9 days out of the 31 days sewing. If anyone is wondering how I managed to end up with 13  for 9 days that is because on day 77 I did 2 dresses and day 82 I made 4 dresses. I tried to make up for the missing days but unfortunately a lot of things happened that stopped me from achieving my goal this month including a broken sewing machine. All the pink dresses you see on the image below means no dresses were made.

My sewing machine is still broken. I have my sister's sewing machine but a bit late to catch up. I hope to make up for the missing days in April and the months to come as I still want to reach my goal of 400 dresses this year. So far, for the first 3 months of the year 2013, first quarter of 2013 I have made 77 dresses out of a possible 90 dresses.

Thank you to the following donors for helping make the 13 dresses possible:
1) Flor dela Cruz
2) Heyboom shop
3) Monika Osvald
4) Linda Smyth
5) Sash Hinton
6) Jenny F
7) Louise Wright

Thank you ladies. Much appreciated.

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 FY13/03 #38 - From Sharyn

Number 38 on the list still for the month of March is a parcel of 16 dresses from Sharyn Paull. Sharyn who found her love of sewing about 2 years ago is into vintage sewing and repurposing and in between what keeps her busy she makes dresses for Dress A Girl Australia. Here are the 16 dresses she sent this time -

Thank you Sharyn for your kindness and generous support of Dress A Girl Australia. It is very much appreciated. Good Luck on your new venture!

With one click of the mouse on the link below, you will find out what is keeping Sharyn busy these days. Please like her page if you find anything you like. 

Two Bettys

                                                    

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #37 - From the Ladies of Kapunda S.A.

It is April 1st today but am still on the list for the month of March. :-) And the Ladies of Kapunda, S.A. are back again with donation #37. A box full of undies and 10 sleeping pants.

A few weeks back Deborah Parish sent me an email letting me know that they received a donation of thicker fabrics similar to the fleece materials that are usually being used to make jogging pants and she asked if it were acceptable to make into something because if I did'nt see any use to it or too thick to send anywhere they will donate the materials to another charity. I said they were ok but when I replied (and so typical of me most of the time) I was not really thinking of what can be done out of it. Then Loris Pullen asked if I was thinking of something that can be made out of it. Ring!!! Thanks to my friendly 'memory' at that particular time, (my brain started to rollback to all the information I have gathered, collected, read, enquired, provided and stored all this time about orphanages and communities around the world), I thought of the special boys of the BFO Orphanage in Papua New Guinea, homeless kids who sleep on the street, how they sleep in the garage of Aunty Rosa's house, on hammocks and sometimes on the ground since there wasnt that much space for them to be accommodated. I was thinking maybe if they had some thicker clothing on them when they sleep they would not feel that much pain sleeping on the hammock or on the ground. So I replied to Loris that I was thinking of making them into something similar to the jogging pants that they can used for sleeping and that is how these 10 sleeping pants were born - specially handmade for the boys by Loris Pullen and her cousin Jo Haugh. Thank you so much! And these sleeping pants were included in the parcel I packed last week and about to leave for Mt Hagen Papua New Guinea.

Also included on this parcel from the Ladies of Kapunda, S.A. were loads of boys' and girls' undies -

My heartfelt thanks to Loris Pullen and Jan Tompkins for making the sleeping pants, Caroline Wilksch(16), Jan Tompkins(2), Loris Pullen(12) and Sharyn Diamantopolous(6) for the undies and again to Jan Tompkins for the bundles of fabrics she has donated for the ladies to sew and to Deborah for organizing all of these. Thank you so very much for your boundless support of dressing girls and boys around the world. Thank you for the time, money and effort you all spend supporting this campaign. You all are making an amazing difference to the lives of the less fortunate especially to the children of the world. Am speechless! Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #36 - from Kaylee Healy

This time it is from Kaylee Healy for Donation#36 of 6 dresses also from NSW and a good friend of Laurel Murphy. Here are the dresses sent in by Kaylee in shades of red -

Haylee, thank you for your kindness and generosity. Another 6 happy faces on this planet we will be generating with the 6 dresses you have made. Thank you.

If you want to know what's keeping Kaylee busy during her spare time, check out her blog.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #35 - From Laurel Murphy

Donation #35 still for the month of March is a parcel of 11 dresses from Laurel Murphy from NSW sent in by a good friend Kaylee Healy.
Here are the 11 dresses from Laurel -

To Laurel, thank you for making 11 girls happy this time with your dress donations. It is very much appreciated. Thanks!

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #34 from Lyn Granger

I better continue my acknowledgements before the month of March ends and before I get inundated with unopened parcels. :-)

#34 on the list is from Lyn Granger of NSW. This time (this is the second "filled with love" parcel from Lyn) inside the parcel are 5 dresses and 6 pairs of shorts and here they are -

To Lyn, thank you for making this world a better place for 5 girls and 6 boys from the less fortunate locations anywhere in the world with your donation. Thank you for giving these kids the opportunity to own at least one dress or one pair or shorts each especially if they never owned at least one. Much appreciated.

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.

Back to Sewing

After missing 12 days this month sewing dresses for my one-dress-a day campaign, I am back again and hope to make up for the missing dresses between now and the end of March. I am still hoping that I would be able to make 31 dresses for the 31 days of March. 31 dresses in honour of the memory of my high school classmates who have left this world quite early.

Last night I did 2 dresses from the fabric donations of Linda Smyth and Monika Osvald and tonight I did a t-shirt dress from the fabric and t-shirt donation of Monika Osvald. Here are the 3 dresses -

Thank you to Monika and Linda for their fabric donations which made these 3 dresses possible. Thanks Heaps!

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #32 - from Gaylene

A parcel of 51 dresses and 1 pair of shorts from Gaylene Herrmann is donation #32 on my list. I think I have mentioned this before that Gaylene is one of the pioneer donor of dresses. In fact she is  the second person to donate dresses to Dress A Girl Australia.
Here are the dresses she has donated this time -

and here is the pair of shorts -

To Gaylene, thank you so much for your kindness, generosity and support of the Dress A Girl (Around the World) Australia program. It is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #31 - From Heather and friends

Donation #31 is a very good example of sewing and spreading the word among family and friends. 9 dresses made of fabrics donated by her sister Debbie Nikolic and friend Wanda and sewn by Heather Harris. Everyone gets a chance to help make a difference in this world by helping one another and here are the dresses that will dress 9 lucky girls around the world -

Thank you to Debbie Nikolic and friend Wanda for the fabrics and to Heather for sewing them into dresses.  I love the good deeds that the three of you have accomplished. It is what Dress A Girl Around the world is all about and makes everything about this campaign more rewarding. 
Thank you so much!

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #30 - From Katoomba NSW

This lady has been kept busy. A combination of dresses, pairs of shorts, scarves and a pencil case from Monika Osvald is Donation #30. Yehey!! Now I've got something inside my school supplies collection box again after I emptied it last week to send to the schoolchildren of the School for Life Foundation in Katuuso Uganda. 
Here are the items I picked up from the post last Saturday morning -

Heaps of thanks, Monika. Every time and effort you spend making these items is very much appreciated. Thank you so much.

Donation Acknowledgement FY13/03 #29 - Another parcel from Leonie

Another parcel of 8 dresses from Leonie Harrison is number 29 on the list. Since the last time she made and donated 12 dresses which I think was in May of last year, she has been meaning to send more and here they are -

Thank you so much Leonie!  I am sure these eight dresses will make eight girls very happy. Thank you so much for your kindness and generosity. 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 FY13/03 #27 - From Sarah Tanmahapran

There are a lot of us making 2013 the year of living making a difference and Sarah Tanmahapran is one of them. Third batch for the year for the month of March are 11 dresses and is number 27 on the list, the first for the month of March.
Here are the dresses she donated for this month - dresses very well done.

Sarah, thank you for the dresses. I can see that you are enjoying making a difference in the world of the less fortunate. Soon your dresses will bring lovely smiles on the girls' faces who get to wear them.Thank you for your kindness and generosity. Much appreciated.